Dress Code

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  • Il_DaniD_lI
    Il_DaniD_lI Posts: 1,593 Member
    Apparently the OP asked for a lecture on business etiquette and not funny or interesting comments about weird dress codes at work.

    It turned out to be more entertaining this way anyways. :laugh:
  • BigMech
    BigMech Posts: 472 Member
    I'm a software engineer, and don't deal with people outside the company much, so there is no dress code. Not too many people care what we look like hiding away in our cubes all day:)

    I usually were jeans, sneakers and a t-shirt everyday. If I'm meeting with a customer, a vendor, or with senior management I will wear something nicer, but that is very rare.
  • Jenni129
    Jenni129 Posts: 692 Member
    I think a dress code is needed for extreme things.... Like I don't want to see my banker dressed in a speedo or my dentist wearing a bikini. lmao Some people need to be on a leash or it would get that crazy. I agree that nit picky things in office situations are absurd like "no jeans, no socks, no open-toe shoes". Who really gives a rip about that? Maybe it's micromanagement issues... pray for a new boss!
  • AmberMahfouz
    AmberMahfouz Posts: 316
    I would actually prefer uniforms. This way if I wear the same thing every day, it doesn't matter and I can spend my money on clothes I actually want to wear, and not that I have to wear to fit into our "business casual" dress code.
  • SweetDorothySweat
    SweetDorothySweat Posts: 114 Member
    So get a new job. It's a free country.

    hmmmm, no. It may be a free country but it isn't a country with jobs falling out of the sky. Let's think rationally here, would you quit your job because you couldn't show your shoulders or would you make an interesting post for others to reply to and vent a little......................I think most would go with the latter.

    Option 3: I would be thankful for my job and not whine about something as trivial as a dress code.

    Geez. I think she's grateful for her job! She just wanted to vent so she doesn't smack someone rude whose shoulders are showimg and can't get in trouble for it! Haha
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    We aren't allowed to wear capris, open toed shoes, or show shoulder. Too provocative!!
  • Lonewolf1507
    Lonewolf1507 Posts: 507 Member
    Where my fiance works they have sexual harassment training a lot, but then they never say anything to the women quite literally showing cleavage popping out of the top of their shirts. He embarrassed the hell out of one during a meeting once, talking about how disgusted he was at her inappropriate attire.

    Damn you can get training for it and all these years I have been self taught :laugh:
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    I get pissed because women can wear skirts/flip flops/really casual **** and I have to wear closed toe shoes/slacks and a collared shirt......That said I don't have it so bad.
  • penrbrown
    penrbrown Posts: 2,685 Member
    Apparently the OP asked for a lecture on business etiquette and not funny or interesting comments about weird dress codes at work.

    Her first post was ... unfortunately worded to inspire such reactions. :)

    When you post 'joke' threads on MFP you have to be VERY careful about your opening act.

    That said... I have nothing real to contribute. I've never been in a work environment with weird dress codes.

    Although this one company said we weren't allowed to wear sweats in public OUTSIDE OF WORK, because it would reflect badly on the company. That one was weird...
  • Il_DaniD_lI
    Il_DaniD_lI Posts: 1,593 Member
    I get pissed because women can wear skirts/flip flops/really casual **** and I have to wear closed toe shoes/slacks and a collared shirt......That said I don't have it so bad.

    A guy at my work tried to protest the "No shorts" part of the men's dress code by wearing his wife's capris, arguing they are the same thing. That was a fun day.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I would actually prefer uniforms. This way if I wear the same thing every day, it doesn't matter and I can spend my money on clothes I actually want to wear, and not that I have to wear to fit into our "business casual" dress code.

    I so agree with this ^^ I have a closet full of "professional" clothes that I never wear anywhere but work. I'd love to just roll out of bed and throw on a uniform. and not have to decide what to wear.
  • nlwilliamson
    nlwilliamson Posts: 225 Member
    Scrubs. I am beginning to dislike them!
  • cmpollard01
    cmpollard01 Posts: 246
    I used to work for an ultra-conservative bank. Even during the hottest months, we were required to have on a blazer/sport coat (depending on gender). For a while we were required to wear hosiery! While there were times it was uncomfortable, customers continually commented on how great we looked, and how nice it was to true, business appropriate, professional attire. The financial institution I'm currently at is not as conservative. Unfortunately, I see women in ridiculously short skirts (I'm talking "What Not to Wear" short), hideously low cut tops...frankly, I'd like to tell people "this is a bank, not a place to display your goodies." Granted, some of us women might understand that "sleeveless blouse" does not equal "spaghetti strap tank top," but sadly, too many don't. Customers and coworkers don't need to see that!
  • kreuzen
    kreuzen Posts: 188 Member
    We have a ridiculous dress code in the sense that my supervisor makes me stick to it but not my coworker and everyone else and their supervisors are fairly slack about it as well.

    No flip flop sandals, no spaghetti straps, no jeans, must wear trouser socks, no open toed shoes during winter. Women must wear panty hose during winter months. I could keep going.... :grumble:

    Like I said, I can understand the dress code, but not if I'm the only one who has to abide by it.
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    I work in a fairly casual office - we can wear jeans and nice tops every day. We don't have 'the public' in the office, and we don't get clients or guests either (on a rare occasion we will sometimes host a meeting with clients or associates, but always with advanced warning).

    I am not allowed to show my tattoos or nose piercing. "It's a professional job" was the reason I was told for this rule. Basically, I work in the legal department for a large company, and the folks in charge of the department are conservative and straight-laced. So, I have to look that way too. Whatever, though, because I love what I do and who I work with. I put up with it and make do.
  • mdcjmom
    mdcjmom Posts: 597 Member
    Hee hee hee I am one of the privileged few that do not have a dress code. I have a regular 8-5 job but work from my home. I could work in my pj's and nobody would know!
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    I get pissed because women can wear skirts/flip flops/really casual **** and I have to wear closed toe shoes/slacks and a collared shirt......That said I don't have it so bad.

    A guy at my work tried to protest the "No shorts" part of the men's dress code by wearing his wife's capris, arguing they are the same thing. That was a fun day.

    I thought about buying a kilt to try that.........decided it would have to be a nice one for me to wear it and I wasn't ready to lay down that much in protest.
  • nwhitley
    nwhitley Posts: 619
    I have a work dress code that is no "boobs, butts, or bellies" hanging out. No wet hair, tank tops/spaghetti straps, flip flops, very high heels, leggings, or jeans unless its the last Friday in the month. Doesn't bother me. The shoe thing is b/c it can be a safety hazard and the others are b/c I work with children. Everyone's idea of professional dress is different so there have to be some guidelines otherwise some people would just wear whatever.
  • Lonewolf1507
    Lonewolf1507 Posts: 507 Member
    How would you feel about a man wearing a sleeveless shirt to the office?

    We had a customer visit our factory in England a few summers ago wearing a Bermuda Suit, Bermuda shorts and a Jacket with short sleeves, it actually looked good.

    :smile:
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    I get pissed because women can wear skirts/flip flops/really casual **** and I have to wear closed toe shoes/slacks and a collared shirt......That said I don't have it so bad.

    A guy at my work tried to protest the "No shorts" part of the men's dress code by wearing his wife's capris, arguing they are the same thing. That was a fun day.

    That's awesome! I'm so doing that :laugh:
  • JmeHarris
    JmeHarris Posts: 38
    I've traveled around the world extensively, and one of the things I've noticed is how Americans have a very different attitude about how one should look before leaving the house for the day. As a group, we tend to dress down, sometimes way down (ever seen the pics of the "People of Walmart?"). While in other countries, people tend to dress up to leave the house, even just for routine errands. I'm not talking about suits and pearls for the hardware store, but it's common to see women in dresses and slacks and men in "business casual". I have to say that I wish we took that approach.
  • TurtleRunnerNC
    TurtleRunnerNC Posts: 751 Member
    I think that's a matter of professionalism rather than prudishness.


    ^^^^ this ^^^^
  • kennethmgreen
    kennethmgreen Posts: 1,759 Member
    My job requires that I wrap myself in foil, from head to toe, which sucks because every time I go near the microwave, I start to spark. Also, it gets pretty hot. Foil doesn't breathe.
  • VeganMotoGirl
    VeganMotoGirl Posts: 43 Member
    My work has no sholders in the policy but people do not always follow it. However, I have some tattoos that go over on to my shoulder a bit so I usually have to cover up anyway. They may not care about shoulders but they hate Tattoos!
  • bleacheblonde
    bleacheblonde Posts: 333
    Are you serious? Durrrrr. Plus "just go get a new job" is not as easy as it sounds depending on where you live.
  • ChelleFeegan
    ChelleFeegan Posts: 80 Member
    Our dress code is so laid back... Today someone wore a lace dress with a black bra and a black thong.... Yes you could see them very clearly. Don't get me wring she has a stunning figure but really....
  • bleacheblonde
    bleacheblonde Posts: 333
    That's kind of the policy where I work too, and I don't have a problem with it since we have air conditioning. My workplace is very liberal though...they let me do pretty much whatever I want in the hair color/piercings/tattoos department, as long as it's not obscene or outrageous. The only thing I got in trouble for once was that I wore shorts that were a couple of inches above my knee. No shorts...I thought they were long enough that I could pass them off as "capris" but I was wrong :)
  • bleacheblonde
    bleacheblonde Posts: 333
    So get a new job. It's a free country.

    Are you serious? Durrrrr. Plus "just go get a new job" is not as easy as it sounds depending on where you live.
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    Our dress code literally states women must wear undergarments.

    I guess they had issues with bigger boobed folks letting em hang loose. :huh:
  • lawmama_
    lawmama_ Posts: 103 Member
    I think that's a matter of professionalism rather than prudishness.

    Agree.

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