Maybe it is just me, but there is a very disturbing trend happening in my office right now. I have noticed that more and more people are taking the “casual” dress to a disturbing level. Don’t get me wrong, I am the first to wear a pair of jeans into the office. However, I usually wear a shirt with them, but the way things are going around here lately, I may be able to just throw on some cut off shorts and wear some Birkenstocks to work – not that I would be caught dead in Birkenstocks. I am just not sure when “casual” became beach wear.
I work for a web company, and I expect that the creative people here are going to be, well, a little kooky. And believe me, they are. But some people are taking the relaxed dress a bit too far. I thought it was strange that someone, during my day one orientation, was wearing flip flops. But that seems dressy in comparison these days. Maybe it is the fact that I have spent my career talking to customers and not stuck in my cubicle, but I don’t think that you should wear tank tops to work – men or women. I don’t think that mini skirts are appropriate – I know I can’t believe I am saying it either. I am really sure that you should not wear the $1.99 flip flops you got for buying three bags of groceries at Safeway. We are a large company and I really think there should be some standard of dress. I say bring back the shirt and tie era.
Wow, I am getting old.
2 comments:
Oooh, you are getting old! We have a casual work environment here, though I would still never wear shorts to work (jeans). But, I do have some nice flip flops that I don't mind wearing when it's really hot and I'm not meeting clients (esp. since I ride the bus and it's damn hot without a/c). Fortunately, my co-workers seem to respect the boundaries but I have seem some people on my bus where I'm wondering what they could do for a 9 - 5 job and dress like THAT? Even when they're "dressed up," I still see women showing way too much cleavage or leg for an office.
I work for a web retailer that leases space on one of Amazon's campuses, and so you can definitely begin to imagine the varied interpretations of the phrase "casual." :) A big thing here in Seattle are Utilikilts, so it's not uncommon to see a dude wearing a Utilikilt. I'm not a big fan of the Utilikilt, but I can live with it. However, there is this one particularly obese guy at AMZN who wears his kilt with Birkenstocks. AAAUGH. Not only does he have hairy legs, but having to see his nasty Chewbacca feet puts me over the edge.
Pants are a good thing! Hurray for pants!
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