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Post by Don on Jul 17, 2017 16:21:25 GMT -5
True. One can always fire them, not invite them, or not allow them into the press room/restaurant/black tie gala. Pro-choice! You choose whether or not your company has a dress code and what it is, employees choose whether or not to accept a job offer on those terms, and then choose whether or not to ignore your dress code. You choose whether or not to continue employing them. Yep. That works fine for me. Precisely. If people are incapable of dressing appropriately for particular activities without having it spelled out to them, that's a factor I can use in my own decision-making process... and one I don't have to inform me if their inability is masked by a dress code.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2017 16:43:39 GMT -5
True. One can always fire them, not invite them, or not allow them into the press room/restaurant/black tie gala. Pro-choice! You choose whether or not your company has a dress code and what it is, employees choose whether or not to accept a job offer on those terms, and then choose whether or not to ignore your dress code. You choose whether or not to continue employing them. Yep. That works fine for me. Precisely. If people are incapable of dressing appropriately for particular activities without having it spelled out to them, that's a factor I can use in my own decision-making process... and one I don't have to inform me if their inability is masked by a dress code. This would work OK for me; I read Miss Manners, have a good eye for the norms in a workplace, and if in doubt, I have no problem asking "is this a dressy restaurant or is it casual?" But man, I've seen some people who were just wildly clueless. e.g , the guy who thought running shorts and trainers were "office casual" in a law office. (Dude. Khakis. Think khakis.) I figure it's sometimes a kindness to give the clueless some guidelines, just in case their mama never did. Heh. This makes me think of the movie "Working Girl" from the 80s. Melanie Griffith is a secretary who morphs into an executive -- one of the first things she figures out is that her style is sending low-level employee signals (even when she dresses up) and she needs to step it up if she wants to send out "I'm an executive" signals. ETA: For fun, a couple pics from Working Girl. secretary style: Executive style: Oh, that 80s hair...
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Post by Don on Jul 17, 2017 17:05:34 GMT -5
One of the reasons I'm rabidly pro-choice is because I think it's important for adults to adult, and that requires exercising judgement. Every choice someone makes is good for their adult muscle, and reinforces the link between choice and responsibility. I think that's good for both individuals and the societies they inhabit. Dress codes are unnecessary training wheels that lead to larger accidents later.
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Post by Optimus on Jul 17, 2017 17:11:47 GMT -5
But man, I've seen some people who were just wildly clueless. e.g , the guy who thought running shorts and trainers were "office casual" in a law office. (Dude. Khakis. Think khakis.) He sounds hideous.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2017 17:18:09 GMT -5
I love that commercial.
He wasn't hideous, exactly. But he was really exceptionally hairy, which made the skimpy running shorts that much more unseemly in an office setting! So. Much. Hair.
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Post by Optimus on Jul 17, 2017 20:18:21 GMT -5
I was making a jokey reference to the commercial, silly.
Speaking of hairy dudes, the way I always remember the definition of "hirsute" is the fact that it's so close to "hair suit."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2017 21:08:10 GMT -5
No one reads my posts. *pours Robo a scotch*
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Post by Optimus on Jul 17, 2017 23:09:12 GMT -5
I saw that you said you loved it, but it seemed like you didn't get my "looks hideous" reference, because you started describing why the guy wasn't actually hideous (seemed like you were taking me seriously).
Oh well. Messageboard comedy ain't easy.
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Post by robeiae on Jul 18, 2017 7:51:29 GMT -5
Is there an adverse possession law for excessive body hair?
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