Part of this is good news…

1. No suit today. I have discovered, pleasantly enough, that my best suit doesn’t look right on me since I lost weight.

2. Also, no cufflinks — all my French cuff shirts are at the dry cleaners.

I am in a conservative starched blue shirt, a really sharp tie, and black tropical weight wool pants.

As of now, six people have asked me why I’m not dressed in denim. Six people got an earful.

Just another day in the corporate mine.

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128 responses to “Part of this is good news…

  • onemorevoice

    federal gov

    doesn’t have a dress code per se. Rather, they don’t have an enforced dress code. Management always wears the standard, although there are a few who only dress ‘up’ on specific days. In my old office, jeans, khakis, were the norm. The office was isolated and none of us attended major meetings. Time was spent answering letters and overhauling files so there was no need for heels, and expensive clothes.

    In my current job, its the extreme opposite. Its a high profile congressional office so even the men wear expensive ties, women wear Ann Klein and some other designer who makes these sweater-like suits for women that go for $800–in a second hand shop.

    During the summer is the best time to see government workers at their worst. sometimes, you can’t tell the gov worker from a tourist–shorts, flip flops, halter tops–again, the extreme.

  • onemorevoice

    federal gov

    doesn’t have a dress code per se. Rather, they don’t have an enforced dress code. Management always wears the standard, although there are a few who only dress ‘up’ on specific days. In my old office, jeans, khakis, were the norm. The office was isolated and none of us attended major meetings. Time was spent answering letters and overhauling files so there was no need for heels, and expensive clothes.

    In my current job, its the extreme opposite. Its a high profile congressional office so even the men wear expensive ties, women wear Ann Klein and some other designer who makes these sweater-like suits for women that go for $800–in a second hand shop.

    During the summer is the best time to see government workers at their worst. sometimes, you can’t tell the gov worker from a tourist–shorts, flip flops, halter tops–again, the extreme.

  • onemorevoice

    federal gov

    doesn’t have a dress code per se. Rather, they don’t have an enforced dress code. Management always wears the standard, although there are a few who only dress ‘up’ on specific days. In my old office, jeans, khakis, were the norm. The office was isolated and none of us attended major meetings. Time was spent answering letters and overhauling files so there was no need for heels, and expensive clothes.

    In my current job, its the extreme opposite. Its a high profile congressional office so even the men wear expensive ties, women wear Ann Klein and some other designer who makes these sweater-like suits for women that go for $800–in a second hand shop.

    During the summer is the best time to see government workers at their worst. sometimes, you can’t tell the gov worker from a tourist–shorts, flip flops, halter tops–again, the extreme.

  • onemorevoice

    federal gov

    doesn’t have a dress code per se. Rather, they don’t have an enforced dress code. Management always wears the standard, although there are a few who only dress ‘up’ on specific days. In my old office, jeans, khakis, were the norm. The office was isolated and none of us attended major meetings. Time was spent answering letters and overhauling files so there was no need for heels, and expensive clothes.

    In my current job, its the extreme opposite. Its a high profile congressional office so even the men wear expensive ties, women wear Ann Klein and some other designer who makes these sweater-like suits for women that go for $800–in a second hand shop.

    During the summer is the best time to see government workers at their worst. sometimes, you can’t tell the gov worker from a tourist–shorts, flip flops, halter tops–again, the extreme.

  • onemorevoice

    federal gov

    doesn’t have a dress code per se. Rather, they don’t have an enforced dress code. Management always wears the standard, although there are a few who only dress ‘up’ on specific days. In my old office, jeans, khakis, were the norm. The office was isolated and none of us attended major meetings. Time was spent answering letters and overhauling files so there was no need for heels, and expensive clothes.

    In my current job, its the extreme opposite. Its a high profile congressional office so even the men wear expensive ties, women wear Ann Klein and some other designer who makes these sweater-like suits for women that go for $800–in a second hand shop.

    During the summer is the best time to see government workers at their worst. sometimes, you can’t tell the gov worker from a tourist–shorts, flip flops, halter tops–again, the extreme.

  • onemorevoice

    federal gov

    doesn’t have a dress code per se. Rather, they don’t have an enforced dress code. Management always wears the standard, although there are a few who only dress ‘up’ on specific days. In my old office, jeans, khakis, were the norm. The office was isolated and none of us attended major meetings. Time was spent answering letters and overhauling files so there was no need for heels, and expensive clothes.

    In my current job, its the extreme opposite. Its a high profile congressional office so even the men wear expensive ties, women wear Ann Klein and some other designer who makes these sweater-like suits for women that go for $800–in a second hand shop.

    During the summer is the best time to see government workers at their worst. sometimes, you can’t tell the gov worker from a tourist–shorts, flip flops, halter tops–again, the extreme.

  • onemorevoice

    federal gov

    doesn’t have a dress code per se. Rather, they don’t have an enforced dress code. Management always wears the standard, although there are a few who only dress ‘up’ on specific days. In my old office, jeans, khakis, were the norm. The office was isolated and none of us attended major meetings. Time was spent answering letters and overhauling files so there was no need for heels, and expensive clothes.

    In my current job, its the extreme opposite. Its a high profile congressional office so even the men wear expensive ties, women wear Ann Klein and some other designer who makes these sweater-like suits for women that go for $800–in a second hand shop.

    During the summer is the best time to see government workers at their worst. sometimes, you can’t tell the gov worker from a tourist–shorts, flip flops, halter tops–again, the extreme.

  • onemorevoice

    federal gov

    doesn’t have a dress code per se. Rather, they don’t have an enforced dress code. Management always wears the standard, although there are a few who only dress ‘up’ on specific days. In my old office, jeans, khakis, were the norm. The office was isolated and none of us attended major meetings. Time was spent answering letters and overhauling files so there was no need for heels, and expensive clothes.

    In my current job, its the extreme opposite. Its a high profile congressional office so even the men wear expensive ties, women wear Ann Klein and some other designer who makes these sweater-like suits for women that go for $800–in a second hand shop.

    During the summer is the best time to see government workers at their worst. sometimes, you can’t tell the gov worker from a tourist–shorts, flip flops, halter tops–again, the extreme.

  • asthecrowflies

    & if you don’t think i’m going to bring that up at the next programming committe meeting…

  • asthecrowflies

    & if you don’t think i’m going to bring that up at the next programming committe meeting…

  • asthecrowflies

    & if you don’t think i’m going to bring that up at the next programming committe meeting…

  • asthecrowflies

    & if you don’t think i’m going to bring that up at the next programming committe meeting…

  • asthecrowflies

    & if you don’t think i’m going to bring that up at the next programming committe meeting…

  • asthecrowflies

    & if you don’t think i’m going to bring that up at the next programming committe meeting…

  • asthecrowflies

    & if you don’t think i’m going to bring that up at the next programming committe meeting…

  • asthecrowflies

    & if you don’t think i’m going to bring that up at the next programming committe meeting…

  • radioactiveart

    You should have had one of those “lord of the dance” type faceoffs in the tunnel!!!! They could have battled for the better venue.

    STEP SLAM!!!!!!

  • radioactiveart

    You should have had one of those “lord of the dance” type faceoffs in the tunnel!!!! They could have battled for the better venue.

    STEP SLAM!!!!!!

  • radioactiveart

    You should have had one of those “lord of the dance” type faceoffs in the tunnel!!!! They could have battled for the better venue.

    STEP SLAM!!!!!!

  • radioactiveart

    You should have had one of those “lord of the dance” type faceoffs in the tunnel!!!! They could have battled for the better venue.

    STEP SLAM!!!!!!

  • radioactiveart

    You should have had one of those “lord of the dance” type faceoffs in the tunnel!!!! They could have battled for the better venue.

    STEP SLAM!!!!!!

  • radioactiveart

    You should have had one of those “lord of the dance” type faceoffs in the tunnel!!!! They could have battled for the better venue.

    STEP SLAM!!!!!!

  • radioactiveart

    You should have had one of those “lord of the dance” type faceoffs in the tunnel!!!! They could have battled for the better venue.

    STEP SLAM!!!!!!

  • radioactiveart

    You should have had one of those “lord of the dance” type faceoffs in the tunnel!!!! They could have battled for the better venue.

    STEP SLAM!!!!!!

  • asthecrowflies

    the short story is that there was a really major programming committe screwup.

    there were 2 stepdancing groups this year – & the higher-paid one, with the live band, in the nicer venue, was from Boston, not Worcester. there are angry Worcester Celts at the door, in the editorials, & the email.

    & i think it’s one very noisy guy, to tell the truth, by the manner of all the mail looking the same. Joyce already talked to the woman who runs the Worcester school, apolgized, & they had a good laugh over the screwup – apparently there’s someone on the programming committe who either should have known better or was actively attempting a smackdown, we don’t know yet – & we though that was that. but, no, of course not. -le sigh-

  • asthecrowflies

    the short story is that there was a really major programming committe screwup.

    there were 2 stepdancing groups this year – & the higher-paid one, with the live band, in the nicer venue, was from Boston, not Worcester. there are angry Worcester Celts at the door, in the editorials, & the email.

    & i think it’s one very noisy guy, to tell the truth, by the manner of all the mail looking the same. Joyce already talked to the woman who runs the Worcester school, apolgized, & they had a good laugh over the screwup – apparently there’s someone on the programming committe who either should have known better or was actively attempting a smackdown, we don’t know yet – & we though that was that. but, no, of course not. -le sigh-

  • asthecrowflies

    the short story is that there was a really major programming committe screwup.

    there were 2 stepdancing groups this year – & the higher-paid one, with the live band, in the nicer venue, was from Boston, not Worcester. there are angry Worcester Celts at the door, in the editorials, & the email.

    & i think it’s one very noisy guy, to tell the truth, by the manner of all the mail looking the same. Joyce already talked to the woman who runs the Worcester school, apolgized, & they had a good laugh over the screwup – apparently there’s someone on the programming committe who either should have known better or was actively attempting a smackdown, we don’t know yet – & we though that was that. but, no, of course not. -le sigh-

  • asthecrowflies

    the short story is that there was a really major programming committe screwup.

    there were 2 stepdancing groups this year – & the higher-paid one, with the live band, in the nicer venue, was from Boston, not Worcester. there are angry Worcester Celts at the door, in the editorials, & the email.

    & i think it’s one very noisy guy, to tell the truth, by the manner of all the mail looking the same. Joyce already talked to the woman who runs the Worcester school, apolgized, & they had a good laugh over the screwup – apparently there’s someone on the programming committe who either should have known better or was actively attempting a smackdown, we don’t know yet – & we though that was that. but, no, of course not. -le sigh-

  • asthecrowflies

    the short story is that there was a really major programming committe screwup.

    there were 2 stepdancing groups this year – & the higher-paid one, with the live band, in the nicer venue, was from Boston, not Worcester. there are angry Worcester Celts at the door, in the editorials, & the email.

    & i think it’s one very noisy guy, to tell the truth, by the manner of all the mail looking the same. Joyce already talked to the woman who runs the Worcester school, apolgized, & they had a good laugh over the screwup – apparently there’s someone on the programming committe who either should have known better or was actively attempting a smackdown, we don’t know yet – & we though that was that. but, no, of course not. -le sigh-

  • asthecrowflies

    the short story is that there was a really major programming committe screwup.

    there were 2 stepdancing groups this year – & the higher-paid one, with the live band, in the nicer venue, was from Boston, not Worcester. there are angry Worcester Celts at the door, in the editorials, & the email.

    & i think it’s one very noisy guy, to tell the truth, by the manner of all the mail looking the same. Joyce already talked to the woman who runs the Worcester school, apolgized, & they had a good laugh over the screwup – apparently there’s someone on the programming committe who either should have known better or was actively attempting a smackdown, we don’t know yet – & we though that was that. but, no, of course not. -le sigh-

  • asthecrowflies

    the short story is that there was a really major programming committe screwup.

    there were 2 stepdancing groups this year – & the higher-paid one, with the live band, in the nicer venue, was from Boston, not Worcester. there are angry Worcester Celts at the door, in the editorials, & the email.

    & i think it’s one very noisy guy, to tell the truth, by the manner of all the mail looking the same. Joyce already talked to the woman who runs the Worcester school, apolgized, & they had a good laugh over the screwup – apparently there’s someone on the programming committe who either should have known better or was actively attempting a smackdown, we don’t know yet – & we though that was that. but, no, of course not. -le sigh-

  • asthecrowflies

    the short story is that there was a really major programming committe screwup.

    there were 2 stepdancing groups this year – & the higher-paid one, with the live band, in the nicer venue, was from Boston, not Worcester. there are angry Worcester Celts at the door, in the editorials, & the email.

    & i think it’s one very noisy guy, to tell the truth, by the manner of all the mail looking the same. Joyce already talked to the woman who runs the Worcester school, apolgized, & they had a good laugh over the screwup – apparently there’s someone on the programming committe who either should have known better or was actively attempting a smackdown, we don’t know yet – & we though that was that. but, no, of course not. -le sigh-

  • marced4life

    Hate mail over Irish stepdancers? I can only understand that if Michael Flatley was one of them. Must hear story!

  • marced4life

    Hate mail over Irish stepdancers? I can only understand that if Michael Flatley was one of them. Must hear story!

  • marced4life

    Hate mail over Irish stepdancers? I can only understand that if Michael Flatley was one of them. Must hear story!

  • marced4life

    Hate mail over Irish stepdancers? I can only understand that if Michael Flatley was one of them. Must hear story!

  • marced4life

    Hate mail over Irish stepdancers? I can only understand that if Michael Flatley was one of them. Must hear story!

  • marced4life

    Hate mail over Irish stepdancers? I can only understand that if Michael Flatley was one of them. Must hear story!

  • marced4life

    Hate mail over Irish stepdancers? I can only understand that if Michael Flatley was one of them. Must hear story!

  • marced4life

    Hate mail over Irish stepdancers? I can only understand that if Michael Flatley was one of them. Must hear story!

  • diva_dot

    My best friend’s little brother wore a t-shirt to school one day and was forced to turn it inside out. It said, “My Other Ride is Your Mom”.

  • diva_dot

    My best friend’s little brother wore a t-shirt to school one day and was forced to turn it inside out. It said, “My Other Ride is Your Mom”.

  • diva_dot

    My best friend’s little brother wore a t-shirt to school one day and was forced to turn it inside out. It said, “My Other Ride is Your Mom”.

  • diva_dot

    My best friend’s little brother wore a t-shirt to school one day and was forced to turn it inside out. It said, “My Other Ride is Your Mom”.

  • diva_dot

    My best friend’s little brother wore a t-shirt to school one day and was forced to turn it inside out. It said, “My Other Ride is Your Mom”.

  • diva_dot

    My best friend’s little brother wore a t-shirt to school one day and was forced to turn it inside out. It said, “My Other Ride is Your Mom”.

  • diva_dot

    My best friend’s little brother wore a t-shirt to school one day and was forced to turn it inside out. It said, “My Other Ride is Your Mom”.

  • diva_dot

    My best friend’s little brother wore a t-shirt to school one day and was forced to turn it inside out. It said, “My Other Ride is Your Mom”.

  • seide

    heh, the dress code at my (public) high school was “you must wear shoes.” That’s it. Nobody got sent home to change clothes. Ahh, the good old days, before schools became fully locked into the “we only hire administrators who really fucking hate children and all they represent” mode.

  • seide

    heh, the dress code at my (public) high school was “you must wear shoes.” That’s it. Nobody got sent home to change clothes. Ahh, the good old days, before schools became fully locked into the “we only hire administrators who really fucking hate children and all they represent” mode.

  • seide

    heh, the dress code at my (public) high school was “you must wear shoes.” That’s it. Nobody got sent home to change clothes. Ahh, the good old days, before schools became fully locked into the “we only hire administrators who really fucking hate children and all they represent” mode.

  • seide

    heh, the dress code at my (public) high school was “you must wear shoes.” That’s it. Nobody got sent home to change clothes. Ahh, the good old days, before schools became fully locked into the “we only hire administrators who really fucking hate children and all they represent” mode.

  • seide

    heh, the dress code at my (public) high school was “you must wear shoes.” That’s it. Nobody got sent home to change clothes. Ahh, the good old days, before schools became fully locked into the “we only hire administrators who really fucking hate children and all they represent” mode.

  • seide

    heh, the dress code at my (public) high school was “you must wear shoes.” That’s it. Nobody got sent home to change clothes. Ahh, the good old days, before schools became fully locked into the “we only hire administrators who really fucking hate children and all they represent” mode.

  • seide

    heh, the dress code at my (public) high school was “you must wear shoes.” That’s it. Nobody got sent home to change clothes. Ahh, the good old days, before schools became fully locked into the “we only hire administrators who really fucking hate children and all they represent” mode.

  • seide

    heh, the dress code at my (public) high school was “you must wear shoes.” That’s it. Nobody got sent home to change clothes. Ahh, the good old days, before schools became fully locked into the “we only hire administrators who really fucking hate children and all they represent” mode.

  • seide

    I never wore denim on casual fridays at my office. I just thought it was stupid, like it was this big privilege and everybody was so excited and grateful, jesus, let’s all leap around like dog lackeys at the fact that we got to wear special pants. I saw it as a way to divert attention from the more important stuff, like the fact that our health benefits sucked.

  • seide

    I never wore denim on casual fridays at my office. I just thought it was stupid, like it was this big privilege and everybody was so excited and grateful, jesus, let’s all leap around like dog lackeys at the fact that we got to wear special pants. I saw it as a way to divert attention from the more important stuff, like the fact that our health benefits sucked.

  • seide

    I never wore denim on casual fridays at my office. I just thought it was stupid, like it was this big privilege and everybody was so excited and grateful, jesus, let’s all leap around like dog lackeys at the fact that we got to wear special pants. I saw it as a way to divert attention from the more important stuff, like the fact that our health benefits sucked.

  • seide

    I never wore denim on casual fridays at my office. I just thought it was stupid, like it was this big privilege and everybody was so excited and grateful, jesus, let’s all leap around like dog lackeys at the fact that we got to wear special pants. I saw it as a way to divert attention from the more important stuff, like the fact that our health benefits sucked.

  • seide

    I never wore denim on casual fridays at my office. I just thought it was stupid, like it was this big privilege and everybody was so excited and grateful, jesus, let’s all leap around like dog lackeys at the fact that we got to wear special pants. I saw it as a way to divert attention from the more important stuff, like the fact that our health benefits sucked.

  • seide

    I never wore denim on casual fridays at my office. I just thought it was stupid, like it was this big privilege and everybody was so excited and grateful, jesus, let’s all leap around like dog lackeys at the fact that we got to wear special pants. I saw it as a way to divert attention from the more important stuff, like the fact that our health benefits sucked.

  • seide

    I never wore denim on casual fridays at my office. I just thought it was stupid, like it was this big privilege and everybody was so excited and grateful, jesus, let’s all leap around like dog lackeys at the fact that we got to wear special pants. I saw it as a way to divert attention from the more important stuff, like the fact that our health benefits sucked.

  • seide

    I never wore denim on casual fridays at my office. I just thought it was stupid, like it was this big privilege and everybody was so excited and grateful, jesus, let’s all leap around like dog lackeys at the fact that we got to wear special pants. I saw it as a way to divert attention from the more important stuff, like the fact that our health benefits sucked.

  • sofarfrom78

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

    God, I wish we lived near each other… 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

    God, I wish we lived near each other… 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

    God, I wish we lived near each other… 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

    God, I wish we lived near each other… 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

    God, I wish we lived near each other… 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

    God, I wish we lived near each other… 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

    God, I wish we lived near each other… 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

    God, I wish we lived near each other… 🙂

  • asthecrowflies

    well… you could work for a nonprofit arts agency where everything you present apparently* has citywide political ramifications…

    *you wouoldn’t believe the hate mail over the irish stepdancers

  • asthecrowflies

    well… you could work for a nonprofit arts agency where everything you present apparently* has citywide political ramifications…

    *you wouoldn’t believe the hate mail over the irish stepdancers

  • asthecrowflies

    well… you could work for a nonprofit arts agency where everything you present apparently* has citywide political ramifications…

    *you wouoldn’t believe the hate mail over the irish stepdancers

  • asthecrowflies

    well… you could work for a nonprofit arts agency where everything you present apparently* has citywide political ramifications…

    *you wouoldn’t believe the hate mail over the irish stepdancers

  • asthecrowflies

    well… you could work for a nonprofit arts agency where everything you present apparently* has citywide political ramifications…

    *you wouoldn’t believe the hate mail over the irish stepdancers

  • asthecrowflies

    well… you could work for a nonprofit arts agency where everything you present apparently* has citywide political ramifications…

    *you wouoldn’t believe the hate mail over the irish stepdancers

  • asthecrowflies

    well… you could work for a nonprofit arts agency where everything you present apparently* has citywide political ramifications…

    *you wouoldn’t believe the hate mail over the irish stepdancers

  • asthecrowflies

    well… you could work for a nonprofit arts agency where everything you present apparently* has citywide political ramifications…

    *you wouoldn’t believe the hate mail over the irish stepdancers

  • slayerscreamer

    i say stick it to em.
    kinda bummed about the lack of suit, but at least you have a good reason to not wear it. an i’m sure you’re stylin’ in the wool pants, anyway 😉

    we have casual days here at my office, too.. they give us friday-sunday we’re allowed to wear denim and sneakers and the like.

    i never take advantage of such things. i hate denim, and i break dress code the rest of the week with my quasi-nice-looking sneakers, anyway.

    and if i get away with this huge screw in my ear, i doubt they’re gunna worry about my Pony’s.

  • slayerscreamer

    i say stick it to em.
    kinda bummed about the lack of suit, but at least you have a good reason to not wear it. an i’m sure you’re stylin’ in the wool pants, anyway 😉

    we have casual days here at my office, too.. they give us friday-sunday we’re allowed to wear denim and sneakers and the like.

    i never take advantage of such things. i hate denim, and i break dress code the rest of the week with my quasi-nice-looking sneakers, anyway.

    and if i get away with this huge screw in my ear, i doubt they’re gunna worry about my Pony’s.

  • slayerscreamer

    i say stick it to em.
    kinda bummed about the lack of suit, but at least you have a good reason to not wear it. an i’m sure you’re stylin’ in the wool pants, anyway 😉

    we have casual days here at my office, too.. they give us friday-sunday we’re allowed to wear denim and sneakers and the like.

    i never take advantage of such things. i hate denim, and i break dress code the rest of the week with my quasi-nice-looking sneakers, anyway.

    and if i get away with this huge screw in my ear, i doubt they’re gunna worry about my Pony’s.

  • slayerscreamer

    i say stick it to em.
    kinda bummed about the lack of suit, but at least you have a good reason to not wear it. an i’m sure you’re stylin’ in the wool pants, anyway 😉

    we have casual days here at my office, too.. they give us friday-sunday we’re allowed to wear denim and sneakers and the like.

    i never take advantage of such things. i hate denim, and i break dress code the rest of the week with my quasi-nice-looking sneakers, anyway.

    and if i get away with this huge screw in my ear, i doubt they’re gunna worry about my Pony’s.

  • slayerscreamer

    i say stick it to em.
    kinda bummed about the lack of suit, but at least you have a good reason to not wear it. an i’m sure you’re stylin’ in the wool pants, anyway 😉

    we have casual days here at my office, too.. they give us friday-sunday we’re allowed to wear denim and sneakers and the like.

    i never take advantage of such things. i hate denim, and i break dress code the rest of the week with my quasi-nice-looking sneakers, anyway.

    and if i get away with this huge screw in my ear, i doubt they’re gunna worry about my Pony’s.

  • slayerscreamer

    i say stick it to em.
    kinda bummed about the lack of suit, but at least you have a good reason to not wear it. an i’m sure you’re stylin’ in the wool pants, anyway 😉

    we have casual days here at my office, too.. they give us friday-sunday we’re allowed to wear denim and sneakers and the like.

    i never take advantage of such things. i hate denim, and i break dress code the rest of the week with my quasi-nice-looking sneakers, anyway.

    and if i get away with this huge screw in my ear, i doubt they’re gunna worry about my Pony’s.

  • slayerscreamer

    i say stick it to em.
    kinda bummed about the lack of suit, but at least you have a good reason to not wear it. an i’m sure you’re stylin’ in the wool pants, anyway 😉

    we have casual days here at my office, too.. they give us friday-sunday we’re allowed to wear denim and sneakers and the like.

    i never take advantage of such things. i hate denim, and i break dress code the rest of the week with my quasi-nice-looking sneakers, anyway.

    and if i get away with this huge screw in my ear, i doubt they’re gunna worry about my Pony’s.

  • slayerscreamer

    i say stick it to em.
    kinda bummed about the lack of suit, but at least you have a good reason to not wear it. an i’m sure you’re stylin’ in the wool pants, anyway 😉

    we have casual days here at my office, too.. they give us friday-sunday we’re allowed to wear denim and sneakers and the like.

    i never take advantage of such things. i hate denim, and i break dress code the rest of the week with my quasi-nice-looking sneakers, anyway.

    and if i get away with this huge screw in my ear, i doubt they’re gunna worry about my Pony’s.

  • radioactiveart

    Oh hell. I’m a poet. What larger level of fucked up do I need?

  • radioactiveart

    Oh hell. I’m a poet. What larger level of fucked up do I need?

  • radioactiveart

    Oh hell. I’m a poet. What larger level of fucked up do I need?

  • radioactiveart

    Oh hell. I’m a poet. What larger level of fucked up do I need?

  • radioactiveart

    Oh hell. I’m a poet. What larger level of fucked up do I need?

  • radioactiveart

    Oh hell. I’m a poet. What larger level of fucked up do I need?

  • radioactiveart

    Oh hell. I’m a poet. What larger level of fucked up do I need?

  • radioactiveart

    Oh hell. I’m a poet. What larger level of fucked up do I need?

  • sofarfrom78

    I say you quit and become a professional student (like me!) and then discover that the academic world is even more fucked up than the corporate world, and then we huddle in a corner and cry. 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    I say you quit and become a professional student (like me!) and then discover that the academic world is even more fucked up than the corporate world, and then we huddle in a corner and cry. 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    I say you quit and become a professional student (like me!) and then discover that the academic world is even more fucked up than the corporate world, and then we huddle in a corner and cry. 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    I say you quit and become a professional student (like me!) and then discover that the academic world is even more fucked up than the corporate world, and then we huddle in a corner and cry. 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    I say you quit and become a professional student (like me!) and then discover that the academic world is even more fucked up than the corporate world, and then we huddle in a corner and cry. 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    I say you quit and become a professional student (like me!) and then discover that the academic world is even more fucked up than the corporate world, and then we huddle in a corner and cry. 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    I say you quit and become a professional student (like me!) and then discover that the academic world is even more fucked up than the corporate world, and then we huddle in a corner and cry. 🙂

  • sofarfrom78

    I say you quit and become a professional student (like me!) and then discover that the academic world is even more fucked up than the corporate world, and then we huddle in a corner and cry. 🙂

  • radioactiveart

    Our “business casual” code is so restrictive it seems worse than the regular code, which I actually understand.

    I’m actually not a big fan of casual days at work. I like my uniform — shirt, tie, pants, shoes. Cufflinks on frequent occasions.

    Along with a double pierced left ear (complete, these days, with a honking thick gold hoop anda diamond stud) and a ponytail to my shoulders. Tell me, what could be more professional?

  • radioactiveart

    Our “business casual” code is so restrictive it seems worse than the regular code, which I actually understand.

    I’m actually not a big fan of casual days at work. I like my uniform — shirt, tie, pants, shoes. Cufflinks on frequent occasions.

    Along with a double pierced left ear (complete, these days, with a honking thick gold hoop anda diamond stud) and a ponytail to my shoulders. Tell me, what could be more professional?

  • radioactiveart

    Our “business casual” code is so restrictive it seems worse than the regular code, which I actually understand.

    I’m actually not a big fan of casual days at work. I like my uniform — shirt, tie, pants, shoes. Cufflinks on frequent occasions.

    Along with a double pierced left ear (complete, these days, with a honking thick gold hoop anda diamond stud) and a ponytail to my shoulders. Tell me, what could be more professional?

  • radioactiveart

    Our “business casual” code is so restrictive it seems worse than the regular code, which I actually understand.

    I’m actually not a big fan of casual days at work. I like my uniform — shirt, tie, pants, shoes. Cufflinks on frequent occasions.

    Along with a double pierced left ear (complete, these days, with a honking thick gold hoop anda diamond stud) and a ponytail to my shoulders. Tell me, what could be more professional?

  • radioactiveart

    Our “business casual” code is so restrictive it seems worse than the regular code, which I actually understand.

    I’m actually not a big fan of casual days at work. I like my uniform — shirt, tie, pants, shoes. Cufflinks on frequent occasions.

    Along with a double pierced left ear (complete, these days, with a honking thick gold hoop anda diamond stud) and a ponytail to my shoulders. Tell me, what could be more professional?

  • radioactiveart

    Our “business casual” code is so restrictive it seems worse than the regular code, which I actually understand.

    I’m actually not a big fan of casual days at work. I like my uniform — shirt, tie, pants, shoes. Cufflinks on frequent occasions.

    Along with a double pierced left ear (complete, these days, with a honking thick gold hoop anda diamond stud) and a ponytail to my shoulders. Tell me, what could be more professional?

  • radioactiveart

    Our “business casual” code is so restrictive it seems worse than the regular code, which I actually understand.

    I’m actually not a big fan of casual days at work. I like my uniform — shirt, tie, pants, shoes. Cufflinks on frequent occasions.

    Along with a double pierced left ear (complete, these days, with a honking thick gold hoop anda diamond stud) and a ponytail to my shoulders. Tell me, what could be more professional?

  • radioactiveart

    Our “business casual” code is so restrictive it seems worse than the regular code, which I actually understand.

    I’m actually not a big fan of casual days at work. I like my uniform — shirt, tie, pants, shoes. Cufflinks on frequent occasions.

    Along with a double pierced left ear (complete, these days, with a honking thick gold hoop anda diamond stud) and a ponytail to my shoulders. Tell me, what could be more professional?

  • diva_dot

    Give ’em hell, Tony.

    Maybe I have a subversive viewpoint on dress codes, but I’ve never seen what the big deal is about casual Fridays. I am sitting here at my cubicle in jeans right now, and I didn’t have to pay a thing.

    I overheard two ladies on the bus discussing their office dress code yesterday morning. They work in the US attorneys’ office somewhere here in Wilmington, and they were thinking of taking up donations so they could have casual Friday. They were talking about how hard it is to do something like that because someone always tries to take it too far.

    Apparently, their office is so strict they can’t even wear business casual–one woman’s main complaint is that the secretaries a floor below them were allowed to wear khakis. They were saying the last time they had a casual day, the lawyers were showing up in dirty old jeans and t-shirts with holes in them.

    Inappropriateness is everywhere, in every form, be it a stuffy government lawyer or a snobby young girl at a retail store.

    What if we made it more like high school, where you could wear what you pleased (or a uniform!) and if the administration had a problem with it, they sent you home to change clothes?

  • diva_dot

    Give ’em hell, Tony.

    Maybe I have a subversive viewpoint on dress codes, but I’ve never seen what the big deal is about casual Fridays. I am sitting here at my cubicle in jeans right now, and I didn’t have to pay a thing.

    I overheard two ladies on the bus discussing their office dress code yesterday morning. They work in the US attorneys’ office somewhere here in Wilmington, and they were thinking of taking up donations so they could have casual Friday. They were talking about how hard it is to do something like that because someone always tries to take it too far.

    Apparently, their office is so strict they can’t even wear business casual–one woman’s main complaint is that the secretaries a floor below them were allowed to wear khakis. They were saying the last time they had a casual day, the lawyers were showing up in dirty old jeans and t-shirts with holes in them.

    Inappropriateness is everywhere, in every form, be it a stuffy government lawyer or a snobby young girl at a retail store.

    What if we made it more like high school, where you could wear what you pleased (or a uniform!) and if the administration had a problem with it, they sent you home to change clothes?

  • diva_dot

    Give ’em hell, Tony.

    Maybe I have a subversive viewpoint on dress codes, but I’ve never seen what the big deal is about casual Fridays. I am sitting here at my cubicle in jeans right now, and I didn’t have to pay a thing.

    I overheard two ladies on the bus discussing their office dress code yesterday morning. They work in the US attorneys’ office somewhere here in Wilmington, and they were thinking of taking up donations so they could have casual Friday. They were talking about how hard it is to do something like that because someone always tries to take it too far.

    Apparently, their office is so strict they can’t even wear business casual–one woman’s main complaint is that the secretaries a floor below them were allowed to wear khakis. They were saying the last time they had a casual day, the lawyers were showing up in dirty old jeans and t-shirts with holes in them.

    Inappropriateness is everywhere, in every form, be it a stuffy government lawyer or a snobby young girl at a retail store.

    What if we made it more like high school, where you could wear what you pleased (or a uniform!) and if the administration had a problem with it, they sent you home to change clothes?

  • diva_dot

    Give ’em hell, Tony.

    Maybe I have a subversive viewpoint on dress codes, but I’ve never seen what the big deal is about casual Fridays. I am sitting here at my cubicle in jeans right now, and I didn’t have to pay a thing.

    I overheard two ladies on the bus discussing their office dress code yesterday morning. They work in the US attorneys’ office somewhere here in Wilmington, and they were thinking of taking up donations so they could have casual Friday. They were talking about how hard it is to do something like that because someone always tries to take it too far.

    Apparently, their office is so strict they can’t even wear business casual–one woman’s main complaint is that the secretaries a floor below them were allowed to wear khakis. They were saying the last time they had a casual day, the lawyers were showing up in dirty old jeans and t-shirts with holes in them.

    Inappropriateness is everywhere, in every form, be it a stuffy government lawyer or a snobby young girl at a retail store.

    What if we made it more like high school, where you could wear what you pleased (or a uniform!) and if the administration had a problem with it, they sent you home to change clothes?

  • diva_dot

    Give ’em hell, Tony.

    Maybe I have a subversive viewpoint on dress codes, but I’ve never seen what the big deal is about casual Fridays. I am sitting here at my cubicle in jeans right now, and I didn’t have to pay a thing.

    I overheard two ladies on the bus discussing their office dress code yesterday morning. They work in the US attorneys’ office somewhere here in Wilmington, and they were thinking of taking up donations so they could have casual Friday. They were talking about how hard it is to do something like that because someone always tries to take it too far.

    Apparently, their office is so strict they can’t even wear business casual–one woman’s main complaint is that the secretaries a floor below them were allowed to wear khakis. They were saying the last time they had a casual day, the lawyers were showing up in dirty old jeans and t-shirts with holes in them.

    Inappropriateness is everywhere, in every form, be it a stuffy government lawyer or a snobby young girl at a retail store.

    What if we made it more like high school, where you could wear what you pleased (or a uniform!) and if the administration had a problem with it, they sent you home to change clothes?

  • diva_dot

    Give ’em hell, Tony.

    Maybe I have a subversive viewpoint on dress codes, but I’ve never seen what the big deal is about casual Fridays. I am sitting here at my cubicle in jeans right now, and I didn’t have to pay a thing.

    I overheard two ladies on the bus discussing their office dress code yesterday morning. They work in the US attorneys’ office somewhere here in Wilmington, and they were thinking of taking up donations so they could have casual Friday. They were talking about how hard it is to do something like that because someone always tries to take it too far.

    Apparently, their office is so strict they can’t even wear business casual–one woman’s main complaint is that the secretaries a floor below them were allowed to wear khakis. They were saying the last time they had a casual day, the lawyers were showing up in dirty old jeans and t-shirts with holes in them.

    Inappropriateness is everywhere, in every form, be it a stuffy government lawyer or a snobby young girl at a retail store.

    What if we made it more like high school, where you could wear what you pleased (or a uniform!) and if the administration had a problem with it, they sent you home to change clothes?

  • diva_dot

    Give ’em hell, Tony.

    Maybe I have a subversive viewpoint on dress codes, but I’ve never seen what the big deal is about casual Fridays. I am sitting here at my cubicle in jeans right now, and I didn’t have to pay a thing.

    I overheard two ladies on the bus discussing their office dress code yesterday morning. They work in the US attorneys’ office somewhere here in Wilmington, and they were thinking of taking up donations so they could have casual Friday. They were talking about how hard it is to do something like that because someone always tries to take it too far.

    Apparently, their office is so strict they can’t even wear business casual–one woman’s main complaint is that the secretaries a floor below them were allowed to wear khakis. They were saying the last time they had a casual day, the lawyers were showing up in dirty old jeans and t-shirts with holes in them.

    Inappropriateness is everywhere, in every form, be it a stuffy government lawyer or a snobby young girl at a retail store.

    What if we made it more like high school, where you could wear what you pleased (or a uniform!) and if the administration had a problem with it, they sent you home to change clothes?

  • diva_dot

    Give ’em hell, Tony.

    Maybe I have a subversive viewpoint on dress codes, but I’ve never seen what the big deal is about casual Fridays. I am sitting here at my cubicle in jeans right now, and I didn’t have to pay a thing.

    I overheard two ladies on the bus discussing their office dress code yesterday morning. They work in the US attorneys’ office somewhere here in Wilmington, and they were thinking of taking up donations so they could have casual Friday. They were talking about how hard it is to do something like that because someone always tries to take it too far.

    Apparently, their office is so strict they can’t even wear business casual–one woman’s main complaint is that the secretaries a floor below them were allowed to wear khakis. They were saying the last time they had a casual day, the lawyers were showing up in dirty old jeans and t-shirts with holes in them.

    Inappropriateness is everywhere, in every form, be it a stuffy government lawyer or a snobby young girl at a retail store.

    What if we made it more like high school, where you could wear what you pleased (or a uniform!) and if the administration had a problem with it, they sent you home to change clothes?

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