Monday, September 12, 2005
dress for success, or a night clubbin' whatever
Ever since I left to purchasing group at my current place of employment, I stopped wearing button-down shirts and ties. I still maintain a slacks and golf shirt attire throughout much of the work week, saving the jeans for Friday. This would be how I would describe "business casual". I wore shirts and ties due to my position as a buyer, dealing with outside vendors and inside customers. Tried to present a "professional" appearance. Cause we all know that it's not how well you do your job, but rather how you look while doing it.
The only reason I even bring up personal attire at the workplace is due to the atrocities that I come across every day working in a "professional" building in downtown Atlanta. Yesterday I got off the elevator, and to my surprise saw a woman wearing jeans shorts and biker bar t-shirt. And in my mind the first thing to sprout was "this is business casual?"
The same thought floats through my head on a regular basis. Did you see the guy wearing the Sean John velour sweat suit? I did. The woman who dyed her hair a nice shade of pink? One floor down from me. The guy down the hall walking around in sweat pants? And trust me, it's not because he just came from the gym.
Then there are the "club girls". Doesn't matter what time of day it is, they always look like they're ready to go to the nearest disco. Plus the majority of women just show too much skin. What's that!!!! Too much skin?!?!? Is that even possible? Trust me, 9 times out of 10, you don't want to see it. Besides, it's a contradiction. You don't want me showing up to the office in a tank top now do you?
The overly baggy pants (jeans or otherwise) paired with a nice athletic jersey just don't cut it. Good God! Must be at least 10 times a day when I see the way someone is dressed in a "professional" setting and have to ask the question "did you even look in the mirror before you left the house?"
No more sweat suits, skorts, mini-skirts, tank tops, ripped jeans, t-shirts, shorts, etc. For God's sake this is supposed to be a place of business. I say we institute a uniform policy. Unlike a dress code, which no one enforces, a uniform would be much easier to do so as well as to maintain. Hell, even McDonald's has a uniform policy. When was the last time you were in a Target? Everybody wears khaki pants and red shirts. They're not always the same type of clothing, but it's easy to identify an employee, just look for khaki and red.
Either we go back to traditional business attire or I quit.
That's my ultimatum.
The following pictorial represents a kind of "do's" and "don't's"
and this is from The National Society of Black Engineers
These examples are rather tame, but tend to illustrate my point; and I see much worse every day that I venture into my corporate cocoon. ¶ 2:47 PM
The only reason I even bring up personal attire at the workplace is due to the atrocities that I come across every day working in a "professional" building in downtown Atlanta. Yesterday I got off the elevator, and to my surprise saw a woman wearing jeans shorts and biker bar t-shirt. And in my mind the first thing to sprout was "this is business casual?"
The same thought floats through my head on a regular basis. Did you see the guy wearing the Sean John velour sweat suit? I did. The woman who dyed her hair a nice shade of pink? One floor down from me. The guy down the hall walking around in sweat pants? And trust me, it's not because he just came from the gym.
Then there are the "club girls". Doesn't matter what time of day it is, they always look like they're ready to go to the nearest disco. Plus the majority of women just show too much skin. What's that!!!! Too much skin?!?!? Is that even possible? Trust me, 9 times out of 10, you don't want to see it. Besides, it's a contradiction. You don't want me showing up to the office in a tank top now do you?
The overly baggy pants (jeans or otherwise) paired with a nice athletic jersey just don't cut it. Good God! Must be at least 10 times a day when I see the way someone is dressed in a "professional" setting and have to ask the question "did you even look in the mirror before you left the house?"
No more sweat suits, skorts, mini-skirts, tank tops, ripped jeans, t-shirts, shorts, etc. For God's sake this is supposed to be a place of business. I say we institute a uniform policy. Unlike a dress code, which no one enforces, a uniform would be much easier to do so as well as to maintain. Hell, even McDonald's has a uniform policy. When was the last time you were in a Target? Everybody wears khaki pants and red shirts. They're not always the same type of clothing, but it's easy to identify an employee, just look for khaki and red.
Either we go back to traditional business attire or I quit.
That's my ultimatum.
The following pictorial represents a kind of "do's" and "don't's"
and this is from The National Society of Black Engineers
These examples are rather tame, but tend to illustrate my point; and I see much worse every day that I venture into my corporate cocoon. ¶ 2:47 PM
