http://collapseofcivility.com/2009/10/22/when-did-business-casual-become-what-not-to-wear/ Moving the world towards civility - one person at a time. Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:02:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://collapseofcivility.com/2009/10/22/when-did-business-casual-become-what-not-to-wear/#comment-38 Mike Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:18:51 +0000 http://collapseofcivility.com/?p=112#comment-38 I always enjoyed dressing up for work, crisp white shirt and jacket. Not wearing a tie was as casual as I ever got around the office. I just thought it added a sense of seriousness and respectability. However, in every management job I have had I have always had to call some employee down for inappropriate dress. Whether it was women wearing skirts so high they couldn't cross their legs without revealing something, or men coming to work in satin pajamas or looking like they were heading for a match. It's individuality without common sense, I think. And what about personal hygiene? It is embarrassing to have to tell employees that they need to go home and wash under their arms or change their socks. Sadly, I generally felt more humiliated than the employee. I always enjoyed dressing up for work, crisp white shirt and jacket. Not wearing a tie was as casual as I ever got around the office. I just thought it added a sense of seriousness and respectability. However, in every management job I have had I have always had to call some employee down for inappropriate dress. Whether it was women wearing skirts so high they couldn’t cross their legs without revealing something, or men coming to work in satin pajamas or looking like they were heading for a match. It’s individuality without common sense, I think.
And what about personal hygiene? It is embarrassing to have to tell employees that they need to go home and wash under their arms or change their socks. Sadly, I generally felt more humiliated than the employee.

]]> http://collapseofcivility.com/2009/10/22/when-did-business-casual-become-what-not-to-wear/#comment-37 Val Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:14:05 +0000 http://collapseofcivility.com/?p=112#comment-37 We must lay some of the responsibility on corporations for having vague definitions of "business casual", "dress down Friday", etc. If those definitions are unclear then it is left up to each employee to establish their own standards of acceptable business attire. We must lay some of the responsibility on corporations for having vague definitions of “business casual”, “dress down Friday”, etc.
If those definitions are unclear then it is left up to each employee to establish their own standards of acceptable business attire.

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