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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

What Are They Thinking?

I can't even believe I have to take time from procrastinating writing my thesis to address this. I'm very busy, especially now that I've found American cereals and proper salsa, but this problem needs to be addressed. Guys, it's the year 2008, and some things are just not appropriate work attire, especially in a professional industry. I understand we're engineers, so we get some slack, but we've taken far too many liberties with the dress code and it's time to get our act together. For starters:

1) No ties with any cartoon characters. Even if it is transformers.
2) Cargo pants are not fancy.
3) Crocs have no business at a business. Unless you work at a flower shop or a hospital.
4) Shoes with no backs are for hippies, and hippies dont have jobs.
5) If you've had a shirt longer than you've had your job, it's time to part ways.

Those are the few that come to mind, but I swear I have seen some crazy things here. I can't describe how ridiculous it is when you go to a meeting and some jackalope American is wearing a tazmanian devil tie, sitting next to the Brit in the nice pinstripe suit with cufflinks. It's making us look bad, and we really don't need any help in that department. Honestly, the only thing that could be worse is if someone wore a NASCAR jacket with with a speedo and some berkenstocks and their black tube socks pulled all the way up. That's essentially the next logical progression.

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