Dress code has been an issue with me for a lot of years. It all began in the '70s in Chicago. I was sent home for wearing pants deemed inappropriate. Looking back, perhaps they were inappropriate - goofy "hippy" style things - but I bristled at the thought that the "pants police" had diciplined me.
In later years the dress code evolved - or perhaps, devolved - into a more "casual" look. OK, make that "ratty" look. Yet, once again I was dispatched to the clothes closet; this time for wearing "deck shoes" to work in Puerto Rico.
These days I see folks in grubby, risque t-shirts and tattered shorts in the controll room and I wonder if we haven't gone too far. Being older - and therefore wiser - than the new kids, I agree with
Ben Stein: if you wish to be thought of as a professional by those who see you at work, dress the part!
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