Seems like there's about eight arguments going on concurrently...as usual. Are we talking about uniform standards when on duty? Attire when not? Or what the best-dressed augment pilots are wearing in the middle of the night?
My philosophy is simple. When on the clock, I look, act, and dress the part of a professional. I am a mercenary - you pay me, and I live in this !!!!hole and do what needs to be done. Fine.
When I am not on the clock. I will wear what I damn well please, within the bounds of decency taking into account the conservatism of where we are. Wearing beach wear to EGHQ isn't something I would do personally, but I absolutely defend the right of whomever to do so. They're the ones to bear the responsibility for their choice to do so, and I have better things to do than play Fashion Police. Personal taste is highly subjective anyway.
When I visit the EGHQ during regular hours on my own time it is generally to try and correct some mistake made by some various department that won't answer their phone or return a message, or to pick up a package I couldn't retrieve at my usual hour of employ at about oh say 2am. Believe me I am not there because I have nothing better to do. I figure if my attire somehow offends someone working office hours, they are free to come into EGHQ at such time as I AM being paid and view me in all my uniformed splendour.
But the micro-management can end with duty end, thanks. If I want someone to tell me how to dress I'll ask the wife!
