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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Thanks, Jesse (eta: and Jilli). I had a sudden attack of sartorial worry.
DH's boss wears shorts to work, but that's just a casual office and he just wears, you know, shorts. Not "work shorts", which put me in mind of the carhops on roller skates wearing shorts as part of their uniform.
Unless you're a postman.
OK, you got me there. I love the postman shorts.
All I'm saying is, (for the most part) there are jobs where you can wear shorts and jobs where you would want to wear a suit, and those jobs do not intersect.
When I worked at AT&T Labs, there was a guy who wore shorts the entire year round.
Doesn't anyone remember the fad of wearing Bermuda shorts everywhere back in the early 1980s, in the midst of the preppy fad? I remember it being about 35 degrees out at a Friday night football game, and one of my classmates had Bermuda shorts, knit knee highs (tartan pattern, of course), penny loafers, and a Fair Isle sweater over a turtleneck. This was typical wear in 1982.
People in New York have a narrow view of fashion.
t What in the hell am I doing talking about fashion?
Cats are cute and fuzzy. They do hijinks, too.
Mine tried to bite my upper arm yet again this morning, so I kicked her off the bed and got ready for work.
Jilli, are they a better alternative to regular shorts? I mean, would crappy shorts be allowed?
Crappy shorts are probably allowed (I've never been able to find a dress code for this company). The work shorts don't seem a better alternative to me, but that's because I think they're all overly ... fussy? Trying too hard to be clever and fashion-forward? If someone wants to wear shorts, great. Trying to make them look like they're supposed to be part of an upscale-ish, business-casual work outfit? It looks like they're trying too hard.
Yes, I am cranky and unreasonable about these sorts of things.
Hey! The wireless on the bus works today!
You know, I went to work today wearing black PJ bottoms, a black wifebeater, and a long crocheted jacket. Oh, and my usual Birks.
I lose at fashion.
Trying to make them look like they're supposed to be part of an upscale-ish, business-casual work outfit? It looks like they're trying too hard.
Oh yeah -- I meant "better." Not actually better.
In other news, I was at a training thing this morning, and we had a fake case study to look at, and it was about teen suicide, and none of the people in my group had really seen Heathers! At least, not enough to talk about it -- there was a man older than me and two women younger, who each said they had seen it, but just the once. I hate that. I need my age cohort around me at ALL TIMES.
Doesn't anyone remember the fad of wearing Bermuda shorts everywhere back in the early 1980s, in the midst of the preppy fad?
Gah. I do. That look usually included the sweater tied around the neck thing, which I never understood.
My contribution to the fashion discussion is that I was just driving on a fairly busy four-lane road and a woman decided to sprint across in the middle of the street, pushing her baby in a stroller. This was not wise, but it was complicated by the fact that she was wearing a knit crop top and low-rise capris, which kept falling down as she ran, so she was pushing the stroller with one hand and pulling her pants up with the other.