Sometimes I think manpris are cute. THERE I SAID IT.

I've only had actual dress codes when I've been waiting on customers or a receptionist so was, in some sense, representing the company to the outside world.

This is the one place that dress codes make sense to me. I NEVER deal with outside world as an employee. Luckily, I'm at the right company.

If anybody's in downtown Chicago today and would like to participate (or just watch), there's going to be a pillow fight flash mob in Daley Plaza at 2:00.

Ahahahaha. I have no pillows here at the office, so I'm just going downstairs at 2 to smoke a cigarette and laugh my ass off.

My current employer (a hospital) has a stricter dress code than I'm accustomed to. No denim at any time, nothing sleeveless, etc. And we go a little stricter with the chaplains--the men have to wear ties, the women dresses/skirts or a jacket with pants.

I don't really mind, and I've been having fun dressing up more than normal, but I do miss my jeans. Guess I'd better hurry up and write that best-selling novel....

Jesse likes Carrot Top. There, I said it!

PLease -- that's bon bon.

Did I ever mention what a slacker I am? I'm amazed at how much stuff I can get done, and how fast, when I'm in a panicky, must-fix-this-now mode. I could probably be much more productive if I would just fake this panicky mode all the time, but.... nah....

I've only had actual dress codes when I've been waiting on customers or a receptionist so was, in some sense, representing the company to the outside world.

Right, that makes some sense. Evidently the whole "dress code" thing makes me super cranky! I think because I'm still getting over being pulled out of class during senior year of h.s. (when we could wear street clothes on Fridays) by the evil nun principal and getting yelled at for what I was wearing. Even though one of the preppy girls in my class was wearing the same exact pants! (wide-wale dark pink capri length cords)

Sometimes I think manpris are cute. THERE I SAID IT.

Hee! Me too! Although i don't really like sandals on men or shoes and no socks and I don't know how you wear manpris with shoes i would approve of...so maybe they should stay on the beach. with no shoes at all.

I worked for a corporate real estate firm that was formal business dress to the point that women could not wear pants. PANTS. I had to wear a skirt suit or skirt and blouse every day. Yes, hose were required as were pumps. No flats. I worked there for 1 year.

Then, I ended up at a marketing firm where the dress was casual. Not business casual, casual casual. I work jeans and t-shirts most days. Capris in the summer. Bermuda shorts were okay,flip flops fine, etc. The only time we had to dress up (all the way to business casual) was if there were clients in the office. We'd get voice mail messages telling us to dress up the next day. I worked there 11 years.

I've never met Carrot Top, let alone seen him in person. I know NOTHING ABOUT HIM.

I don't know what to say definitively about dress codes. I think women without boobs (like me) can get away with a lot of tops. You need stockings for a meeting with a client or court appearance or depo or whatever here, but not in Phoenix. I work with a lot of guys who can use the guidance of a dress code, and the younger just-out-of-college women I work with are often dressed in a way I think could be improved. I do know that it affects our bottom line because a lot of our business is sort of mystical and clients take reassurance from the way we dress.