Do people ask you about your shirts, Kat? I'm trying to think when the last time I wore my PGJ was. When I wore my b.org Security shirt last time, someone did ask me if I did security. I guess I have that face. Or that back.
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2010 9:43:00 am PDT #4017 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Strega - Jun 04, 2010 9:45:14 am PDT #4018 of 30001
I think I've mentioned that my crazy semi-boss comes to work in track suits sometimes. She's at the far end of the spectrum (because: crazy) and obviously some of us privately think it's inappropriate, but I doubt anyone's ever spoken to her about it.
The unofficial dress code varies a bit by department but unless a client or upper management is involved, I think the average is probably one step below business casual.
flea - Jun 04, 2010 9:46:13 am PDT #4019 of 30001
information libertarian
How do we feel about "shall"? I just got an email from a stranger with whom I'll be working in the future. As far as I know he's American, but he says, "I shall definitely use this service" and then uses it again in the next paragraph. Pretentious, secretly English, or what?
lisah - Jun 04, 2010 9:47:35 am PDT #4020 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
As far as I know he's American, but he says, "I shall definitely use this service" and then uses it again in the next paragraph. Pretentious, secretly English, or what?
Has to write a lot of business requirements?
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2010 9:47:45 am PDT #4021 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Flea keeps asking questions I'm not allowed to answer. Harrumph.
Jessica - Jun 04, 2010 9:47:47 am PDT #4022 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The dress code at my office is you have to be dressed. People pretty much wear whatever they want.
Kat - Jun 04, 2010 9:48:16 am PDT #4023 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Well, you have the shirt which is probably why they asked!
Sometimes. I think the PGJ shirt was paired with a skirt that had pink gingham trim and black stars and I had cowboy boots. More people were dealing with overload on the boots that the shirt doesn't even register.
My other shirts say things like, "I'm a NOUN!" or "Shakespeare Hates Your Emo Poems" or "Bad Grammar Makes Me [Sic]" so they are at least contextually correct.
Kat - Jun 04, 2010 9:49:54 am PDT #4024 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Shall always seems more like a question. Like, "What shall I do today?" But it would ping me as odd used twice in an email. Once, probably not so much.
amych - Jun 04, 2010 9:50:02 am PDT #4025 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Pretentious, secretly English, or what?
Higher ed.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2010 9:51:47 am PDT #4026 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, you have the shirt which is probably why they asked!
Dude. Random stranger.
Except I did verbally assault Elevator Guy...
Nevah mind.
Oh! Now I crave cowboy boots too. Man, I get these horrible consumption binges. I'm so terribly first world. It's disgusting.