Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

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.


sumi - Jun 24, 2011 5:11:04 am PDT #14055 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

I never know when I skip a dose of one of my meds if I'm really feeling the effects of that or if I'm just making myself feel weird by thinking about having missed that dose, you know?

Man, yesterday: meeting after meeting and we got our new dress code. Boss is doing away with casual Fridays. Has also determined that the staff polos are no longer office appropriate. (Where the heck else would I wear those things?) Had to be talked into allowing sandals - but really wants all of us in heels. (Did not mention what sort of shoes men are expected to wear.)

And when asked when the code goes into effect: we were told that they'd let us wait 'til Monday to start. Nice one: seriously - at staff meeting yesterday I think that that 50% of us would have been sent home - because she wanted the new code to go into effect immediately.


sumi - Jun 24, 2011 5:12:12 am PDT #14056 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

I can't believe that my office - a high contact student office has a more formal dress code than my best friend, the corporate attorney, who gets to wear tee shirts and jeans on Friday.


Vortex - Jun 24, 2011 5:12:50 am PDT #14057 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Those dresses are so cute, Aims!


lisah - Jun 24, 2011 5:16:52 am PDT #14058 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

but really wants all of us in heels.

WTF??


Sophia Brooks - Jun 24, 2011 5:18:05 am PDT #14059 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Can heels really be part of a dress code. I mean, I get that they can say "dress shoes", but heels?

Of course, I wear flip flops everyday. Our dress code is "dress appropriately". I am actually not certain if I think flip flops are appropriate, but I wear them anyway.

When I worked at JC Penney, they did not change the dress code after the 1980's for a while, so one of the things we were required to wear was a camisole under our blouses. This was in the late 90's early 2000's, so before the resurgance of the "cami" and, in fact, the blouse. No one worse blouses.


Kathy A - Jun 24, 2011 5:20:27 am PDT #14060 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I don't think that anyone can make you wear heels anymore, can they? I know that I can't wear them at all; with my messed-up knees, they hurt like hell.


Kat - Jun 24, 2011 5:26:47 am PDT #14061 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Super cute dresses, Aimee.

I am "dressed" for work. None of my students will be there, but I don't feel comfortable wearing shorts. So I have a t-shirt material skirt and a white tee. I'd like to wear flip flops, but I'll put on tennis shoes instead. Sigh.


Kathy A - Jun 24, 2011 5:31:26 am PDT #14062 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I'm wearing black cotton pants, a green polo, and gym shoes. I would be wearing jeans, but my only pair are in the laundry basket.

Oh, and it looks like I'll be wearing a size smaller next week! Everything is a bit baggy, so it's time to move on to a size 22.


Steph L. - Jun 24, 2011 5:38:03 am PDT #14063 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I don't think that anyone can make you wear heels anymore, can they? I know that I can't wear them at all; with my messed-up knees, they hurt like hell.

I was gonna say this. I can understand requiring "dress shoes" like flats, but is it even legal to require that women wear something men don't have to wear? (I don't actually know what that means for bras, now that I think of it.) Particularly given that heels are hell on the human anatomy.


le nubian - Jun 24, 2011 5:40:23 am PDT #14064 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

fuck heels. I can't wear them either.

sumi, your boss sounds like a crazy person.