Are you allowed to wear running shoes to work, LeN?
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
'Never Leave Me'
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.
§ ita § - Jun 24, 2011 6:11:04 am PDT #14081 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Jun 24, 2011 6:16:27 am PDT #14082 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ha! I don't think so. Unless you camp out at Trader Joe's...
Just checking. I met a woman who was all, "You're so familiar -- I'm sure I know you from somewhere," and I'm pretty sure she doesn't. But she was wearing those shoes!
megan walker - Jun 24, 2011 6:19:32 am PDT #14083 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think there's a big difference between "no flipflops or sneakers" and "must wear heels."
Aside from not really wanting to see people's feet at work, I'd love banning flipflops for the sound alone.
tommyrot - Jun 24, 2011 6:19:47 am PDT #14084 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Those five-toed shoes freak me out too.
I think it freaks some of us out because we're old.
Amy - Jun 24, 2011 6:21:30 am PDT #14085 of 30001
Because books.
I've never seen Anderson Cooper get his snark on before, but it's awesome.
Strix - Jun 24, 2011 6:22:31 am PDT #14086 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I am wearing my nightgown and no shoes to work right now AIFG!
Sue - Jun 24, 2011 6:23:07 am PDT #14087 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I will admit to just walking barefoot across the floor to pick up something from the printer. But we tend to take business casual to new lows around here. (I'm wearing jeans and a peasant blouse with sneakery flats.)
le nubian - Jun 24, 2011 6:24:00 am PDT #14088 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Are you allowed to wear running shoes to work, LeN?
ita, I'm a faculty member so I probably could wear whatever I want. I do make a point to have professional dress when I teach and for some meetings. I don't wear pajamas or sweats, but short of that, I do what I want.
Kathy A - Jun 24, 2011 6:25:56 am PDT #14089 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I can't even wear sandals here because it's too damn cold in the building, especially at my desk (my chair is directly below a vent, and Facilities refuses to let me reposition my computer to the other side of my cubicle to let me thaw out). I'm currently wearing the polar fleece jacket which is always on the back of my chair for when I need to get warm.
Consuela - Jun 24, 2011 6:37:34 am PDT #14090 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Had to be talked into allowing sandals - but really wants all of us in heels.
Yeah, no. I'm pretty sure she can't do that.
Dress codes are weird. My last place our dress code consisted of: no jeans unless it was Friday or you were going into the field. And even that pissed people off, but I supported it, after going to a site visit with a client and a coworker who was in torn jeans. I don't care how much you need to make the client comfortable: torn jeans are pretty much never appropriate if you're meeting clients.
Here, I think I could wear jeans and flipflops every day, but I try to dress at least some better than that. We don't see the public here, but it's a government office and I feel I should respect that.
Today I'm in dark-wash jeans with a nice white t-shirt and one of those "boyfriend" cardigans: really long, in dull purple, and my favorite multi-colored flats. Dressy casual.