The rule at schools here is "shorts must be longer than the fingertips when standing." That usually equals mid-thigh.
The nuns would make us kneel and the skirt had to touch the floor.
In the office we try and not offend our co-workers, but heat is an issue so we tend to wear very little with sweaters at hand to shield against the A/C.
In lunch delight news, my plan for lunch was steamed broccoli with a dressing of oil, lemon juice, and oregano. Just before I closed the fridge door the mangoes called my name so I grabbed a plastic container of mango and added it to the broccoli. Winner! It was so delish.
I've never understood the no-sleeveless dictum. But then I drove a manager to sputtering once when I pointed out that the pantyhose-must-be-worn rule didn't make much sense when we weren't required to wear sleeves all the way down to our wrists.
In Utah, a lot of work dress codes are kind-of-subtle versions of Mormon clothing rules, ie, the famous "magic underwear", ie, garments. That's why bare shoulders on grown ups make the locals twitchy, because it's not something righteous people would be doing and it's a blatant statement of someone Not In The Church. Of course, there are also rules saying garments can be laid off in special circumstances, which often get interpreted as "It 98 freaking degrees out there! Get these layers off!"
Sophia, so your dress code explicitly states sleeveless us prohibited?
No- I just feel naked!
ETA: Our dress code says we should dress appropriately and neatly.
Ah, ok. Sleeveless is office appropriate here so I was confused.
Ah, the vague "appropriately", ie, You'll know you're inappropriate when you get the verbal warning.
That is funny, because on me (I have short arms)my fingertips are higher than my crotch!
I was definitely just standing here measuring on myself, and decided that shorts (or a skirt!) to my fingertips would be borderline student-inappropriate, and definitely adult-inappropriate.
I am usually comfortable with sleeveless, but this is more tank-like, and I kind of look like a am wearing a beach coverup! This is what I am wearing [link]
I think I am more self conscious because I am fat and white. My old crazy boss once told the two fat people (me and someone else) that we could not wear sleeveless in the office because we disgusted her.
Jesse: I think you are more her height than I am, so thanks!
ETA: If you, too, are fat (and possibly large chested), this dress is literally the most comfortable thing I have ever worn
Ooh, that dress is sweet!
The fingertip thing is so related to torso and arm length, it's clearly meaningless! My fingertips go a couple of inches below my butt, which is not close to mid-thigh.
