My sister worked retail for most of her life (she's changed careers) and there was always a dress code. Whens she worked at Saks they required skirts and stockings; even when she'd had a growth removed from her leg and the stockings stuck and caused fairly significant pain, she had to wear stockings.
Ten percent of nothing is -- let me do the math here -- nothing into nothing, carry the --
Jayne ,'Serenity'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Toddson - Feb 03, 2012 10:14:27 am PST #20008 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
P.M. Marc - Feb 03, 2012 10:17:41 am PST #20009 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Am I being too much of a stickler?
Depends on your industry and role.
As I'm wearing a dress and tights today, I'm almost at as business formal as I get. But, then, I interviewed in jeans and a turtleneck.
And my daily wear involves Batman lounge pants. People know when I wear a dress that I'm at the end of my laundry.
sumi - Feb 03, 2012 10:18:23 am PST #20010 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
OMG, Tom! I hope that your dad recovers easily.
smonster - Feb 03, 2012 10:18:32 am PST #20011 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
What javachik said.
Also, don't get me started on the preponderance of pink construction shit for women.
Toddson - Feb 03, 2012 10:20:13 am PST #20012 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oh Tom! I don't really have anything else to say.
But! you can come back after a stroke - I'm probably younger and I was really lucky, but recovery is possible. FYI, it took me about six to eight months to bounce back.
Lee - Feb 03, 2012 10:21:21 am PST #20013 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Oh, Tom! Fingers crossed for a Toddson like recovery.
smonster - Feb 03, 2012 10:21:42 am PST #20014 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Oh no, Tom. What a mess.
§ ita § - Feb 03, 2012 10:22:13 am PST #20015 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm including the Midwest and my stint at the job that didn't allow opaque hose in my estimation. Obviously, it's not an exhaustive poll, but between somewhere as incredibly conservative as Detroit (some of the hidebound parts of The South up in the North/Midwest), a country like Jamaica where it was recommended I don't wear red to the office, etc.
I still haven't encountered anyone other than guys who want to fuck me who had any noticeable reaction to my lack of hair or makeup. And they obviously had issues to work through.
That shit's like herpes (seemed like a good idea at the time, gets everywhere, can't get rid of it)
I don't remember the last time herpes seemed like a good idea, but it may just be that I don't get out much.
I do think many people were very dressed down for business formal (I think my dress suit was borderline, just because it was a dress suit, but there was a jacket), but the basic point was is that my manager doesn't femme up for anyone, ever, during the work day.
§ ita § - Feb 03, 2012 10:22:58 am PST #20016 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jaysus, Tom. I hope everything is as good as possible. Are you nearby?
DebetEsse - Feb 03, 2012 10:23:27 am PST #20017 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Much -ma to you and your family, Tom.