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Accepted Work Attire? Fcuk it!

  • 27-06-2011 03:07PM
    #1
    zeusnero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 334 ✭✭


    So, I'm stuck in an Italian office which, in the afternoon undergoes the transition from place of work to Sauna. The rest of my colleagues (all being Italians) are relatively used to the heat...

    Recently I was told that my services were no longer needed in the Company and that I should start seeking employment elsewhere. Now it goes w/o saying that I will be referring to certain proposals from here upon departure but in the meantime? Well, the company has an accepted code of attire, this morning I threw on a pair of shorts and sauntered into work, not a bother in the World. Just had the CEO of the Company walk in and stare in shock at my 100% Guaranteed Irish Legs :D

    Anybody else have a strict code of dress in the workplace that they'd like to give a big 2 fingered salute to?


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  • #2
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    go starkers


  • #3
    jimthemental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    zeusnero wrote: »
    So, I'm stuck in an Italian office which, in the afternoon undergoes the transition from place of work to Sauna. The rest of my colleagues (all being Italians) are relatively used to the heat...

    Recently I was told that my services were no longer needed in the Company and that I should start seeking employment elsewhere. Now it goes w/o saying that I will be referring to certain proposals from here upon departure but in the meantime? Well, the company has an accepted code of attire, this morning I threw on a pair of shorts and sauntered into work, not a bother in the World. Just had the CEO of the Company walk in and stare in shock at my 100% Guaranteed Irish Legs :D

    Anybody else have a strict code of dress in the workplace that they'd like to give a big 2 fingered salute to?

    I am supposed to be doing on the road sales, hence suit needed every day. Car never materialised and I've been stuck in the office for 18 months. Took about 2 months for me to just ignore the dress code. Here now in jeans, runners and a hoody. Fcuk em I'm leaving anyway.


  • #4
    mconigol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭mconigol


    "Rebel without his clothes"


  • #5
    Karona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭Karona


    Used to work in a very uppity man's clothes shop, and I would have loved to went in wearing jeans and a nice top, but nope, we had to wear black trousers and a black top. The air con never worked either and the place was like a fishbowl.


  • #6
    phill106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,838 ✭✭✭phill106


    so what do the hot italian wimmins wear there? pics or gtfo...


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  • #7
    jimthemental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    phill106 wrote: »
    so what do the hot italian wimmins wear there? pics or gtfo...

    No don't look for pics, they'll be of a stream of sweat rolling off his chair.


  • #8
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    throw on a dress and a turban OP


  • #9
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    I have to admire those people who don't give a sh1t about getting a reference when they leave a job, and the yarns they come up with to cover the CV gap.:pac:

    "I was in a coma for 18 months and was woken up by Crystal Swing on a CD player, and I'm now fit for work"


  • #10
    zeusnero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 334 ✭✭zeusnero


    I do give a **** about a reference but hey, I have a permanent contract - If they want rid of me, they have no choice but to talk me up to high heavens!

    AND

    I would so love to be in a situation where supplying fapping materials to boardsies meant that the women in question worked in my office. Sadly however, they do not :(


  • #11
    FatherLen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    nope no dress code in my work. one time i forgot my jeans and had to wear motorcycle trousers for the day. that was a sweaty day.


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  • #12
    zeusnero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 334 ✭✭zeusnero


    phasers wrote: »
    throw on a dress and a turban OP

    I would but that might, just might, exasturbate the situation. Unfortunately I don't think anyone here really wants me exasturbating all over the office :D


  • #13
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Is this you?

    I'd say burn the place to the ground.


  • #14
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    No dress code for me either. I got interviewed by a guy wear shorts and flip flops in November.

    We dont have dress down Fridays because for many of us, there is no-where to go.


  • #15
    _feedback_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,274 ✭✭✭_feedback_


    I used to be able to wear whatever I wanted in previous jobs. I prefer having to wear work clothes. Don't have to think about what to wear, and feels good to get out of them after work!


  • #16
    phill106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,838 ✭✭✭phill106


    elviscostello wrote: »
    I used to be able to wear whatever I wanted in previous jobs. I prefer having to wear work clothes. Don't have to think about what to wear, and feels good to get out of them after work!

    You should work in a fast food establishment, they have a uniform!


  • #17
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,267 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Suit pants and a shirt or jumper, not to formal really so cant complain.

    Friday is casual day so when its warm out come the 3/4 lengths, sadly this been Ireland there has been limited opportunity for 3/4 lengths on a friday. :(


  • #18
    Caoimhín
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Caoimhín


    Jeans, t-shirt, sturdy boots and a compass is all i need. Oh and my trusty dog.


  • #19
    Gandalph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭Gandalph


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    I have to admire those people who don't give a sh1t about getting a reference when they leave a job, and the yarns they come up with to cover the CV gap.:pac:

    Employers are not aloud give bad work references


  • #20
    General General
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭General General


    I know a burglar who refuses to wear the stripey top & zorro mask.... he insists on polka dots & a Groucho get-up.


  • #21
    Gandalph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭Gandalph


    I once seen wally without his stripes


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  • #22
    Tarzan_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 122 ✭✭Tarzan_man


    Gandalph wrote: »
    I once seen wally without his stripes

    way?


  • #23
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    gavredking wrote: »
    3/4 lengths

    have teh ghey


  • #24
    aligator_am
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,598 ✭✭✭aligator_am


    Well you're in Italy so wear a pair of concrete galoshes.


  • #25
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    The way to go in an Italian office is like this Then tell them they'll be hearing from your people about the "contract", capiche?


  • #26
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    our office is "business casual" whatever the fcuk that means. I've been ignoring it for months, jeans and casual shirts/tops all the time, most people do now as well, its a call centre, the customers cant see us ffs. I got pulled on it once for not wearing shoes and I pointed out that there were a few women wearing sandals, and one girl wearing ugg boots, was never mentioned again


  • #27
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    krudler wrote: »
    our office is "business casual" whatever the fcuk that means. I've been ignoring it for months, jeans and casual shirts/tops all the time, most people do now as well, its a call centre, the customers cant see us ffs. I got pulled on it once for not wearing shoes and I pointed out that there were a few women wearing sandals, and one girl wearing ugg boots, was never mentioned again


    Were you barefoot?


  • #28
    InTheTrees
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    Just the term "business casual" makes me retch...

    :mad:


  • #29
    davetherave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭davetherave


    Throw on an auld gaa jersey and a pair of Hawaiian shorts. It will either start a new fashion trend in Milan, or get you fired for lack of fashion sense :p


  • #30
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,486 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Turn up dressed like this chap, he clearly has his finger on the sartorial pulse


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  • #31
    Victor Meldrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 767 ✭✭✭Victor Meldrew


    cargo shorts and teeshirts.. (in my dreams)

    But I chicken out and just go with chinos & shirt or grey / navy slacks & shirt in winter.

    I like having a "work wardrobe" and "non work wardrobe"

    Consequently I hate chinos and grey/navy slacks outside the office


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