Friday, August 01, 2008

Business Casual..

Ok, we've all seen it. The person in your office who just doesn't seem to 'get it.' They wear their tube top and low cut jeans with frayed holes to work. Flashing their 'muffin top' and piercings for all the world to see. Or the guy wearing cargo shorts hanging down his butt showing off his dingy boxers, and his faded Coors/Nascar t-shirt.
They are why dress codes get written, and why Casual dress isn't allowed any more.

With a nod to a past employer who once read a list like this in a town hall meeting (to riotous applause from the employees, and stern lectures from the suits later); and also a nod to Jeff Foxworthy, and 'You might be a Redneck..'

You might not be wearing Business casual…

1. If you would normally wear it to a gym, it’s not business casual.
2. If it shows parts of your underwear, it’s not business casual.
3. If it has a beer logo on it, it’s not business casual.
4. It you accessorize it with chains and studs, it’s not business casual.
5. If it has extra holes where there shouldn’t be, it’s not business casual.
6. If the shoes light up when you walk, it’s not business casual.
7. If your outfit includes unicorns, fairies, butterflies, or Tinkerbelle, it’s not business casual.
8. If it has ‘Spandex’ on the label, it’s not business casual.
9. If it is sleeveless because you got hot on your last huntin’ trip and cut the sleeves off with a knife, it’s not business casual.
10. Greasy ball caps with ‘Skoal’ on the front, are not business casual.
11. Hunting boots with a 1 inch rim of mud still on them, are not business casual.
12. If it has camo on it, it’s not business casual.
13. If it shows deep cleavage anywhere, it’s not business casual.
14. If the skirt is so short, you have to 'shave' before wearing it, it’s not business casual.
15. If you get mistaken for a exotic dancer on the way to work, it’s not business casual.
16. If it shows piercings anywhere but your face, it’s not business casual.
17. If you bought it at ‘Hot Topic’ in the mall, it’s not business casual.
18. If it has words printed on it (no matter how clever or funny they are) it’s not business casual.
19. If Michael Jackson once wore it in a video, it’s not business casual.
20. If it looks like you could have a ‘costume malfunction’ wearing it, it’s not business casual.
21. It is has more than 3 colors in the outfit, and any of them are ‘neon,’ it’s not business casual.

More to come..

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