Dress codes

[geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA]

 Where I work, we have a double standard: researchers get to
 wear pretty much whatever they want, but office staff have
 to wear dress casual. I'd love to wear jeans all the time,
 but occasionally (and with no notice) I have to give tours
 to our members or otherwise put on a good face for FERIC.
 So I have to be presentable, or as close as I can be to
 presentable, which is not very... "rumpled" is the best
 adjective to describe my fashion sense.

 Alexia Prendergast wondered <<Remember the Dilbert cartoon
 that shows various levels of sloppiness and corresponding
 technical abilities, with the sloppiest being the most
 technical? Image-wise, it's not that far off...>>

 When I worked (briefly) for IBM back in the late 1990s, you
 could tell for a certainty what someone did by how they
 dressed. Management, their assistants, and manager wannabes
 all wore the corporate blue suit (or a female equivalent);
 technical writers (information developers) were the ones in
 slacks with sweater vests and (often) clip-on ties.
 Researchers you could spot from a mile off because there
 was no detectable rhyme or reason to what they wore, and if
 any two pieces matched, it was serendipitous. I understand
 they got considerably more casual after I left.
 Coincidence? I think not! <grin>

 --Geoff Hart     @8^{)}     geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
 Disclaimer: Speaking for myself, not FERIC.

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