Comments on: Flip Flops and Tank Tops http://www.dailykrier.com/2009/08/27/flip-flops-and-tank-tops/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:04:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Michelle Krier http://www.dailykrier.com/2009/08/27/flip-flops-and-tank-tops/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 Michelle Krier Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:32:29 +0000 http://www.dailykrier.com/?p=433#comment-1038 Pete - love your culture just based on what you're telling me about not wearing shoes. Overall I think it's safer to make your first impression just that -- impressive. If you are told you don't have to dress as formally then day-to-day, great. But that first impression is key. Pete – love your culture just based on what you’re telling me about not wearing shoes. Overall I think it’s safer to make your first impression just that — impressive. If you are told you don’t have to dress as formally then day-to-day, great. But that first impression is key.

]]> By: Pete Prodoehl http://www.dailykrier.com/2009/08/27/flip-flops-and-tank-tops/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 Pete Prodoehl Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:09:49 +0000 http://www.dailykrier.com/?p=433#comment-1035 Our new intern came all dressed up the first day, and I had to tell him to dress way down, as we're casual 95% of the time. Heck, most of us don't even wear shoes around the office (including the bosses!) Our new intern came all dressed up the first day, and I had to tell him to dress way down, as we’re casual 95% of the time. Heck, most of us don’t even wear shoes around the office (including the bosses!)

]]> By: Michael http://www.dailykrier.com/2009/08/27/flip-flops-and-tank-tops/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Michael Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:57:07 +0000 http://www.dailykrier.com/?p=433#comment-864 Hmmm... doesn't surprise me in the least bit. I work at a software company and we have a business casual attire policy and there is a written policy that opposes open-toe shoes. Of course there are many, many women who see summer as an opportunity to wear open-toe shoes, but there are women who go far as wearing the sandal you would see men wearing at a gym (or soccer sandals). Even better? Men are prohibited from wearing any such open-toe shoes and have been disciplined for wearing them? Wrong? Sexist? Perhaps dressing appropriately for an interview is a generational thing or maybe not. We seem to live in a period of time where society is bent on casualness. Perhaps we need a good slap in the face to restore some of the familiar courtesies that "older" people are accustomed to. Hmmm… doesn’t surprise me in the least bit. I work at a software company and we have a business casual attire policy and there is a written policy that opposes open-toe shoes. Of course there are many, many women who see summer as an opportunity to wear open-toe shoes, but there are women who go far as wearing the sandal you would see men wearing at a gym (or soccer sandals). Even better? Men are prohibited from wearing any such open-toe shoes and have been disciplined for wearing them? Wrong? Sexist?

Perhaps dressing appropriately for an interview is a generational thing or maybe not. We seem to live in a period of time where society is bent on casualness. Perhaps we need a good slap in the face to restore some of the familiar courtesies that “older” people are accustomed to.

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