Joe Fearnley – uhhh, right

Being fashionable (is that a word?) seems to be part of the way we live our life. Everyone trying to look really nice during a night on the town and worse yet, looking nice at work. Recently someone posted an article on one of those bulletin board thingy’s at work that was a list of things “young workers” should to appear more “professional” at work.

I have a strong opinion when it comes to dress codes at work. I believe that wearing a collared shirt (or god-forbid a tie) with some dress pants is not going to make me do my job any better. I could see if I was a sales man and I needed to impress people all day long so they will buy my product, but I’m not. I attend very few meetings, and basically sit at my work station and stair at code all day. The fact that someone in the office who probably wears ugly sweaters that have been in their closet since 1994 (at least I would hope) has the nerve to post something like this makes me uneasy. As for me, I took it down and threw it in the garbage can. Lesson learned.

For some reason, everyone thinks I should look like a gap model while I sit at my desk all day. Especially Rachel, who actually has never seen me sit at my desk. I find this a little strange. To boot, the only clothing she ever buys me are collared shirts and underwear from the gap. I guess she wants my upper half to look nice and my ass to smell a little better. I guess I can’t blame her.

The point is, if people put as much time and effort into actual work as they did into what they wore there, we’d have a more productive business world and better yet, society. Let the product and service speak for itself. As the weather gets warmer and life in Michigan begins to sprout, I have this strong urge to push the envelope for in-office fashion. Not really in the sense of wearing whatever I want, but in the sense of making my own style of what I think should be worn in the office.

Fetch the sewing machine, I’m on a mission.