Are We Hiring Someone So Challenged As To Require A “Business Suit Onesie”?

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by Smitty

 Mrs. Other Smitty brought this to my attention. As a generally slack-tacular kinda guy who regularly toggles between sports podcasts and casino apps, I can follow the logic involved in this. Anything you can do to streamline a process, e.g. dressing, is worth doing. Note the shopping avoidance on display: you buy the one thing, and you’re done. Two complications come to mind:

  • You need to make minor adjustments, e.g. doffing a jacket, to fit the office climate, and
  • You want to mix things up a bit, to get more wear out of the upper portion. Typically the trousers reach end-of-life ahead of the shirt or jacket.

Above all these practical considerations, there is this: you’re going home. There is a 1 year-old awaiting you. That one year-old is also wearing a onesie. WHAT. WERE. YOU. THINKING?

You weren’t. Let this blog help you. When someone tries to resurrect the jumpsuit, JUST. SAY. NO.

42 comments

  1. We got a new head of accounting once who was a real ball-buster. She demanded that the accounting department wear ties every day. One guy resisted but the boss insisted. So the next day he came in to work with a t-shirt that had a tie ironed-on to it.

  2. Heh. Bring back biballs … so comfortable. The beauty of wearing a cassock in public everyday is the fact no one knows what you are wearing underneath! A pair of biballs is quite comfortable underneath plus there are pockets galore!

  6. With my current pair, it turns out that I can leave the laces tied and just slip them off and on. Once I realized that, my laziness love of efficiency immediately kicked in.

  7. Sorry. I don’t think it’s ball-busting in a business environment.

    When you wear a suit and a tie, you feel business-like – it affects your behavior.

    When you dress casually, you act casually, and the vast, vast majority of business environments are not casual situations.

    People, such a mailroom workers, are exempt, as they do physical labor, but they should not be allowed to wear torn-anything or t-shirts.

    SIDENOTE: Going to wakes dressed casually is an insult to the dead person and their family.

  15. Kind of reminds me of an old phrase from a blues song … it starts off, “Loose shoes … something something and a warm place to sh!t” if my failing memory serves …

  17. By the by. Russian Orthodox Baptism can be a might chilly. I’m sure this guy was requesting it by aspersion.

  21. Ties are required for those of us working in the tax mines for that very reason. We’re supposed to be professionals, and we should dress like professionals.

  22. Fedora’s a style, Borsalino is a brand. I prefer Stetson. Similar quality, much lower price.

  26. The boss insisted on professional attire? How horrible!

    If the workers resist dressing professionally, perhaps they shouldn’t be paid professional salaries.

  37. And I’d say there’s nothing wrong with that, as long as a man’s ambition doesn’t stop there.

  39. I try to look presentable for church. Even though I don’t spend much on clothes, I’m always modestly covered up and nothing is ragged, torn, or otherwise offensive. If I wear a T-shirt to Wednesday night services, it’s an Orthodox Christian T-shirt.

  40. You could also be paid based on the quality of the work performed. I’ve been dressing semi casually at work for years and my output has only improved over time. Ties or no ties is mainly an affectation. I’ve known a few who thought they could feign competence by dressing better than the rest of us and they occasionally got the benefit of the doubt but it always caught up with them. Still works sometimes with lawyers and Wall Street types. A good scam artist always dresses nice.

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