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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    ...one of the (many) reasons I prefer to be self employed is that I can set the dress code: jeans and a shirt is fine. And most of my customers are the same: I can visit them in jeans, they can visit me. But today I am sitting here in a suit, tie, and dress shoes instead of comfy ones (I have to go to a funeral in half an hour or so) and I'd forgotten just how stupid ties are. What do they usefully do, other than try to strangle you? Any dress codes where you are working?

    You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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    Mark_Wallace
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    Oh, so you're one of those annoying irks who have to win all the time, are y... Oh. Not that kind of tie. Forget I spoke.

    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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    • A Argonia

      After seeing your both links with V. I feel less innocent. From now on you both are on my list for not clicking on any links in your posts:)

      Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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      V 0
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      Fixed it for you, apologies for the confusion :-) I kinda assumed everybody knew by now how my repugnant mind worked... ;P

      V.
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      • R Rob Philpott

        Sharp suit. Quite right too - casual dress, casual attitude.

        Regards, Rob Philpott.

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        WiganLatics
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        Au contraire. The less time you spend worrying about how you look (which shouldn't matter unless you're meeting clients) the more time you have for actually working.

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        • M Mark_Wallace

          Oh, so you're one of those annoying irks who have to win all the time, are y... Oh. Not that kind of tie. Forget I spoke.

          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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          WiganLatics
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          No he's Welsh, he likes that sort of tie. It's a step up from losing! ;P

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            ...one of the (many) reasons I prefer to be self employed is that I can set the dress code: jeans and a shirt is fine. And most of my customers are the same: I can visit them in jeans, they can visit me. But today I am sitting here in a suit, tie, and dress shoes instead of comfy ones (I have to go to a funeral in half an hour or so) and I'd forgotten just how stupid ties are. What do they usefully do, other than try to strangle you? Any dress codes where you are working?

            You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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            Duncan Edwards Jones
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            Ties are like peacocks' tails - their purpose is that they demonstrably have no purpose so if you have one it means you have sufficient wealth to purchase silk but don't need it to keep warm. These days silk (and fake silk) is not expensive and therefore ties have been replaced as a sign of means-beyond-needs by BMW badges and various electronic devices.

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            • W WiganLatics

              Au contraire. The less time you spend worrying about how you look (which shouldn't matter unless you're meeting clients) the more time you have for actually working.

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              Rob Philpott
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              Polish your shoes!

              Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                Warning: link NSFW ! and no, more like this[^] ;P

                V.
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                JimmyRopes
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                I never suspected you to be a transvestite before. :-D

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                • A Argonia

                  After seeing your both links with V. I feel less innocent. From now on you both are on my list for not clicking on any links in your posts:)

                  Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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                  Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                  Sorry, but the couple on my picture are actually wear some clothes.. As for V - I have no excuse for such a behavior :-D

                  I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    ...one of the (many) reasons I prefer to be self employed is that I can set the dress code: jeans and a shirt is fine. And most of my customers are the same: I can visit them in jeans, they can visit me. But today I am sitting here in a suit, tie, and dress shoes instead of comfy ones (I have to go to a funeral in half an hour or so) and I'd forgotten just how stupid ties are. What do they usefully do, other than try to strangle you? Any dress codes where you are working?

                    You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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                    HobbyProggy
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                    OriginalGriff wrote:

                    Any dress codes where you are working?

                    Nope, using Bandshirts and Jeans, works fine!

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                    • R Rob Philpott

                      Polish your shoes!

                      Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                      Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                      What shoes? Who talking of shoes? I wear sandals all year long!

                      I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

                      "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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                        I never suspected you to be a transvestite before. :-D

                        **_Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.

                        I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong._**
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                        WiganLatics
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                        #29

                        Was there ever any doubt? ;P

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                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                          ...one of the (many) reasons I prefer to be self employed is that I can set the dress code: jeans and a shirt is fine. And most of my customers are the same: I can visit them in jeans, they can visit me. But today I am sitting here in a suit, tie, and dress shoes instead of comfy ones (I have to go to a funeral in half an hour or so) and I'd forgotten just how stupid ties are. What do they usefully do, other than try to strangle you? Any dress codes where you are working?

                          You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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                          Jeremy Hutchinson
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                          Current position is remote, so I'll just let your imaginations run for my work from home days. On office days (once every few months), jeans and a t-shirt are fine. My previous job didn't have an explicit dress code, but the implicit one was business casual with a casual Friday. I started expanding casual Friday until it covered the whole week. My summer project was going to be introducing shorts, but I left before I could add that to my resume. The job before that my wife described as barnyard casual. I don't wear ties for interviews anymore. If a company needs me to wear a tie, it's almost certainly not going to be the right fit for me.

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                          • S Simon Lee Shugar

                            We are pretty much smart casual for our engineering department. It does range depending on the employee but most stick to a nice medium of jeans, shirt, shoes, or jeans, t-shirt, trainers are the bare minimum.

                            Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil

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                            JimmyRopes
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                            Simon Lee Shugar wrote:

                            We are pretty much smart casual for our engineering department ... jeans, shirt, shoes, or jeans, t-shirt, trainers

                            Definitely smart casual. :rolleyes:

                            **_Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.

                            I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong._**
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                            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                              ...one of the (many) reasons I prefer to be self employed is that I can set the dress code: jeans and a shirt is fine. And most of my customers are the same: I can visit them in jeans, they can visit me. But today I am sitting here in a suit, tie, and dress shoes instead of comfy ones (I have to go to a funeral in half an hour or so) and I'd forgotten just how stupid ties are. What do they usefully do, other than try to strangle you? Any dress codes where you are working?

                              You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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                              Nagy Vilmos
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                              If it's tight, I hate to tell you, then YOU are at fault. 0. Get shirts that really fit. Put a tape measure around your neck and stick two fingers between it and you, that will give you a comfortable collar size. 1. Use a large knot, double over or Windsor. The single turn is stupid, and looks worse and worse as the day progresses. 2. When you tie the tie, close it to the collar and not your neck. Simples [sat here in shorts and polo shirt]

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                              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                ...one of the (many) reasons I prefer to be self employed is that I can set the dress code: jeans and a shirt is fine. And most of my customers are the same: I can visit them in jeans, they can visit me. But today I am sitting here in a suit, tie, and dress shoes instead of comfy ones (I have to go to a funeral in half an hour or so) and I'd forgotten just how stupid ties are. What do they usefully do, other than try to strangle you? Any dress codes where you are working?

                                You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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                                Richard Deeming
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                                This[^] seems relevant. :-D


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                                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                  ...one of the (many) reasons I prefer to be self employed is that I can set the dress code: jeans and a shirt is fine. And most of my customers are the same: I can visit them in jeans, they can visit me. But today I am sitting here in a suit, tie, and dress shoes instead of comfy ones (I have to go to a funeral in half an hour or so) and I'd forgotten just how stupid ties are. What do they usefully do, other than try to strangle you? Any dress codes where you are working?

                                  You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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                                  GuyThiebaut
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                                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                                  Any dress codes where you are working?

                                  When I asked on my first day what the dress code was, I was told that I could wear whatever I liked - the nice lady from personnel then went on to say 'except your superman costume'.

                                  “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                                  ― Christopher Hitchens

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    ...one of the (many) reasons I prefer to be self employed is that I can set the dress code: jeans and a shirt is fine. And most of my customers are the same: I can visit them in jeans, they can visit me. But today I am sitting here in a suit, tie, and dress shoes instead of comfy ones (I have to go to a funeral in half an hour or so) and I'd forgotten just how stupid ties are. What do they usefully do, other than try to strangle you? Any dress codes where you are working?

                                    You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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                                    Rage
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                                    I code naked, so dress code is not an issue. Well, that was my opinion, but my colleagues eventually did complain.

                                    ~RaGE();

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      ...one of the (many) reasons I prefer to be self employed is that I can set the dress code: jeans and a shirt is fine. And most of my customers are the same: I can visit them in jeans, they can visit me. But today I am sitting here in a suit, tie, and dress shoes instead of comfy ones (I have to go to a funeral in half an hour or so) and I'd forgotten just how stupid ties are. What do they usefully do, other than try to strangle you? Any dress codes where you are working?

                                      You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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                                      Mike Hankey
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                                      OriginalGriff wrote:

                                      What do they usefully do, other than try to strangle you?

                                      Bare feet and shorts.

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                                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                        ...one of the (many) reasons I prefer to be self employed is that I can set the dress code: jeans and a shirt is fine. And most of my customers are the same: I can visit them in jeans, they can visit me. But today I am sitting here in a suit, tie, and dress shoes instead of comfy ones (I have to go to a funeral in half an hour or so) and I'd forgotten just how stupid ties are. What do they usefully do, other than try to strangle you? Any dress codes where you are working?

                                        You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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                                        Ron Anders
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                                        Ya know, the world is stupid. We live in the mountains where everybody dresses casual. Why we have to pose for the dead is beyond me.

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                                        • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                                          What shoes? Who talking of shoes? I wear sandals all year long!

                                          I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

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                                          OriginalGriff
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                                          Well polish your toes then!

                                          You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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