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[wombat]

OMG Ash that story about the movie is unbelievable.  How very not amusing of them.

My current two jobs are not perfect in many ways, but they are perfect attire-wise.  In one I wear a uniform so never have to think about what to wear, which is the ideal situation. In the other I wear jeans and a tshirt and the only person I see most days is one co-worker who basically never cuts his hair or showers so I am more respectable than him no matter what I do, which is the second-most ideal situation.

[V-Adore]

The only notable development for me lately, in terms of workplace attire, is that I finally purchased my own labcoat, allowing me to stop wearing the comically-small lab extra. (I could only button the bottom two buttons of the thing, and as such I looked like a pinup for a chubby-chaser science fetishist all day, which was an unnerving feeling.)  My coat is very white, buttons all the way up, and has more pockets than I will ever need short of relocating by hand an entire penis colony. I feel astoundingly professional in it.

The experience of buying it -- going into the uniform store, trying it on, checking for an internal pocket, and buying the fucker, all while my English-major roommate stood back marveling at the variety of nursing scrubs available -- also felt very professional and adult, especially when I showed my work ID for a 10% discount. (That said, this part confuses me, because they automatically give a 10% discount to anyone who can prove they work in any field that might plausibly require labcoats or scrubs; doesn't this effectively mean the place is charging a 10% tax on people buying Halloween costumes?)

[side_show]

I looked like a pinup for a chubby-chaser science fetishist all day, which was an unnerving feeling.

V-Adore, you are magic.

[wombat]

(That said, this part confuses me, because they automatically give a 10% discount to anyone who can prove they work in any field that might plausibly require labcoats or scrubs; doesn't this effectively mean the place is charging a 10% tax on people buying Halloween costumes?)

Perhaps it is the rest of the non-Halloween year they are thinking of - nobly trying to discourage people from impersonating scientists, and doing evil things while saying "Trust me, I'm a doctor."

Your post reminds me - while I love wearing a work uniform, when I was briefly a vet tech I hated wearing scrubs.  Instead of making me feel professional, they made me feel like I was being forced to go to work in my pajamas like in a nightmare. I guess I should have realized right away that that job wasn't going to work out for me.

[CortJstr]

Your post reminds me - while I love wearing a work uniform, when I was briefly a vet tech I hated wearing scrubs.  Instead of making me feel professional, they made me feel like I was being forced to go to work in my pajamas like in a nightmare. I guess I should have realized right away that that job wasn't going to work out for me.

It probably didn't help that so many scrub designs include teddy bears for reasons I can't begin to understand.

[wombat]

I got some nice scrubs with lizards and giraffe and even stingrays, actually.  But it didn't help.

[V-Adore]

Yeah, I think that effect may be because of the patterns. While I applaud the makers of scrubs for having such a wide variety of colors and designs, they already look quite pajama-y, and I think their being covered in teddy bears or rocketships or holiday designs would only make that feel worse. While I can see some situations in which whimsical prints would be the most professional option (pediatric nurses), it's not in most cases.

Of course, I probably shouldn't talk; I'm one of those people who always felt weird when people would wear pajama ##### to morning classes in college. Just... put on some big-boy #####, for the love of God!

[theinevitable]

V-- I just crossed that line yesterday (actually, sweat#####), and I was pretty ashamed. It does not take that much effort to put on real #####, people. And think before you wear sleep-#####/sweat#####... it is OK at your first class or so, but will you have time to change? People at my 2:30 class gave me weird looks, and I felt kind of like a hobo.

[V-Adore]

See, sweat##### I can almost sort of understand, as long as they're reasonably nice-looking. A decently new pair of sweat##### (ideally in a neutral color) basically looks like normal trousers, and it doesn't exude the same level of "I care so little about my surroundings that I didn't even bother to get dressed" as pajama #####. That said, if the sweat##### are ratty and/or have anything written across the ass, the wearer may need a time-out to think about what they did.

[V-Adore]

Jibbering Jeebus you are on a roll today.

Ass billboarding is for wretched.

Thank you. I believe I've told this particular story before, but I have never, ever gotten over the group of freshman one year at my college who decided to all get sweat##### with "BEST ENTRY" written on the ass. (This is "funny" because the freshman residential groups are called "entries," and also because it implies they want anal sex! Oh! That is truly the limit.)

[CortJstr]

Thank you. I believe I've told this particular story before, but I have never, ever gotten over the group of freshman one year at my college who decided to all get sweat****** with "BEST ENTRY" written on the ass. (This is "funny" because the freshman residential groups are called "entries," and also because it implies they want anal sex! Oh! That is truly the limit.)

Mocking freshman is all well and good but I won't have you badmouthing anal sex!

[Drygioni]

Mocking freshman is all well and good but I won't have you badmouthing anal sex!

Yeah V, leave anal sex alone! Some people enjoy it. Why else do you think Cort has 'Best Entry' emblazoned on the back of his jeans?

(Apologies to all and sundry for that cheap shot taken with ugliest gun)

[side_show]

Oh, I hate to add to thread wandering, but I have been deeply, deeply traumatized by sweat##### worn by another to the point where there is only one thing I can think of when I think of them.  It's been a long time since I've done a wordy Mel story, so here we go.

See, in junior high, after leaving the private school, I found myself being taught by the antithesis of the Catholic School Nun - a sweaty, stinky, out of shape male math teacher named Mr. McKay.  Mr. McKay had a wide selection of sweat#####, topped with pit-stained T-shirts.  In various combinations, this was basically all he wore to teach in.  I don't know how he got away with it, because from all other experiences I've found that only gym teachers are "supposed" to wear casual clothing.  Anyway, the classroom itself can only be described as having the reek of body odour and pickled eggs every damn day.  The man was always sweating copiously, and the smell was horrible.  I mean, this guy had serious, serious hygiene issues on top of his inappropriate clothing choices. 

Any way, there was a day, a day I was later to find out many other students also remember, where Mr. McKay wore a pair of sweats so worn out -and I'm not sure if he was wearing underwear, but if so they too was so worn out... They were so worn out that you could see a fairly clear and impossible to ignore dick print through the fabric.  I saw... I saw my stinky math teacher's dick.  I just remember being so shocked as to not be able to tear my eyes away immediately.  It was the car crash of dick prints.

Much later, in highschool when remembering back to days of yor with other classmates, someone else brought up the dick print, and it turned out that everyone else saw it too.  We were all just too young and horrified to have words to speak of it back in the day.  No one ever said anything to each other about it back then, but much later, we all agreed we'd most definitely seen it - and it was easy to remember the specific "day of the too thin sweats" because it was also the day when one of my classmates accidentally smashed the glass on the mathroom door after being thrown out of class on unrelated matters. 

Those sweats were soooo thin... The things I saw.  Oh.  It's just not right!

Don't wear sweats, folks.  Especially if they're very worn out.  Please.  You'll traumatize the pre-teens.

Yeah, so when I work out I wear yoga ##### or those velvet-y JLo-style stretchy dungarees, though I basically live in constant fear of camel toe.

[V-Adore]

For the record, I have no objection to anal sex; I do, however, have many objections to college freshmen who think its merest mention is hi-larious. Hint: if you are not all having buttsex, don't make sweat##### saying you are! How hard can this be to understand?!

On other subjects...

It was the car crash of dick prints.

side_show, you amaze me always with your ability to make terrible things perfect. I laughed 'til I coughed. "Car crash of dick prints," indeed!

[theinevitable]

in the future, men will be required to submit both finger- and dick-prints to the police when booked.