With rise of g-strings, the lowering of pants and the expansion of waistlines, some office etiquette has gone away.
(Fatty down the hall in spandex, my eyes not on you!)
Down in the city of Brooksville, Florida, it's gotten so bad they had to pass a law to remind city employees to put a little more effort when getting dressed for work.
You know, like take a shower.
After a 4-1 city council vote, Brooksville employees are now required to wear underwear, deodorant, and cover up tattoos while on the clock.
Among the listed requirements:
"employees will not be allowed to wear clothing considered "distracting, offensive or revealing"; body-piercing should be visible only in the ear....halter tops, Spandex, or skirts "worn below the waistline such that the abdomen or back is exposed" will not be permitted."
No word on how the town actually hopes to enforce this law.
I would imagine any boss caught checking his/her employees undergarments would be served an immediate sexual harassment suit.
But maybe that's not the point.
Maybe, just maybe, the idea is to remind a little town and it's nice people what it means to look clean and a bit neater.
Or get out of town.
Because when personal appearance gets so bad you don't give a crap what you look like at the office, it's time to start blogging.
And if that's the case, we're taking applications.
Thanks Tampa, for the laugh.
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Good idea but they got it wrong.
Piercings, tattoos - cool.
Jimmy Buffet shirts, wacky ties, tassled loafers - criminal.
Didn't we already fight this battle in the 1960's btw? God damn baby boomers getting all cranky in their old age I guess. Stick it to em kids!
Clothing aside I wouldn't mind the whole deoderant and soap thing. If you ever had to work with someone who is unaware what soap and laundry detergent are for you'll understand.
Where I work, it isn't lack of bathing that's the issue it's overdosing on cologne, perfume, etc. Not sure why everyone wants to smell like they work at strip club.
E, for a short time I worked at a place where my boss wore so much cologne you could find him by sniffing.
Personally, i think anyone who does the 2-minute-body-spray-application should be drug out in the street and shot. I don't mind the smell of Axe, but when you apply it in a fog in front of your mirror, it's just too damn much.
Business Casualties.
Ugh......body spray overdose. I'm not sure if bo is worse then that. Being one of those people who are sensitive to perfumes etc. spray overdose can make me literally sick.