About proper office wear.
Now I don’t need to ramble on about the difference between the two outfits, but the one on the left would be classified as GOOD office wear. The one on the right? BAD office wear. Her outfit? Leaned a bit closer to the right outfit than it should have. I know it’s Friday but we don’t practice Beach Casual Fridays.
I speak on this because I’ve gotten yelled at a couple times from a couple different employers about pants that may have been a little low and shirts that showed off a little too much cleavage. But I learned my lesson and am now a frequent shopper at ATL, JCrew, BR, and all the “sophisticated young professional” stores out there. Even if they are…dare I say…not exactly in my budget :X
However, never in my ten years of working various jobs with varying levels of casualness, have i dressed like I was going to the beach. Personally, I don’t think skirts that are more than an inch above the knee are appropriate and nor are low cut sleeveless shirts. But that my friends, is how our intern is dressed today.
She’s been known to err on the side of dare I say, inappropriate, though I don’t believe anyone’s said anything to her. Once wearing a slightly low cut, a little too short sun dress one day, and today it’s a cute little floral flouncy, ruffle skirt that is about two inches too short with flip flops. The shirt, is covered by a cardigan (ok. Two points for that much), and it is not so low cut that it’s a problem. But the skirt? Too much
She looks like she’s going to the beach. I saw her and i was like “really??? is that appropriate???” I shouldn’t talk about the flip flops, because I wear them too. Rarely around the office, I have at least four pairs of heels under my desk that I can change into on a moments notice since I know that some higher ups in our office hate hate HATE flip flops. Not to mention, we all know flip flops are unprofessional, but they’re comfy, cool and easy to walk to and fro the metro in.
Man, I wish I was going to the beach. Unfortunately for me, I’m nursing a budding sinus infection that has my head feeling three times it’s actual size and a nose that I can’t breathe out of. Kind of sucks. But, at least I’m appropriately dressed?
Call me judgmental but I come from experience man and I don’t see her getting pulled into a conference room to have a chat with the boss lady like I had at Job #1 in DC (evil Georgetown Law Firm).
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In other news, I want to go shopping. Ann Taylor Loft is having an amazing “Buy one get one 50% off” sale this weekend! Only! I want to go spend my Forever 21 gift card I got for returning stuff. I want to go to the gym for the 9th time this month (in 3 weeks!) so i get my $50 reimbursement. Unfortunately, my body is achy, my head is stuffy and really? I just want to go home and sleep. Maybe I’ll go over after work tomorrow afternoon. I’m too tired for now 
