I got told today at work my skirt was too short!!
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equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Zenie, admit it, you were wearing a skirt that showed your ankles bare to the world, weren't you?
YOU HARLOT
Ask for a clarification of their dress code. If there is no dress code, ask for one to be made clear to all staff, else it's unfair and could be discriminatory. So long as you couldn't see your knickers, you were probably ok. I tend to wear skirts to the knee or just above (but I am older than you ) and I work in a stuffy university where they've only just about got to grips with women full stop.
Um, you WERE wearing knickers, weren't you?
YOU HARLOT
Ask for a clarification of their dress code. If there is no dress code, ask for one to be made clear to all staff, else it's unfair and could be discriminatory. So long as you couldn't see your knickers, you were probably ok. I tend to wear skirts to the knee or just above (but I am older than you ) and I work in a stuffy university where they've only just about got to grips with women full stop.
Um, you WERE wearing knickers, weren't you?
In the hotel this year the owners decided all men have to wear full lenght white trousers (last year shorts where OK), so it's bloody expensive here to buy white (are dress code) linen trousers, however the new china shop had see thru just below the knee linen pants for 10€, i bought three pairs.
The owners hate me wearing 'em, but are too scared to say a word to me
Zenie, change job, go for the other one
The owners hate me wearing 'em, but are too scared to say a word to me
Zenie, change job, go for the other one
I think there is such a thing as a skirt too short to be suitable for normal office wear, just as there are too tight trousers that would be unsuitable for a man or a woman.
But since zenie is keeping schtum as to the actual length in question... 
I'd say more than 3 inches above the knee (standing up) is too short for a conventional office, because sitting down that would ride up to almost knicker line territory and could certainly make other people feel uncomfortable.
Not me - if I was there I'd be ogling like hell, but you have to consider others too.
But since zenie is keeping schtum as to the actual length in question...
I'd say more than 3 inches above the knee (standing up) is too short for a conventional office, because sitting down that would ride up to almost knicker line territory and could certainly make other people feel uncomfortable.
Not me - if I was there I'd be ogling like hell, but you have to consider others too.
6 inches shorter than that would still be ok in my book
zenie said:Can you believe it??
What the fuck is 'too' short?
Depends on what the dress code is and what the job involves. While a strict dress code may be a pain, at least everyone knows what the score is and there is no possibility of any misunderstanding unless someone is deliberately making a point of flouting the code!
The problems come when there is no stated dress code and the work environment is at the creative/trendy/cool end of the spectrum. Then what is and isn't acceptable can be down to someone's subjective judgement on the day. Which means there can be plenty of scope for underhand digs at people and harassment on the basis of what mood a superior happens to be in.
In my workplace, I tend to keep to an understated, smart casual, appropriate to the kind of work I do. I don't go for a really relaxed style of dress at work because my workplace is a bit of a battleground - dressing in a relaxed way would send out a signal that I'm contented and happy, which I certainly am not!!
trashpony
Hag
I'd only ever wear a skirt just above the knee to work. But that's more about me feeling comfortable rather than them telling me what to wear. But bare shoulders and plunging necklines are considered no nos too.
I guess if it's a situation where the blokes are in suits then the women should look business like too. And I'm not sure a skirt shorter than just above the knee counts.
I guess if it's a situation where the blokes are in suits then the women should look business like too. And I'm not sure a skirt shorter than just above the knee counts.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
I have a 'mufti' policy at work and get a mufti payment of about £6 per month. I can't wear any logo clothes, non essential jewellery, sandals, jeans, trainers. The policy states smart casual.
A few years back my boss called me to look at the sun newspaper and showed a full page of different slebs with their thongs poking out of skirts/trousers. I was informed that was my look
I have also fallen foul of the top riding up thing and now before I leave for work i reach up and bend over ....
There was a fashion a few years back for hipster trousers and it was a diffucult to buy affordable trousers that were not (see generous muft allowance).
One of my work skirts is a very old knee length one with pockets my sis used to wear for waitressing, I think its 15 + years old. I love it cos its got pockets.
A few years back my boss called me to look at the sun newspaper and showed a full page of different slebs with their thongs poking out of skirts/trousers. I was informed that was my look
I have also fallen foul of the top riding up thing and now before I leave for work i reach up and bend over ....There was a fashion a few years back for hipster trousers and it was a diffucult to buy affordable trousers that were not (see generous muft allowance).
One of my work skirts is a very old knee length one with pockets my sis used to wear for waitressing, I think its 15 + years old. I love it cos its got pockets.
ice-is-forming
Good kids caught down in the never never
Loki said:
i go 'commando 'all the time, its a life style choice
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