Work Do Dilema

SM001

Just don’t go. Problem solved.

Work “do’s” are fucking hideous anyway.

seanc80

SM001 Just don’t go. Problem solved.

I have to go unfortunately. Its on the Monday after Dixon so I’ll be in great shape oh…and decked out in ‘fancy dress’ by the sounds of it.

Smallman1

seanc80 Oh Bonjour…

All sorted!

Unbroken1

mono-stereo

LT42

mono-stereo I was laughin before I even opend it.

Smart Casual = Phil Mickelson Chic

Amps

Smallman1

seanc80 Jeans seemingly arent really an option.

You fell at the first hurdle you fucking wand.

303abuser

this is exactly why i’m self employed. dealing with arbitrary corporate norms wasn’t for me.

bosstrabs

What’s most surprising to me is Sean is in meaningful employment.

I genuinely thought he was just sort of a part-time dealer and occasional dj type.

seanc80

bosstrabs Thanks Karen. If i need a lift home I’ll give you a bell.

alistair

LT42 lol at the PM chic

Along_the_Wire

seanc80 What you need here are some dark blue Nudie dry salvage Thin Finn jeans, an expensive Paul Smith shirt and a pair of those stupid hybrid brogue/trab things that are wildly available (get cheap ones you can put in the bin on your way home). Anyone questions the jeans or the lack of jacket is just some other cunt to be ignored or assaulted.

seanc80

Along_the_Wire This is sound, intelligent advice Grant but if i wear jeans it will be assumed that i havnt made the required effort.

bosstrabs

What the fuck does ‘relaxed formal’ even mean? What a load of old shit.

I would wear a nice-looking brand new t-shirt or polo shirt and a suit jacket I suppose. I could pull this look off a few years back when I had a couple of very nice long-sleeved t-shirts - one Helmut Lang, one Yohji Yamamoto (not Y3).

Kecks? Fuck knows.

seanc80

bosstrabs Also a good suggestion but that would be deemd too casual. I think im going to have to buy a another suit to be honest as at least i can wear it to work and get some use out of it afterwards, tprob wear a roll neck or a wollen polo shirt underneath.

Cant help but feel like im going to be looking (and behaving) like Tony’s psychiatrist in Afterlife

Wally

Sounds horrific. Some dorris just wanting to convince herself she’s inportant by forcing a stupid dress code on people. A crisp tenner (of someone else’s money obv) says her bosses turn up in jeans and whatever the fuck they want to wear.

Only one thing for it. Go full retard. Turn up in a Mr. Blobby costume, claim you misread the instructions, completely wreck the joint falling all over the place. Leave. No more shit work do’s ever (either by virtue of company policy changes or just plain old being fired for gross misconduct. Either way sounds like a win - take up the ‘dealer ‘n’ dj’ route suggested above instead)

seanc80

Wally You’ve certianly given me the leftfield suggestion there mate

Along_the_Wire

seanc80 if i wear jeans it will be assumed that i havnt made the required effort.

They won’t notice as they’ll be dark, you’ll have a lovely shirt on and the kind of cunty footwear that will tell them all they need to know about the level of effort

Wally

seanc80 could always add some management speak in - you were ‘thinking outside the box’ and going for ‘blue sky thinking’ etc. 👍🏻

Amps

There’s a sale on at Dockers. £35 for a pair of chinos. I’m sure you can cobble something together. Just leave the Starlight Express numbers at home, or in the bin.

seanc80

Amps This is the very look im trying so desperately to avoid Amps.
Id rather jump off a bridge to be honest.

Old-Dutch

3 words, Sean

MARKS AND SPENCER