Dress Down Day
It’s Friday.
Do you know what that means?
That means all around the corporate world people are shouting “Thank God it’s Friday!” <yawn>
Not only that, here is the MOST depressing part: It’s dress down day. Yes, that awesome day which reminds grown men and women all around our great land that they are no different than my two year old daughter Paige.
We let Paige (on occasion) wear whatever she wants from her closet. Wednesday was one of those days. She went up to her room and picked out a pirate outfit she got while at a brithday party for one of the boys in the neighborhood last week. The boy was turning six and was really into pirates, so all attendees were given a bandana, eye patch, sword and some fake jewelry.
Right now in offices around the country, executives are wearing their priate costumes. They may not look like what my two year old was wearing Wednesday - that’s not the point. The point is that they invested $120,000 in college, work 40+ hours a week for some menial salary, eat dirt from their boss and have a more sedentary lifestyle than a corpse planted six feet under.
BUT……
Today is different. All that money they spent on an education and all the crap they take 50 hours of the week are forgotten because they get to wear their favorite outfit.
Most men prefer the golf shirt look in summer. Although they can choose any golf shirt, they still can’t quite rid themselves of the slave mentality, as they tend to gravitate towards the company issued golf shirt. You know the one I’m speaking of: they won the shirt in a company raffle or at a company event. So even though they have been given free reign over their closet, they still go with the politically safe bet. Nothing screams ‘Loser’ more than two individuals wearing the same company shirt on dress down day. You think I’m kidding? This happened all the time in my old job. These guys would look like twins whose mom dropped them off for school photos that day.
Since I am not a woman, I cannot speak to how it feels from the female angle to able to liberate yourself on dress down day. Aside from eliminating heels from their wardrobe, I never noticed too much of a difference from women on this monumental day. They dressed well four days of the week and seemed to keep it going right through Friday. If there’s an office that allows jeans on dress down day, then we have a whole other ball game….
Here’s the point of this post:
How would it feel to be told that one day a week you can wear something remotely close to what you wear at home? How sad is it that grown men and women get as excited as my daughter does to wear her pirate outfit?
And don’t even lie to yourself and say you don’t feel just a bit happier on dress down day. You will be called out by the EDIS police!
You know that feeling: You wake up, shower and go into your closet. You say “Oh, it’s Friday - dress down day - Yes!” I can wear whatever I want - well not really whatever I want but a nice golf shirt instead of a shirt and tie. Well, not just any golf shirt, I should wear one with the company logo on it…..”
Every day can be dress down day……..
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Sam
