A guy in a suit walked into the office yesterday. Turned out he was looking for the office of a charitable foundation at the opposite end of the building.
With the exception of someone going to a funeral, I don't think it's ever happened otherwise.
Suits are still common at weddings and funerals, but perhaps only a slim majority of the attendees and nowhere near all.
When Bec and I got married, we rented a tux. Told her that when I die, to rent me a tux and if they wanted it back they would have to dig me up! I hate suit and tie, tuxes and other such apparel, carharts and flannel shirts for me! Been in construction too long to change!
-JD-
> I hate suit and tie, tuxes and other such apparel
I regard a tie as a blood flow control device for the brain. The tighter the tie, the less brain, the less humanity. Accountants, lawyers and CEOs are usually the worst
My problem with a suit is usually the thing inside it it
> A guy in a suit walked into the office yesterday.
My understanding, from a Dennis Mouland seminar, is that suits and ties are common in east coast survey offices.
> My understanding, from a Dennis Mouland seminar, is that suits and ties are common in east coast survey offices.
How I roll:
Big Proposal Dog & Pony Show = Suit
Client Meeting = Blazer/Sports Coat & Tie
Everyday Office = Khakis & polo shirt or oxford cloth button down (maybe a jacket in the winter)
However (FWIW) I'm a coat and tie at church, sports coat when I go out to dinner kind of guy. I've been spotted at Home Depot wearing a tweed jacket 😀
I have two suits: they hang in a basement closet, sometimes I can't remember where they are.
Maybe wear one once a year.
Church out here is casual, you would be looked at a some kinda weirdo wearing one to work or for a meeting in a surveying office.
I did go to church a few years ago in NC, everyone was dressed in a suit: except me, lol.
Hadn't seen that since I was a child which was a loooonnnnggggg time ago!!
I own a tweed jacket. It isn't here in OK with me. Had it 20 years and probably haven't worn it 20 times.
I do not own a suit or a tie.
I wore a white button down shirt to the office last week and was needled a little bit about it.
>...you would be looked at a some kinda weirdo wearing one to work or for a meeting in a surveying office.
We're a little more formal around here. Pics of my "survey office" 😉
Never seen a suit on a surveyor around here. I'm a Carhart guy like JD said above. But come to think of it, I don't remember ever having wealthy clients either. Maybe I should try wearing a suit for a while to see if it attracts money?
Chris
When I was a senior in high school (1980) I would go down to see friends at UVA on the weekends, a good number of the student section would be wearing a coat and tie at the football games.
It's a real shame to have a pretty office like that but no clients to fill it up. Terribly vacant looking. Bet it makes for some nice echoes. Are all the workers out at the job site?:-P
I've seen them on people at the VAS convention, and that's about it.
Carl
Chris
> When I was a senior in high school (1980) I would go down to see friends at UVA on the weekends, a good number of the student section would be wearing a coat and tie at the football games.
They still do... with cargo shorts and flip-flops or boat shoes. I dislike UVA greatly.
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I bought a suit when I went into business 21 years ago, and I wore it for the first few weeks while making cold calls on prospective clients. I wore it again when my father-in-law died in 2000, and again when I appeared as an expert in an enforcement matter. The rest of the time it's been in the closet. I also have a blue blazer that I've also worn on a maybe 5 occasions in the last 20 years.
The rest of the time it's Levi's 501 shrink-to-fit and a long-sleeved collared shirt in the field. For office work I wear Levi's and a sweatshirt in the winter, and shorts and T-shirt in the summer. I don't really do much in the way of client meetings, it's almost all via email and phone.
Now if you could find some spray to get rid of all the people and the overpopulation, it wouldn't be a bad place to live. Here, we wear what we want, when we want and there's nobody around to notice, criticize or give a damn! The only discriminating factor is to remember to protect yourself at all times from the elements of nature.
Pablo B-)
Really nice office. Do you have field crews? Are they allowed inside?
> Do you have field crews?
Seven out of this office
>Are they allowed inside?
How would they get to their desks otherwise?
There is a time and place for everything.
Standard day in-day out dress. Cinch jeans, tucked in polo/long sleeve nice shirt for the office. Boots are red wing Pecos style with steel toe because I like them and occasionally go to the field in the middle of the day.
Field dress. Wrangler jeans, wrangler "welding style" long sleeve shirt, steel toe boots and a straw hat unless I'm in the oil patch and then it's all FR with hard hat.
Client meetings in my office, same as day in and day out attire.
Meetings with cities etc., khakis and dress shirt and dress shoes.
Depositions. Ostrich boots, khakis, dress shirt
Court appearance. Suit and tie, period, no exception.
Occasionally, when it's hot and I know I'm gonna be in the office all day, I will wear cargo shorts and a polo style shirt, and only on Fridays. It's tough to gripe at the field guys about what they wear unless you lead by example IMO.
I'm also a volunteer firefighter so I have to be dressed somewhat ruggedly to do that, hence the day in-day out wear.