Are bike clothes that much of a problem at work?
02-21-06, 10:08 PM
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Are bike clothes that much of a problem at work?
Look, it specifically mentions it in the "Slacks, Pants, and Suit Pants" section!
https://humanresources.about.com/od/w...dress_code.htm
https://humanresources.about.com/od/w...dress_code.htm
02-21-06, 10:34 PM
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Aw shucks. I guess my flip-flops, shorts, and FOX Racing T-shirt is a bit too casual for the office. It's a good thing I'm friends with the boss. 
02-22-06, 08:13 AM
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Ha. I'm not parading around in my lycra at work, but since I'm employed at a company that stresses 'diversity', I'm betting I could get away with it until someone complained about it before anyone in HR would say a word.
But I'm no advocate of wearing lycra anything at work. A very large, former employee was fond of wearing stretch pants at work and it wasn't pretty.
But I'm no advocate of wearing lycra anything at work. A very large, former employee was fond of wearing stretch pants at work and it wasn't pretty.
02-22-06, 08:48 AM
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I have a coworker who shows so much cleavage it's annoying. She can get away with that and I am sure I can get away with wearing lycra for 5 minutes before I change.
If they don't like looking at me in lycra, then don't look.
If they don't like looking at me in lycra, then don't look.
02-22-06, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by DataJunkie
I have a coworker who shows so much cleavage it's annoying.
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02-22-06, 09:41 AM
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That's one of the reasons why I started commuting to work.
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I wear baggy shorts over my tights. I don't think flashin the giblets around the office is really appropriate. In the summer it's baggy riding shorts.
Once I get to the office, I shower and put on the Dockers and shirt I hauled with me.
Once I get to the office, I shower and put on the Dockers and shirt I hauled with me.
02-22-06, 10:25 AM
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I walk in the side door wearing tights. I drop off my bike in my cube, then go the bathroom and change. If anyone should catch a glance of my sexy self before I change, I guess they will have to deal.
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Originally Posted by jyossarian
I wish I had that problem.
It's fun for the first 5 minutes... but eventually you realize she's a total b*tch and is just using her looks to get her way. It was sooooooo obvious too, she'd lean waaaaay over, put her elbows on your desk, arch her back so the tight pants she's wearing make it obvious there's no pantyline...
But like I said, once you realize what she's really after (and she stabs you in the back a couple times during her climb up the corporate ladder) it takes the fun out of it.
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02-22-06, 11:18 AM
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Oh man I'm totally screwed. Aside from bib overalls and short shorts, they were listing everything I have worn to work. Oh and let me go ahead and add board shorts, and flannel pajama pants. I was told that flip-flops are not dressy. So I bought some brown leather rainbows sandals, they are now my "dress" sandals.
The other 5 minutes is watching that happen to the prudish guy in the office... with the blushing, and the bad attempts to sneak a peak, and the studdering....
Originally Posted by Eggplant Jeff
<sigh> really, you don't. I had someone like that at my last job.
It's fun for the first 5 minutes... she'd lean waaaaay over, put her elbows on your desk,
It's fun for the first 5 minutes... she'd lean waaaaay over, put her elbows on your desk,
02-22-06, 11:20 AM
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Yeah you see enough of chicks like that in NYC to realize that they're just a piece of meat, nothing more. Kind of like a milk dud. Sweet on the outside, poison on the inside...
02-22-06, 12:41 PM
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I work in an office w/ two guys and no women. A female presence would be welcome. And if she's scantily clad, even better. I know all about the back-stabbing, sex-as-a-weapon types and I stay away from them. I'm talking more about the nice female co-worker showing off cuz she likes the attention type.
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02-22-06, 12:45 PM
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Actually, I'm friends with her. She's just not appealing in that way and it would be nice if she would cover her pair up. Attractive or not, it is difficult talking to someone when their cleavage is threatening to jump out.
