Originally Posted by
pallen
I usually keep my bike in the back storage room. One day, I came in and had jump in and do something immediately so I left the bike in the office area in the corner of the room. One of the admins came by and asked if I could move it to the back room because clients were coming in the office. One of my coworkers asked "Why? Dont you want the clients to know that we are a progressive company that facilitates people using alternative transportation?"
I tried that in the office my desk is in, he didn't want to hear it. So all the green stuff he claims to investors is just lip service, which I get, but you still have to act the part even if it is lip service. (they build McMansions...so you can have an idea of how well we are doing)
Originally Posted by
Aloe
Ha!
One of the random, heartless jobs I was interviewing for a while back required that men dress 'professionally', which included cutting my hair because It's at about shoulder length - albeit my hair was pulled back in a tail and I had a black headband on for the interview. Well, I happen to be in the process of growing my hair out to donate it, but aside from that, I was kind of shocked at the comment.
I've gone to private schools all my life, so my hair has never, ever been long, and it wasn't until college - go figure - that I had no Idea why hair mattered - how it meant 'clean.' The only reason I ever found to justify it was in military terms, where the hair is cut for uniformity and helmet purposes. I guess this idea of men with short hair trickled over to the 'professional' world after WWI and WWII? Maybe it's founded in early colonial times when only savages had long hair??
So, anyways, I digress. When the interviewer asked me If I was fine with cutting my hair, the only thing I could think of was the receptionists hair. It was down, frizzy, and not at all taken care of, and she was female.
*I did not end up working there.
We (Boot Camp Platoon) were told it was to help prevent parasites (lice, fleas, tics and such)....Military personnel aren't allowed to grow beards (well, most aren't) because the facial hair will interfere with the seal on gas masks (and I've had the unfortunate experience to find out first hand).
Originally Posted by
Aloe
I personally enjoy wearing skinny ties, but I really dislike the fat/thick ones that made their way into the professional world in the 90's and, for some reason, still exist today. Most modern ties are very tacky.
I don't like ties, they get in my way far to much when I wear them.
As for helmet hair, I keep it short. I recently purchased a trimmer and trimmed it to a number 7 for the spring, might go shorter in the summer if it heats up and I have a full time position somewhere. I let it grow out in the fall/winter as it provides extra insulation.