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Wearing a Tie May Cause Blindness!
An anonymous reader noted that there finally is some science to justify not wearing a tie! Doctors have found that wearing a tie too tight causes pressure on the jugular vein, which leads to a build-up of pressure in the eyeballs. Such pressure rises have been linked to glaucoma, which causes blindness. Now, if only some kind researchers could get us all out of wearing pants at the office, we'd be set!
It would be interesting to find out what portion of /. readers where ties regularly. I'd guess the figure would be very low, somewhere under 5%. When I got my first office job back in 1986, wearing ties every day was the norm. In my case, that changed around 1994 (thank goodness)...
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One on hand it's no big deal, but on the other I really, really would prefer to wear khakis and a short sleeve button-down or polo shirt. I hate having to dress up! At my last job I gradually downshifted my dress code but that took a couple of years of inculcating my bosses to the change. It's going to be a bummer to start over again.
This is possibly one of the most useless bits of "research" for a while and i'm amazed it didn't come out of a UK university.
My old Uni announced to a great fanfare that they had provded that "the smell of food made people hungry". Another one was that "people look fatter on television than they really are".
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I recently purchased myself a suit, it is properly fitted for me. Consequently it is very comfortable to wear and I enjoy wearing it with a tie. Another advantage is that girls like men in suits. =]
One thing that I have found is that the combination of the shirt collar and tie encourage me to sit with correct posture, otherwise I can feel them cutting into my throat. This is a good thing.
Of course, you could always wear a 'clip-on' tie or bow-tie (how come I only see doctors wear them?) which also have certain personal safety benefits - like not having to worry about being killed/maimed if it gets caught in a shredder =]
I remember starting a job and having my first all-hands meeting with that employer. The boss informed us that a couple VIPs were coming the next day and he wanted all the men to wear ties and all the women to wear dresses. After the boss left I mentioned to the woman sitting next to me that I wasn't going to wear a tie because I didn't wear ties and the company had no dress policy. She looked at me in disbelief and insisted that I was going to wear a tie. When I again stated that I didn't wear ties I saw a vein nearly pop in her forehead. Her blood pressure nearly doubled.
"We'll see about that" she said with an angry look on her face as she ran to the boss' office to tell him of my criminal behavior. I walked over to the office and popped my head in the door.
"The secretary says you won't be wearing a tie tomorrow" he stated with one eyebrow raised.
"Sorry, but I don't wear ties" I replied.
"Okay, I didn't hire you for your looks and thanks for letting me know" he smiled.
The secretary nearly passed out when I didn't get the death penalty for not wearing a tie. Till this day I have never seen conformist behavior quite like that.
Well then, I suppose when you get downsized, you'll put that on your resume, and shortly there after start learning your GNU tools, the GNU/fry basket. There's not that much wrong with ties if you like to look sharp and feel sharp, and really, you can have fun with them. I own 20 or 30 fine silk jobbies, myself. No problems. When it comes time to cut staff, the fat slob in the next office will be top on the list. Look like crap == feel like crap == work like crap.
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way...
for wearing pants: they're optional. you are also allowed to wear a skirt, kilt or dress.
I own two kilts, and I do wear them to work sometimes. For casual wear, great for summer weather, buy a Utilikilt. They're not very expensive. Check out these Top 10 Reasons for Wearing a Kilt.
Afraid you'll look silly in something that looks like a skirt? Don't be. Wearing a kilt shows a sense of security with yourself, and you will inspire much debate in others.
Overweight? Not a problem. Order one with a Beer Gut Cut. The beer gut cut is for guys who carry a little extra weight down in front. You can order a single, or double (God help you), beer gut cut.
Yeah, but were you told ahead of time that the interview would be casual, or did you just go balls out (so to speak) in what you were comfortable with?
Waaaay back for one of my first interviews out of college (1996), I had an interview with a certain software company where the interviewer showed up in dirty jeans and a t-shirt, with five piercings in his head and a chain going from his pants to the ring in his nose. I was decked out in my Sunday best. He told me he dressed for interviews the same way he dressed for work every day. I thought that was nice, but some notice that "casual" clothing was appropriate would have been nice.
And as a manager now, if someone were to show up for an interview with me without a tie, they've pretty much lost the job, even if the usual dress is casual, unless they've been told otherwise beforehand that dressing formally is unnecessary (if I have to wear a tie, so do you).
That's great, if you have the option of refusing a job. Some of us don't, or won't
True that.
I'd like to think that it's one of the perks of having 18 years of experience. Of course, I'm expensive enough that I've gotta start worrying about being replaced by a couple or three young pups willing to work for much less than I'd accept.
"Dear Sirs: I must decline your offer of employment, since you have obviously misconstrued my salary requirements as thousands per year instead of dollars per hour."
I have a ponytail myself and fully expect to be asked to cut it
I guess then it's up to you what's more important: the fashion statement you make or the rent payment you make. That is not a slam -- it's a hard choice to make whether to make a stand on a personal matter like that. I have chosen my path; it works for me.
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Cops who wear neckties in the field either wear clip-ons or breakaways. The breakaway is a regular necktie in every way except it's actually in two pieces held together with velcro which hides under the collar at the back of the neck. Somebody yanks on one of those hard and it just tears right off (with that satisfying velcro sound), with the free bonus that the yanker doesn't get the resistance he was expecting and tends to fall flat on his ass.