Adult Boys

[Gregg Axley]

Hudsonhawk you are on to something here.
My workplace is crawling with that style of dress, because it's their uniform.
Yep, 70% of them chose to wear a polo style shirt and khakis.
The other 30% chose a button down shirt, because (for the same reason I wear button downs) THEY HAVE A POCKET!
Plus the button down IMHO looks more professional, which is why I wear my own (and not the uniform).
If you expect people to take you seriously you must "dress for success."
A polo or "golf" shirt is for just that, golfing, or maybe yardwork, etc.
Actually that can't be right, I wear a button down for cutting the grass too.
The casual day at work mentality has turned into casual everyday and I think that in turn has affected the attitude of the worker.
No more "a job worth doing is worth doing right" instead it's "I'm here to do my 8, and get by the best I can." :eeek:

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

The other 30% chose a button down shirt, because (for the same reason I wear button downs) THEY HAVE A POCKET!

It's gotten to the point where many even consider a button-down shirt as "too dressy" because you rarely see guys, especially young men, wearing them outside of work. Either that or it seems to be considered "old man's clothes" because the only people I really see wearing them are older men.

 

[Formeruser012523]

 

[vintageTink]

Heh.

 

[Formeruser012523]

Couldn't miss that opportunity.

:laugh:

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

I started to dress down when I got into a new job. [huh] Polos and Chinos too, yes. It doesn't feel right to outdress your boss from the beginning.
But I still think high waisted casual trousers are far better than modern dark business suits. Formality is not the only factor when it comes to "style".

 

[hatguy1]

I was out and about yesterday, saw a 30-ish year old man with a nice beard dressed in a baseball jersey, shorts, flip flops and a backwards ball cap. The outfit would have looked good on a 12 year old. My question is, what makes this attractive to young women? I know several of such who have paired with/had children (not married, mind you) with young men who cannot support their family. In two cases, the three of them moved in with her parents! Can someone explain what attracts women today to men who seem unable to leave adolescence behind?

Wow. Sounds like you described Jack Klugman's character Oscar Madison from the 1970s sitcom "The Odd Couple" to a tee, clothes-wise. Felix didn't have a beard, I guess.

 

[hatguy1]

On the fashion front...part of the problem is that even "white collar" jobs have enabled these clowns. My workplace has been invaded by an army of hoboes, and the company doesn't seem to care. It's gotten to the point that most think that a pair of khakis and a polo shirt are dressing up, and often the dressiest thing that these guys own. We have guys who think bowling shoes are appropriate work attire and apparently never heard of a shaving razor. They even show up for job interviews like this and wonder why they don't get a job. I'm sure that look makes you the hit of the party on Saturday night, but in the office, it makes you look lazy

That's because the workforce is always being told that if we don't cater to this coddled-to-from-birth generation, we're going to lose them and they'll tune us out and/or take their talents elsewhere. To me, all that does is push back the point of no return (where they're forced to grow up and act mature and realize the whole world doesn't really revolve around them) farther and farther. Which makes the culture shock of that day all the more traumatic when it finally, inescapably comes round.

 

[HudsonHawk]

That's because the workforce is always being told that if we don't cater to this coddled-to-from-birth generation, we're going to lose them and they'll tune us out and/or take their talents elsewhere. To me, all that does is push back the point of no return (where they're forced to grow up and act mature and realize the whole world doesn't really revolve around them) farther and farther. Which makes the culture shock of that day all the more traumatic when it finally, inescapably comes round.

The last five years has been an education for many of them. They whine incessantly about it, but they're learning the lesson. Unfortunately, my industry is still in the catering stage, as there's a huge shortage of talent out there...three jobs for every applicant, and we're willing to overpay and overindulge those who remotely qualify. The worst part is that these clowns will be the leaders of the company when I reach retirement age.

 

[loosebolts]

I'm 30 & the only time I wear filp flops is when I need a pair of shower shoes.

ill toast to that.

Im 28 and i enjoy looking like a Man in his late twenties. I dont try to look 17 and on the perpetual spring break. The forever young or forever on vacation bit seems odd to me. the Armani Exchange types or the Acrombie and Fitch types that wear $90 shorts with a 2 dollar wife beater tank top and a $100 hat that go to a four start restaurant looking like they are going to the beach/gym/nascar are just too immature to be embarrassed. but they didnt ask me what to wear.

 

[HudsonHawk]

ill toast to that.

Im 28 and i enjoy looking like a Man in his late twenties. I dont try to look 17 and on the perpetual spring break. The forever young or forever on vacation bit seems odd to me. the Armani Exchange types or the Acrombie and Fitch types that wear $90 shorts with a 2 dollar wife beater tank top and a $100 hat that go to a four start restaurant looking like they are going to the beach/gym/nascar are just too immature to be embarrassed. but they didnt ask me what to wear.

This reminds me of something that happens way too often...new hires who ask when the company's spring break is, so they can see if it matches up with their friends'.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Grownups don't have jobs that have "spring break."

 

[Edward]

What is Spring Break? I mean, I know the concept of the "go somewhere with a beach and get stupidly drunk while half naked" nonsense, but what's the basis of the holiday? Have US Colleges done the sensible thing and fixed a date for Easter?

 

[Feraud]

This reminds me of something that happens way too often...new hires who ask when the company's spring break is, so they can see if it matches up with their friends'.

ha! Tell 'em it starts Friday evening and ends Sunday.

I've always found the idea of Spring Break ludicrous. The idea that parents willingly pay for their children (young adult, whatever) to fly off to another state/country for a week long drinking binge is absurd.

Please tell me I'm not alone in thinking like this..

 

[LizzieMaine]

You aren't alone. The modern culture of intoxication is disgusting.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Grownups don't have jobs that have "spring break."

Well, teachers and professors do, but they're the only ones I can think of. But it's often a jolt to the kids coming out of school that they're expected to work year round.

 

[HudsonHawk]

ha! Tell 'em it starts Friday evening and ends Sunday.

I've always found the idea of Spring Break ludicrous. The idea that parents willingly pay for their children (young adult, whatever) to fly off to another state/country for a week long drinking binge is absurd.

Please tell me I'm not alone in thinking like this..

Wait....parents pay for it? I enjoyed spring break during my college years, mostly chasing girls like most 19-year old's do, but my parents would have laughed uncontrollably had I asked for their financial support.

 

[Feraud]

Yes there are an incredible number of brainless parents who financially support such nonsense.

When I was that age any skirt chasing or drinking was done with whatever money I made from a part time job. Dishwashing in a restaurant doesn't pay well enough to fly to Cancun.
If I had asked my father to pay for me to fly to Mexico to drink and chase girls he'd have rapped me in the head.

 

[HudsonHawk]

What is Spring Break? I mean, I know the concept of the "go somewhere with a beach and get stupidly drunk while half naked" nonsense, but what's the basis of the holiday? Have US Colleges done the sensible thing and fixed a date for Easter?

Easter is not a fixed date, and it's not up to US colleges to do so. Spring break is, of course, originally tied to the Easter holiday, and it's origins of sitting around the beach drinking are in the 1930's. During that time, resorts and cities in the south, particularly Florida, tried to attract tourism by hosting swimming events for college students during the Easter holiday. It gradually morphed into the spring bacchanalia we think of today. Of course, the idea of a chemically-induced sex party to celebrate the springtime is thousands of years old, hardly a modern phenomenon.

When I was in school, spring break was always tied to the Easter holiday, but it's moved away from that now.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Yes there are an incredible number of brainless parents who financially support such nonsense.

When I was that age any skirt chasing or drinking was done with whatever money I made from a part time job. Dishwashing in a restaurant doesn't pay well enough to fly to Cancun.
If I had asked my father to pay for me to fly to Mexico to drink and chase girls he'd have rapped me in the head.

I never lived more than 30 miles from the ocean, so chasing girls on the beach was never a financial hardship...$10 for gas and beer. But yeah, I made due with whatever money I was able to scrounge up on my own.