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Last week in Scotland, we had the warmest spell of weather for about 7 years.
So I decided to wear a pair of shorts to work - beige coloured and a little above knee length "tailored" shorts for a couple of the warmest days. (I work in a "professional" office as a Structural Engineer). I did ask if it was possible and the boss said he saw no particular problem. As is usual in the UK, we do not have air conditioning - the only way to cool down here is to open a window!
Nobody commented or seemed bothered by it. Bit cooler this week so back to long pants again I wonder how they would have reacted to a skirt?
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on" - Winston Churchill.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" - Joseph Goebbels
You could ask the boss. But maybe better to get yourself more established in the job first.
Have you tried letting people know you wear skirts, dropping it into the conversation if an appropropriate moment has arisen? I think I will try doing that first in my next job, before letting them see me skirted. Trouble is, the right moment never seems to crop up!
skirtyscot wrote:Have you tried letting people know you wear skirts, dropping it into the conversation if an appropropriate moment has arisen? I think I will try doing that first in my next job, before letting them see me skirted. Trouble is, the right moment never seems to crop up!
First get them talking about clothes or fashion, and then drop the bomb.
Courage, conviction, nerve, verve, dash, panache, guts, nuts, balls, gall, élan, stones, whatever. Get some and get skirted.
skirtyscot wrote:Have you tried letting people know you wear skirts, dropping it into the conversation if an appropropriate moment has arisen? I think I will try doing that first in my next job, before letting them see me skirted. Trouble is, the right moment never seems to crop up!
It had been known for some time that I wore skirts "off-hours" but a few years ago in the ramp-up to a nasty heat-wave I threatened to wear my skirts in on-hours and made good on it.
However, if you're going to do that, one would be wise to make sure one is well-respected at work before doing so, and be reasonably assured that a subsequent "re-org" will not put one at the mercy of an incompetent and insecure boss.
I'm in the latter camp now, am back in trousers at work full-time no matter how ruddy hot it is, and fully expect to be unemployed in a couple of weeks' time. Such is the power of small minds coupled to oversized egos.
Retrocomputing -- It's not just a job, it's an adventure!
Disturbed to hear that a talent/brain such as yours should be elbowed out of a job you enjoy by a half-baked egotist with power.
In my operatory I have an air-con unit which heats in Winter & cools in Summer. These days I arrive at the building wearing shorts, change on arrival and enjoy a near-constant 20C/68F ambience inside. The gowns we wear for Implant(s) placement are in fact made of paper, as are the hats we wear. These are very thermally efficient and become hot despite the air-con, so it's a relief to peel them off after a procedure.
I wonder how they would have reacted to a skirt?
