Ties

[Colin]

We generally don't wear ties in our office unless we have a meeting with a client, when we are expected to look smart and professional. I went to a meeting with two other companies this week and put a tie on, just before I arrived. On arrival, I was promptly told that the wearing of ties was not allowed on the premises. "Health and Safety!". (This rule was made by a large well known company).
You have never seen me remove a tie so fast or so willingly. I don't like wearing ties.
I think that the changing attitude from what was once compulsory tie wearing for all male office workers, is an indication that should hopefully assist with the other fashion freedom that we are promoting.

[Milfmog]

Hi Colin,

It's nice to learn that sometimes (just occasionally) the 'Elf and Safety fairies produce a result I like. (It would have been better still if they'd allowed a choice of restraining the tie - I generally dislike any unnecessary compulsion).

As the senior H&S killjoy in my firm (it's a sideline to my "day job") I regularly get blamed for decisions that are nothing to do with H&S, it's just a convenient excuse for another manager to hide behind when making unpopular edicts. Are you prepared to name the company concerned? (In a PM if not on forum), if it is really part of their H&S policy it has to be open information.

Have fun,


Ian (a confirmed tie hater who is glad to work in a firm with a "business casual" dress code.)

[Bryan]

I also hate wearing a tie and agree with the idea that they pose a threat to health and safety. Interestingly enough, where I used to work, the managing director had once caught his tie in a shredder whilst using it!

Bryan

[knickerless]

Can you not name them and give them the good publicity that they deserve.

Nick

[Colin]

I don't want to say too much in a public forum, but a BP gas terminal including office blocks on site.

[Since1982]

the managing director had once caught his tie in a shredder whilst using it!

So Bryan, what did the shredder shred? The tie, the face or both including some shirt?

[r.m.anderson]

Aye - It is too late now to get a rope and string up the SOB who designed
the tie along with the fashionistas and their ilk. Thank goodness that some
businesses have gone to casual days at the office/workplace. The only
place I can see a need for a tie and I mean 'Bow Tie' is for a wedding
(tuxedo with dress shirt & cummerbund) or a funeral (bagpipers and kilts).
The ties that drag down around your belt buckle need to go to 'Pinnacle
Pete's for an adjustment.
The only other concession I would make is for the ascot which I think
looks great without being strangled.
But what do I know - "I am just the 800 pound gorilla who defies the
dress code whenever I can!". And one of the previous posters has it right
on - Ties/neckwear have no place in the workplace where machinery can
spell your doom as you get folded, spindled and mutilated down a
conveyer belt exiting in a neat package with 'bow tie'! LOL!
My two pence/cents for what it is worth in the real world today!
"Kilt-ON"
rm

[Sarongman]

I don't like ties and have not worn a tie now for, probably, ten years. I am, however, drawn to the extra large 27 inch square and larger bandan(n)a as a most versatile ans underused item of neckwear. I have used them as dustmasks when ploughing or working in dusty cattleyards. In ploughing, I have taken same off and hung on a fence as a marker to aim at when cutting a new furrow ( this Virgo likes to do dead straight lines!). Dressed up, they can be worn with the ends hanging down knotted or with a slide to hold it together; with the knot at the back, the bandana can be worn outside the shirt cowboy style or inside cravat style(health and safety). They can also, of course, be worn on the head as a headscarf or a headband. beat that with that quite risible and miserable strip of cloth that most men wear without complaint.

[Sarongman]

BTW. Before Skip gets me, having reread my post, I did hang the bandana on the fence and not myself

[crfriend]

I don't want to say too much in a public forum, but [the shop prohibiting neckties was] a BP gas terminal including office blocks on site.

Good grief. What are they worried about? Static discharge? Do they also prohibit the wearing of nylon knickers? Neckties are trivially restrained; there are even special devices specifically designed to do so.

I may be alone here, but I actually like neckties once in a while to provide an additional splash of colour. It's certainly possible to take the notion to an extreme (e.g. compulsion), but it's also really quite a bit of fun to fiddle with folks' heads at work once in a while by wearing one. I think a necktie, dress shirt, waistcoat, and skirt makes for a splendid look. I'll need to dig up an old shot I have of me in such a rig that was taken a few years ago during springtime with our lilac as a backdrop....

[Milfmog]

I was beginning to think I was the only one here who likes to wear a tie on occasion. I rather like the splash of colour to off set a dull business suit or make it obvious that I've taken the trouble that I've dressed up for the occasion. Then again, I'm sad enough that I find a well folded handkerchief in the breast pocket of a jacket an interesting way to add colour.

What I don't like is being compelled to wear a tie for work or to gain access to a club, restaurant....

Have fun,


Ian.

[crfriend]

I was beginning to think I was the only one here who likes to wear a tie on occasion. I rather like the splash of colour to off set a dull business suit or make it obvious that I've taken the trouble that I've dressed up for the occasion.

I rather suspect that the act of wearing neckties is rapidly becoming an "old school" thing. I wonder if your typical youngster nowadays can actually tie one of the things and have it look right....

What I don't like is being compelled to wear a tie for work or to gain access to a club, restaurant....

I concur with that sentiment completely. I've worked for employers that mandated neckties as part of the dress code, and detested it -- not because I hated neckwear, but because it was compelled. I've also worked for employers where, it seems, "anything goes". On reflection, I think I may actually prefer having some guidelines in place on attire, even if it is something along the lines of, "smart and professional"; that would at least knock out the pyjamas and flip-flops.

[SkirtDude]

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[Since1982]

Carl,

I may be alone here, but I actually like neckties once in a while to provide an additional splash of colour.

can't you get a non-neck restraining SPLASH of COLOR from a GLARY POCKET PATCH??? or OVERLY COLORFUL sash? I saw a sash a few weeks ago in a bright blue with the starting line of the race in the movie CARS all wrapped around it. (extremely colorful).

[crfriend]

[C]an't you get a non-neck restraining SPLASH of COLOR from a GLARY POCKET PATCH??? or OVERLY COLORFUL sash?

Neckwear doesn't have to be tied so tight that it restricts either air- or blood- flow you know. It's perfectly possible to have the accoutrements fastened so that normal function is possible, although to watch the historic behaviours of those in power that favoured such garments might intimate otherwise.

Now, sashes I hadn't thought of, but they're so archaic that they don't make any sense nowadays other than in beauty pageants (where they carry important information). Cummerbunds, on the other hand, are still in use (although rather sporadically), and even then only in highly restricted scenarios.

I saw a sash a few weeks ago in a bright blue with the starting line of the race in the movie CARS all wrapped around it. (extremely colorful).

I'm not a big one for movies any more. but Cars was very cute. I really liked having Richard Petty play the Plymouth in the film -- it was historically accurate! (OK, I admit it -- I'm a MOPAR head.)