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Propper Attire For Dress-Down Fridays?

So,

Another Friday is upon us which means…DRESS DOWN FRIDAY! Good for some, a NIGHTMARE for others! So there is one dude who constantly takes it upon himself to strut in here as if it’s no longer an office and he wasn’t wearing a shirt & tie the day before. I sometimes wonder how he still remains an active employee with the foolishness he tries to pull.

Our company has STRICT (apparently not so much) rules when it comes to dress-down Friday. I always play it safe with a sweater, nice pair of slacks and loafers/boat shoes (whatev feels right in the marnin’). Other folks are prone to mix it up a bit but all still remain professional. NOW, you have this man who I shall kindly refer to as “jack-ass” who comes in wearing Timberland boots, the most dingy pair of BLUE jeans, and an all black over-sized HOODY!!!! A HOODY!!! What part of the game is that? Lookin’ like a damn construction worker. I know I’m not the only one with a co-worker who constantly commits flagrant fouls on dress-down Friday. I can’t be.

Have you ever been disappointed with a purchase?

Well I have.  The other day I bought some popular, and heavily advertised, deodorant body spray.   I made this purchase in haste since I had not fully stocked my toiletry bag  before my cross-country flight to the east coast.  I went against my better judgement and did not buy the roll-on anti-perspirant I’ve used for years, and which has served me well. 

I will never buy this deodorant body spray again.

Not only is using this stuff like getting blasted on the chest and underarm with a pressurized computer keyboard cleaner; it doesn’t work!  I finished my holiday shopping  smelling like a bag of old nickels.  Imagine my horror when I went to reach for a gift card in a popular electronics store and caught a whiff of…me! 

This deodorant body spray sure let me down.  It has led me to revert to the way of thinking which got me this far in life:

Never change, don’t try anything new, and stick to what you know…or else you will end up smelling like a three day old submarine sandwich from Trenton. 

-M. Randy

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