Casual Fridays?!

It all started with Casual Fridays. Somehow this became a company benefit. My questions are how? And why?

Last week, I was downtown for a meeting. In my mind, the downtown dress code was set at a higher level. Not anymore. Recently on a Thursday morning (not a Friday), on the train platform waiting for the train downtown, I noticed how extremely casual the crowd was dressed. Now, I am not talking about gym shoes for the walking portion of commute. I am talking about scruffy jeans and gym shoes, t-shirts, Capri pants and wrinkled clothing. Honestly, on the train car where I sat with a friend, we were the only two people dressed professionally.

One may say, well it’s suburbanites coming into the city. I beg to differ! Once downtown and away from the train station, the same dismal and unprofessional clad people were far outnumbering the professionally dressed people. In fact, most of the tourists were dressed better than the employed people.

To this day, I have two complete wardrobes in my closet: my work (suits, dry-cleaned clothes) and my casual clothes (still neat).

So who decided we could go to work looking like slobs? And how is this a benefit?

What not to wear - MOM