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Originally posted by mutedblade:

Fight yoga pants with your very own yoga pants

Better yet:

Mirrors -- full length and plenty of them.

Yoga pants should not be made/sold in sizes larger than medium.

On a more serious note, people (seems to apply more so to women) should attempt to dress in clothes that do not accentuate their physical imperfections. Yoga pants are the worst. Do these people not have mirrors at home?

As far as what to do... look the other way as much as possible. Like most all fads, this too will wain in time.

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Originally posted by Beancooker:

Anyways, you are correct, aesthetics aside, it’s a dress code issue that I am not currently allowed to change.

Any advice or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Then try and figure out what makes her tick, what is important to her that she does care about...then link the dress code change to being a benefit in those areas.

Really could be anything from safety to potential sexual harassment/hostile work environment exposure, efficiency, professionalism, brand/company image.

Good luck, our office let’s people who aren’t interacting with customers wear jeans, but business casual shoes and shirts, which I think is a great compromise.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by mutedblade:
Fight yoga pants with your very own yoga pants

Better yet:

We had a gay guy at work wear shorts like that to work one day. Before then we'd had no dress code. People had already been pushing the limits of good taste and appropriateness. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. After that we got our first dress code.

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Any advice or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Find employment elsewhere. Seriously, from your description it seems as though the odds that the owner will see the issue from your point of view is about zero. Sooo... if it's really important to you about the only thing you can do bail.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

We had a gay guy at work wear shorts like that to work one day. Before then we'd had no dress code. People had already been pushing the limits of good taste and appropriateness. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. After that we got our first dress code.

We had a part-timer, a really, REALLY, cute gal who wore Daisy Dukes. Very nice.

This was work in our own environment, no customers came in, just us worker bees, so there was nobody to be offended.

In fact, one of my friends dropped by, took one appreciative look, and asked me whether I had told the cutey-pie to dress like that.

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Originally posted by 1lowlife:

As far as yoga pants, I've seen more cottage cheese on the asses of these women at work in the last several years than when I delivered for Borden in the early 1980s.

LOL that's some funny shit right there

Thank goodness for office dress code policy. There was a couple of over weight females that pushed the envelope too far. Thankfully, management stepped in with resolution.

Without directive from the top, I suspect that it will never change for the better. A coworker once said that just because spandex/Lularoe was made in big sizes did not mean it should be worn.

If it looks funny, I'm gonna laugh.

FWIW Dept....We had two gals in our one Office that wore FAR too much perfume. I would go to the office, not even be near them and my wife as well as I, could smell it on my uniform when I got home.

I found an interesting article from the San Francisco Chronicle while in So Cal..."Good Use of Scents, Makes Good Business Sense". It was somewhat amusing, but the author made perfect sense. I saved the article, made a few copies and posted a copy on the Office bulletin board.

END of issue. I never heard of any feelings being hurt, or any other repercussions.

Maybe find an article on appropriate work attire and post it? You have nothing to lose.

I really appreciate all the points made. So many questions to answer and I’m on a tablet, so I won’t quote them all...

Cannot start a duplicate of this business. I signed a no compete agreement. I wouldn’t want to be in this business for myself anyways.

I have 15 years of experience as a Distribution Center Manager when I lived in the Seattle area. I managed a 250k sq/ft DCthat turned a billion a year. Here we do $3M a year, but there is no stress to speak of, and they pay great for the area.

I would prefer to keep OSHA a block away for the time being. We use caustic soda (lye) and currently do not have an eye wash or a shower. It should be installed next week, but there are other willful non compliance issues I want to resolve before we invite the devil over for dinner. I’ve only been here for a short while, so there are a lot of safety changes I am making to help the employees.

I have the option of leaving, yes, however, I took a 73% pay cut moving here to give up the stressful job and see my wife and have a hobby and a life. This company pays really, really well for the area. Finding another job with these hours, and this little stress, for what I’m being paid is a long shot.

After reading all the replies and thinking about how great I actually do have it, there was a comment to “let it go”...

I’ll let it go and so what. No customers will see you and I imagine I’ll get used to it, or suffer PTSD from it. Either way I’m good.

Well...at least you’ll have an eye wash machine for those days that get unbearable for even one more minute.

One inebriated evening with the guys years ago I had a brilliant idea for a website, Unpleasant Visual of the Day.

My example of the two current gubernatorial candidates naked promptly got me cut off. Examples like yours have reminded me of the idea from time to time, but the feedback is always negative so I've never pursued it.

I think let it go is the best advice. Keep a picture on your phone that you really like to help wash your memory when needed.

Good luck.

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Anyways, am I just getting old and jaded? I thought that at one point in our society, people were somewhat conservative about showing off their body

You haven't been to an airport recently, then.

It's a veritable meat market of tight ass pants. Yeah, 75% of it is undesirable, but the 25% that isn't is nice scenery.

i teach my kids 'time and place appropriate'

bikini top at the beach : go for it

boobs hanging out at work : absolutely not

pretty common sense but i see what some kids wear to school ...



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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
It's a veritable meat market of tight ass pants. Yeah, 75% of it is undesirable, but the 25% that isn't is nice scenery.

100% Agree. The 25% is nice.

Yoga pants Friday or
mandatory uniform is yoga Pants or
you could start wearing yoga pants


It's just the race to the bottom

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Originally posted by irreverent:
a thigh length smock, apron, or labcoat might help.

Lab coats are a hassle (in my opinion). They're too long, get caught on every darned thing, are too warm in the summer, and look like crap when they get dirty. However... they protect your own clothes, and they provide a couple of extra pockets. I'm more certain that the OP's complaint is at least half the reason they're mandated at my shop.

I carpool quite often with my wife and I’m always shocked at the clothes people wear to work. 300lbs and you’re wearing leggings that look like they are hanging on for dear life.

No one wants to see hail damage through the clothes. I guess it’s a comfort thing?