It's no secret that when a person goes to work, they have to wear appropriate clothing. Whether it's a specific uniform or something from their own closet that can be applied to a dress code, what matters is that the clothes are suitable for the job they have to do.
Still, there are folks who decide to go rogue and dress in a way that's not acceptable. These instances are common enough for us to compile a full-blown list of them, and these are from only one online thread; imagine how many more others have!
Maybe even you have an example from your personal experience, or have witnessed one? Enhance our list by sharing these stories, and, of course, upvoting the most entertaining stories already here!
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#21
Had a coworker who "took care of himself" before coming to work but forgot to change his shirt.
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14points
#22
Worked with an 18 year old kid, the shirt had a pocket on the chest. Across the front it said, “Do you like my p***y?” And had a cat in the pocket. He couldn’t understand why it was a problem. He wasn’t the brightest crayon in the box.
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13points
#23
We had one woman who wore a floor length dress that was slit all the way up to her waist a few times. Would likely have been a hit at a fancy cocktail party, but HR spoke to her after she wore it in the office a few times.
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13points
#24
Had a (lead) worker (in residential construction) wear a drinking shirt. Not just distasteful, it was high contrast, big bold letters to the tune of something like "only job I care about is lifting a bottle to my mouth" or something stupid. I forget but it was bad.
It had been found out he was drinking on the job a couple days prior and this was his response. Along with empty mickeys in plain sight in the back of the company truck he had been given... Clearly there's some mental health issues there holding him down but holy hell if this guy wasn't the posterchild stereotypical bigoted-bully construction worker then I've never met one. I wanted to feel bad for a witnessing such a sad coping mechanism and had started to look into rehab and therapy options for him before shirt incident but no, there are limits.
He wasn't asked to remove his shirt though, just asked to remove himself.
It had been found out he was drinking on the job a couple days prior and this was his response. Along with empty mickeys in plain sight in the back of the company truck he had been given... Clearly there's some mental health issues there holding him down but holy hell if this guy wasn't the posterchild stereotypical bigoted-bully construction worker then I've never met one. I wanted to feel bad for a witnessing such a sad coping mechanism and had started to look into rehab and therapy options for him before shirt incident but no, there are limits.
He wasn't asked to remove his shirt though, just asked to remove himself.
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12points
#25
Girl wore a handmade hawk tuah shirt for halloween, I had her go to the office to change. She didn't understand why it was bad...I teach 7th grade.
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12points
#26
At my old job, I used to give new hires the welcome tour. We were a pretty casual office, jeans and T-shirts for the most part, but one day a noob came in with one of those ahegao shirts. We obviously sent him home.
The best part of that incident was that I had to explain ahegao to my boss and the HR department.
The best part of that incident was that I had to explain ahegao to my boss and the HR department.
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10points
#27
Fruit roll up onesie - Halloween at work is always a bad idea.
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8points