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#1

We have a "no sweatpants" policy. One guy protested it by wearing leggings with a long enough shirt to cover the goods, which is permitted per the employee dress code.
4points
#2

Taking this quite literally, NOT SAFE for work. This guy I know, electrical power systems, kept asking his boss to get him some safety gear. Boss never got back to him so he sent his boss a pic of him standing on top of a high voltage transformer wearing only his boxers and sunglasses with the caption "WHERE IS MY PPE?"
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3points
#3

Recently at work one of our vans decided it didn't want to start. It being a brand new Dodge ProMaster we decided it would be best for the dealership to figure it out. We called and a big flat bed tow truck was dispatched. The tow truck arrived and the driver hopped out wearing slip style sandals. I would assume a job were you deal with heavy machinery all day would require boots but who knows. Fast forward a month and I am getting gas at the gas station down the street from my office. I look over to the next pump and who do I see? That same tow truck driver filling up the tank on his tow truck. He was still wearing that same pair of sandals. I left in a hurry after watching him light a cigarette as he pumped his gas.
3points
#4

Had a client coming in and the office Manager told everyone to please dress very nice. A girl came in dressed in her prom dress.
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2points
#5

Not quite up to the standards here but the funniest one I have seen in the last few years was the day we had to sit through Ethics and Compliance training to be told about not accepting bribes and gifts and one of my team turned up wearing all branded gear that he been gifted from one of his suppliers.
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2points
#6

Many moons ago i worked for Royal mail as a postman. Had a new hire that came into work wearing high heel platform boots. She didnt come back the next day because she didn't seem to understand that those items of footwear are not conducive to the amount of walking posties do, and managed to knacker her ankle. Also complained that carrying bags and putting mail through letter boxes was damaging her nails. Never saw her again.
2points
#7

Mechanic wearing Flip-flops... That s**t ain't safe for work!
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2points
#8

Not quite n**w but I had a guy come in for his interview for a position that would require him to operate heavy machinery in a t-shirt that said "Caution : I do dumb things".
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2points
#9

On Valentine's Day, a new hire dressed like "Cupid." He wore a white shirt decorated with red hearts and a white tie with a large heart on the center of it. Then, his pants were also white, but with angels going up and down the legs. Everyone loved it, especially the female employees. But his supervisor told him to go home and change because it was a "distraction."
2points
#11

The receptionist at a professional office I worked at thought it was OK to wear an oversized Tupac t-shirt with no pants and slippers to the office for her first official day. Overall very confusing because she wore a beautiful outfit for her interviews.
2points
#12

A girl I knew wore a see through mesh top to work without a bra in a call centre I once worked at .. oddly enough she wore it about 3 times before she was eventually pulled up about it (cant think why)
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2points
#13

One girl wore a pair of black leggings that were so thin you could see the color and pattern of her underwear from 50 feet back.
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2points
#14

Military O-5 (Army LTC) wearing thin spandex with no underwear and skin tight tankers top while on the job in a deployed location. She didn't last the rotation.
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2points
#15

Halloween party one year and a guy I worked with came in dressed as a cowboy and his technician, who he was having an affair with and was 20 years younger than he was, came in as a very scantily clad native american.
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2points
#16

My first job was at Wal-Mart doing stockwork. After getting trained in my boss starts disappearing for longer and longer periods of time, to the point I was running my little area. One day he's gone entirely, and I figure I need a new boss. He shows up next day wearing an American flag bandana...and nothing else. Right before I get to have a chat, 2 police round the corner and off he goes to the drunk tank. I did need a new boss... at least she was prettier.
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2points
#18

Girl where I worked came with a cut t-shirt, showing her side b*****s and wearing no bra. Manager came and told her to go home and get change so she wouldn't catch a cold
1point
#19

One of the older men, getting near 60, wore short shorts, some women complained about his varicose veins being unsightly. He was asked to go home and change as knee length shorts were ok, but not short shorts as stated in the terms of dress down day. His response was to comment about someone's Turban not being mentioned in the terms either. He was a team leader.
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1point
#20

One of our graphic designers showed up to our year end function wearing a backless form-fitting mini dress. No underwear. She was also a part time fitness model. At 21 she definitely had the body for it. She caused a few fights between couples when the girls would catch their guys either staring or sneaking peeks.
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