I'm angry...
No, I'm pissed off! Those who know me know I am a pretty laid back guy (thanks to Jeff - my personal Yoda) and not easily angered.
I work as a computer trainer and technical facilities manager (responsible for the maintenance of the computers) for a firm here in Sacramento. My job requires me to wear business casual attire, which is typically defined as such:
Minus the model good looks (I would classify my looks as more - well - caricature), this is fairly typical of how I dress, and have since 1999. One of our clients, a company which requires me to teach offsite at their facility, has a person in charge who has actually complained my attire is too casual. I was just pretty much ordered to go the store to spend money on clothes which fit his definition of business casual.
Let's get this very clear: I don't mind dressing up, and the new shirts I bought are very nice. But until the day my attire affects my ratings as an instructor no one has any business telling me how to dress! I am one of the best instructors not only in Sacramento, but in Northern California, a claim I will gladly back against any and all takers. Spending money on clothes just to please one client is complete bullshit!
posted by Roger C. @ 11/14/2007 12:40:00 PM
4 Comments:
Just fill out a company reimbursement form.
Were that it was that simple...
About a year before I left, the morons that run the New Horizons corporate office decided that all male instructors had to wear a suit and tie. We got *tons* of comments from students that can all be pretty much summed up as "WTF?" Your definition of business casual is the same as mine - that's pretty much how I dress every day as well - and is in fact a pretty standard definition, especially in our line of work. Proof positive that the customer is absolutely, positively NOT always right.
"Proof positive that the customer is absolutely, positively NOT always right."
No, but the customers' almighty dollar is always right. ;)
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