[CSM]

I have a friend who takes a lot of heat because his wife choses his outfits daily. Well, every thursday she sets out a sweater vest for him. Without his knowledge his department designated thursday as sweater vest day. The best part is that as his employees started trickling in that morning, he would hassle them about wearing a sweater vest. Later in a section meeting the had added the e-mailed meeting notice to his material.

There was a wide variety of sweater vests being worn, some even from the 70's. It was classic!

[cubreporter]

Why would he tell anyone that his wife chooses his outfits on a daily basis? Did he tell that?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

ROFLMAO! My DH LOVES his sweater vests; I'm e-mailing this to him right this very minute. I've been trying to drag him into the 21st Century for waaaaay too long now. Thank you! :)

[Paulus Invictus]

We once had a buttoned-down jerk of a general manager in Mexico who was a stickler for "politically correct" office wear. He sent out a memo to all employees telling the females that wearing pants was prohibited and severe penalties would result if they continued to break that rule. Ordinarily, the females at the office were mice with no guts, but the day after the memo, they all showed up in pants, even his own secretary. He quickly rescinded the order.

He was the same jerk who got bent out of shape when he discovered that for decades our company would give our principle clients a nice Christmas gift with a note thanking them for their business. He sent all of the clients a letter saying that we would no longer give such gifts and he asked them to stop sending us gifts too. To tell Mexican customers they cannot give a gift was a terrible insult and they let him know it through letters and calls. He quickly ended his new policy and back we went to gift-giving. In the meantime, the clients gave him a new nick-name that they called him from then on and it was not complimentary.

[Versatal]

I used to work with a guy who had 2 suits of the same style, but in different colors. He also commuted quite a distance to come into San Franciso. Our organization, at the time, was strict about dress code. Men had to wear suits, not sport jackets and slacks. One day, having dressed in the dark that morning, he arrived in the jacket from one of the suits and the slacks of the other. After everyone teased him unmercifully about his "sports outfit" he left early. The guy couldn't take it. He later became a manager, proving the old adage "if he/she isn't competent or in this case, able to take the heat, let's kick them upstairs."