There's nothing wrong in being an assistant night manager at Burger King. It's honest work and in a way there's something enobling about an honest worker in an uncomfortable outfit.
My apologies to all honest wage slaves. I'm sorry you have to wear a dog collar.
Actually, I once read that the whole point of the suit and tie was to forever remove a man from the category of guys who could roll up their sleeves and do dirty manual labor. A man in a suit would never even be asked to change a wagon wheel or shovel pig $#!t. It was a manifestation of the British notion that a gentleman was someone who had independent inherited wealth and need never work with his hands a day in his life. It is a fashion and a philosophy unsuited for a democratic Republic.
-ccm
Right you are. I keep telling my kids, who are pretty good and fair-minded anyway, that ANY job, done with class and as well as you can do it, ennobles them.
As for all the tie-bashers here...I guess we must have an inordinate number of low-achievers registered at FR. Go ahead, guys, bitch about suits and ties and good shoes. Yeah, let's hear it for "comfort." But you know what? All the guys and gals who wear first-class businesswear aren't all that uncomfortable in it...because they're up there in the top-executive class of the top corporations, making more money in a year than you'll make in a decade.
As for the notion that you are "rebelling" against their "control" by all wearing the same damned thing--khakis or Dockers with a golf shirt...hey, they like it that way. You have all chosen to dress for the middle or lower, and there you will remain.
Have a nice casual day, all.