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dress anxities - also fashion challenged
SlyBaldDude:
I could never have a dress code, especially one that required a tie. In fact, I've avoided certain jobs because of the tie. You gotta do the work think for about 45 years, may as well be comfortable!
CraftyGuy:
Dude - I hear that! My mindset is that if an employer wants me to upgrade my wardrobe, they had damn well better be prepared to help me pay for it!! (LOL) My wardrobe looks like the bastard child of Jimmy Buffett and Wal-Mart; except in the winter, when you need to add in the Brawny paper towel lumberjack guy!
That said, I do own a couple of pairs of dockers, and a few polo shirts and oxford-type shirts, and have acquired a goodly number of ties for when the occasion warrants it (work doesn't warrant it in my book). Plus a tux for chorale, and whatever my quartet decides to wear for whatever performance is coming up...
Bear - I wouldn't let my wife dress me anyhow, and she knows not to buy me clothes. Of course the end result is what I described above. ::)
Pshrynk:
--- Quote from: CraftyGuy on May 04, 2010, 10:45:12 AM --- My wardrobe looks like the bastard child of Jimmy Buffett and Wal-Mart; except in the winter, when you need to add in the Brawny paper towel lumberjack guy!
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--- Quote from: lifeinthesouth on May 03, 2010, 02:15:50 PM ---Anywhere that sells suits should have staff that can pick out clothes that will look good. Also they should be able to tailor it to the right fit. If they can't go somewhere else. It would be kinda like buying a car from a dealership that didn't know anything about cars and couldn't service them.
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Ever since working in a bike shop myself, I ask for advice from people who work in stores a lot more.
Think of it this way: most of us are pretty good at judging other people since we do it all the time. So you can tell if someone working in a store is competent and honest even if you know nothing about the product. If you're having trouble figuring this out, just pay attention to how they interact with their co-workers. But people who work in a specialty store (bike shop, men's clothing store, etc.) do nothing but talk about, rearrange, sell, fix, and take back merchandise. They know what works and what their customers like. (You have to overlook places like Wal-Mart and big box electronics stores where it's impossible to know anything about the products.)
The frustrating thing was when customers didn't seem to want to say what they wanted. It's OK to say you want a cheap bike, or a suit that isn't going to look outdated in a year. Stores do stock a lot of expensive exotic stuff, but people who work there know that's not what most people buy.
fcb2001:
good way to look t it, i have a bike that i use, but i got it at a speciality bike shop, and cost me over 1000 dollars, it is a race bicycle, it is only used for biking trips from Estes Park, and for when i do Tour of the Rockies, and RAGBRAI
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--- Quote from: lifeinthesouth on May 03, 2010, 02:15:50 PM ---Anywhere that sells suits should have staff that can pick out clothes that will look good. Also they should be able to tailor it to the right fit. If they can't go somewhere else. It would be kinda like buying a car from a dealership that didn't know anything about cars and couldn't service them.
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Ever since working in a bike shop myself, I ask for advice from people who work in stores a lot more.
Think of it this way: most of us are pretty good at judging other people since we do it all the time. So you can tell if someone working in a store is competent and honest even if you know nothing about the product. If you're having trouble figuring this out, just pay attention to how they interact with their co-workers. But people who work in a specialty store (bike shop, men's clothing store, etc.) do nothing but talk about, rearrange, sell, fix, and take back merchandise. They know what works and what their customers like. (You have to overlook places like Wal-Mart and big box electronics stores where it's impossible to know anything about the products.)
The frustrating thing was when customers didn't seem to want to say what they wanted. It's OK to say you want a cheap bike, or a suit that isn't going to look outdated in a year. Stores do stock a lot of expensive exotic stuff, but people who work there know that's not what most people buy.
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