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There's a one-hour train ride between the cycling and the work. The cycling is a perk.
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It's 20k each way, but you're right. I did it yesterday and tried to pedal very slowly. To no avail.
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P'raps, I didn't think about asking about a shower or changing rooms. I've been in T-shirt and shorts for the past 25 years and now I've got a "boss".
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Well, yesterday saw me putting my name on a contract that will have me folding up my T-shirt and shorts and tucking my shirt-no-tie into suit trousers for a year. Just hope the pants can withstand the chafing of a 40 km bicycle commute every day.
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Originally posted by Nurse Duckett View Post
Have you tried Rieker shoes? My other half - who has relatively wide feet - loves them - she has several pairs, each of which is the most comfortable she's ever had. Not cheap (~£60 a pair), but worth it, apparently. FWIW I bought a pair on impulse last time I was waiting for her in the shop, and they are very comfortable.
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For years we wore a standard, dark blue combo of tough trousers, polo and fleece. It was smart, proper cotton and practical. In potentially dangerous situations we had a handy gilet jaune we could pull on.
For a couple of years since it's become fashionable to pretend you actually care about the welfare of your labour units, we have been told to wear some ridiculous fluorescent combo that makes us look like dustmen and feels effectively like wearing plastic. Very, very sweaty plastic.
Of course, since then we have gone rogue. We turn up to work looking like extras from a Mad Max film. We still wear the handy, fluorescent vests (the most prized ones being those wearing the previous company name, before the corporate takeover).
We're aware of safety. We are grown adults. Dressing your employees up as if they are naive children who need protecting is generally not good for your corporate image.
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Watching an Oireachtas committee hearing at the moment. One of the SF senators is wearing a t-shirt. Even by my standards that seems a bit too casual.
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Originally posted by Gangster Octopus View PostI'm Man At Debenhams, me.
Does sir select from one of the designers' collections or the own-brand range?
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It is heart warming to know that my late 70s wardrobe is still proving to be of use
Did GO buy or is he renting?
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It is heart warming to know that my late 70s wardrobe is still proving to be of use
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Originally posted by Gangster Octopus View PostI'm wearing a particularly nice flowery shirt today.
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Originally posted by Balderdasha View PostYeah, I think I was doing too much of presenting my personal experience with shoes as the experience of all women, which is clearly not the case.
Despite being tiny and having tiny feet (I recently had to go on a special trip to buy women's steel toe-cap trainers because nowhere nearby sold them small enough and I didn't want to order online because I wasn't sure which size I needed. I'm usually a UK size 4, but I had to go down to a size 3 in these because they over-estimate how much extra room you need for work socks. The only available shoes were black with lots of neon pink detailing which really wound me up. Why, if I'm wearing steel toe-cap trainers would I need or want pink go faster stripes??? Anyway, I digress) my feet are actually very wide and flat, which is why all the pumps / ballet flats don't work for me. It would be great if they did.
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Originally posted by Fussbudget View PostThey're not stitched to stop people using the pockets once they've bought the suit though, any more than vents are stitched to stop people sitting down in their coat or jacket. They're just construction stitches that keep the garment tidy while it's being assembled and then on its way to the shop. You're actually supposed to remove them.
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I think someone has just said, "Mr President, this is the Irish national flower..." and the rest was borne in cotton wool in a primary school classroom.
*I don't know if Ireland has an actual national flower, but if it's as good as Scotland's unicorn pisstake, you just won.
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