Post #230,321
10/21/05 2:20:19 AM
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Yeah, well, but isn't that a *stupid* feeling?
I mean, WTF is there about wearing a strangulation device that *logically* implies you're better at whatever business it is you're in?
(And it's "to each their own", BTW. If you think about it, you'll notice that this, as opposed to your version, actually makes sense. HTH.)
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Post #230,326
10/21/05 4:14:18 AM
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If you're get'n strangled . . .
. . you don't know how to tie one. A proper Windsor knot in a tie of decent quality bulks up sufficiently it can be loose enough without looking loose.
Sure, you can go without the symbols and prove yourself on merit, it's just a whole lot easier if merit is presumed until you screw the pooch - monumentally (and someties even after).
Narrow ties make you look like an idiot even when narrow ties are the fashion (they're making you look like an idiot so they can sell you an expensive new fashion next year). Real men do not buy narrow ties - ever.
The tip of a tie should touch the belt line, no shorter and no longer. Never wear the same tie two days in a row and discard any tie that is even slightly soiled (new ones cost about the same as the cleaners want to ruin an old one).
A "power tie" makes you look like a crook. If you're dealing with MBAs that's fine, but anyone else (particularly the SEC) will probably notice.
In consulting, ties are second only to the Prime Directive - "Never let them see you sweat".
Are ties and absurdity? Of course they are, as is just about everything else in human social conventions. Ridicule and obey - or suffer the consequences.
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Post #230,327
10/21/05 4:52:20 AM
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Not at all.
Your argument can lead to people turning up to work in bananaphone outfits, because that's what they feel comfortable in.
Dressing appropriately for work has no direct effect on the work I do - I'm exactly as stupid in a suit as out of one - but it sends a signal to my cow-orkers, the customer, and the people in other organisations who are working with me that I'm taking the job seriously, and that I'm taking them seriously.
Of course, all this can be ruined within seconds of opening my mouth, but first impressions count, and they last.
It never hurts to grease the wheels.
And as Andrew points out, a properly tied tie (I favour a half-Windsor knot, myself) need not be in any way uncomfortable.
Peter
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Post #230,331
10/21/05 8:06:15 AM
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Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring. :-D
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Post #230,334
10/21/05 9:45:45 AM
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Clean Coveralls with a nametag give the same impression of
competance and are much cooler in summer and more comfortable, Have you ever seen spock in a tie?
thanx,
bill
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Post #230,335
10/21/05 9:57:23 AM
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On the shop floor, sure.
Peter
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Post #230,353
10/21/05 11:26:35 AM
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And you can collect the brooms people hand you.
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Post #230,370
10/21/05 1:22:11 PM
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The "opening your mouth" comment is more true there
Accents don't have nearly the social clout in the USA that they do in England. (I was discussing this the other day with a co-worker who grew up in England.)
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Ben
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Post #230,407
10/21/05 4:15:38 PM
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Thing of the past, by and large.
Peter
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Post #230,330
10/21/05 8:05:07 AM
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Appearances matter. 24 kB .imgs.
Ties are part of the traditional business uniform. Since so much of business is sales of some sort (even if only selling yourself internally), it is logical to conform to societal and business norms in such an environment.
One can go overboard trying to follow Molloy's [link|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0446385522/002-9111084-6142456|Dress for Success] (e.g. fabrics change), but the general principles still stand.
Who looks like a better fit in a traditional business environment?
[image|http://www.photospin.com/content/photos/full/0550039.jpg|0|Man in suit|201|123] [image|http://paulkatcher.com/images/car_salesman.jpg|0|Man with no tie|201|160]
;-)
With all that said, wearing a tie these days isn't as standard as it was in the days when IBM people wore white shirts and black ties. And few things look stranger than a junior underling in a company wearing a tie or a suit every day when no one else short of senior management wears a tie. But I'd say if more than about 20% (maybe even 10%) of your peers wear ties, then you should too. (The devil's in how you define "peers".)
Cheers,
Scott.
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