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Hmmmm, I think it’s because my dad was a firefighter when I was a teenager, and many of his coworkers were hot young’n’s not too much older than I was. Of course, I was forbidden to go to the station when he was not there…
So in order of preference for me, a firefighter uniform is number one. Followed by police, then military, preferably a marine (but again, that’s because the love of my life for 7 years, the one that got away is a former marine).
By the by, a man in uniform will get an appreciative look, possibly some flirting and attention from me. That in and of itself won’t get him into my pants.
Pssssst Airman, the OP is a girl.
Well then. That makes this rant totally ridiculous rather than merely ridiculous.
By the way, if that IS the case. I’m in agreement with you to a point.
I will say in airman’s defense though, that the OP did sound a little bitter, like the attention of the women was taken from her. I did think possible lesbian from the vehemence of the post, but later, it seemed like she was just trying to make a point. And I have also thought, you know what, it may have had nothing to do with the BDU, it could’ve been just the guy himself was an ass. Perhaps the guy rejected her? There’s more going on here than what meets the eye, just from the sheer emotion.
::shrugs:; Maybe. And maybe not. I suggested a couple of possibilities as to why he might have been wearing his uniform that night. Airman Doors suggested another possibility. Or maybe he was showing off. It’s hard to say – Misnomer doesn’t really give us any insight into why the guy was in uniform other than her WAG that he did it for free drinks and women.
I did get her point. That’s why I brought up the question of etiquette. There are a lot of people out there who don’t understand that it is perfectly proper for military members to wear their uniforms in public. Misnomer thinks he was tacky and she called him tacky. Now, to me, ‘tacky’ equals ‘improper’ and that’s when I weighed in – it is not improper to wear a military uniform in a bar. Later she clarified that she didn’t mean tacky-improper, she meant tacky-cheesy. OK. Whether or not something is ‘cheesy’ is a matter of opinion. Whether or not something is ‘proper’ is not.
The wrench in the works here is that he was wearing his damned BDUs. I’m starting to be pissed at the guy for that! If he’d been in a dress uniform, the I could be 100% on his side, but BDUs are apparently a duty uniform and he shouldn’t have been out in public in them. He’s lucky there wasn’t some higher ranking soldier in the bar to call him on it.
Actually,yeah, I’d change if I wore a uniform to work and I think it’s a pretty safe bet that he wouldn’t wear his uniform to a bar if he worked at Orange Julius. Anyway, I kind of thought the same as you, that this was maybe a case of sour grapes, until I found out Misnomer is a woman.
When I got off work at the restaurant I worked at for years I would simply go to the bar. I almost never changed. What’s the point when you’re getting off late?
Maybe you’re just pissed because the other chicks had fun with the soldier dude, and you (like the way you are acting in this thread) made him think you were a bitch.
Just sayin…
When a guy in his mid-20s is marrying your teenage neice, the marksmanship medal is important. He’s turned out to be great guy and all, but just in case it’s only sporting to let him know how much of a head start he’d need.
Don’t be silly. If Misnomer was a frustrated lesbian trying to pick up women, her rant would be about servicewomen coming into the bar and getting all the attention.
Who the flying fuck - regardless of rate, rank, MOS, or branch of service (branch of service to include everything from the jarheads to the cops to the local stop ‘n’ rob employee) wears his or her uniform out to a civilian bar on a Saturday night? Tuesday night I can see - stop off for “a beer” and party on until close. On a Saturday, though? That’s either a loser or a dweeb or a liar. Shit, when I was still living in the barracks I’d start unbuttoning the second I walked onto the quarterdeck and was half naked by the time I hit the last ladder.
Pssst, it was a Friday night. Not that that makes a difference regarding your opinion on uniforms in bars, but the OP is very touchy about us memorizing exactly what she said in her post!
And? It was also mentioned the bar in question was miles away from anything resembling military. This means the loser/dweeb/liar in question purposely packed a uniform for a night out on the town. Which turns him into a Loser/Dweeb/Liar and, perhaps, even a LOSER/DWEEB/LIAR.
Are you sure that’s the only reason? I work with a number of ex-military guys (and other ex-emergency service types), and it’s very common for them to wear bits of uniform, or a versions of uniform for work.
They spent so long in uniform, poor dears, they just find it easier and more comfortable, and probably find it hard to dress themselves when it comes to civilian clothes (and anyone who saw the picture of General Peter Cosgrove in the “The Weekend Australian” will see what comes of ex-soldiers wearing civvies).
Although I tease them for their fashion sense, secretly I think they look rather fetching on the whole.
Wearing your BDUs out for a night at the bar is also not allowed in the Air Force. You can go out to lunch somewhere [where the dress code would be similiarly casual], you can drop in the Quicky-Mart, and, if you’re careful and sober, drop by after work to grab a quick bite and a beer.
Wearing BDUs for a night-out though, definite no-go. Me personally? I would have inquired as to why the member was in BDUs. If they had a good “circumstances out of my control” story I’d probably let it slide as long as they got headed on home after a few [in a taxi]. Otherwise, yes I’d definitely have a problem with it, but only because it’s unprofessional.
Now as far as wearing dress uniforms for a night out? Well generally I think it’s a little tacky unless you’re coming from a military event or are simply not allowed civilian clothes yet but that’s mostly just a taste thing. You’re wearing formal clothes to a non-formal event [a bar] and it just seems a little overdone. Wearing a tux or 3-piece suit would also seem a little out of place. Once again, if you’re coming from work or another event and that’s what you were already wearing then fair game; otherwise it just seems to be laying it on a little thick.
Wearing dress uniform to weddings? Totally proper. It’s a formal event and you’re in formal dress. The only times I’ve done it have been by request of the wedding party but that’s just because I usually prefer suits.
Seein’ as how this thread’s all over the shop now, might as well chime in.
Doctors don’t feel the need to go to bars wearing their white coats and stethoscopes.
Barristers don’t wear robes and wigs in the pub.
Chefs don’t wear their funny chef hats when out dining.
Uniforms are approriate in the workplace, AND NOWHERE ELSE… wearing a dress uniform to a non-military function is the height of tackiness, and indicates someone so insecure in their own self that they need to define themselves through their job. Which is pretty pathetic, if not unusual.
I had to order my brother-in-law not to wear his dress uniform for my wedding to his sister… I’m amazed he even suggested it, to be honest.
We even had a couple of pricks who wore dress uniform at uni graduation - might as well have had a sign saying “please look at me, ain’t I special!”.
Knobs.
Fair enough to be proud of being in the army, but I’m proud to do what I do, but don’t feel the need to wave it in people’s faces. I’m more than my job (thank goodness).
Beg pardon? A military uniform most certainly can be appropriate at a non-military event. When my aunt, who was not in the military, died, my uncle requested that I attend the funeral wearing my dress greens.
He suggested it, IMHO, because some people are happy to have their military relatives wear the dress uniforms at certain formal events.
Nothing wrong with them doing that. Plus, the whole point of the graduation ceremony is "pleae look at me, ain’t I special!
No doubt those military folks are more than their jobs also.
Except it’s not. When you use words like ‘appropriate’ and ‘the height of tackiness’ you are talking about propriety. According to standard etiquette in the US, it is perfectly proper for a military person to wear his or her uniform in any social setting. You can dislike it, you can think it’s show-offy, you can think anything you want, but it isn’t improper, no matter what you think. Ask Miss Manners if you don’t believe me.
And unless your brother-in-law was a member of your wedding party, you were rude to “order” him not to wear his uniform at your wedding. You can tell your bridal party what to wear (although you hopefully don’t give them “orders” about it), but guests can wear whatever they choose so long as the formality of their clothes is appropriate to the event.
Huh? When my little brother was doing his compulsory military service in a country that hasn’t seen a war for two centuries, he attended a wedding and wore his dress uniform. It was what was expected, it was what he did. If anything, people would have been surprised if he came in an ordinary suit. I really can’t see what’s “tacky” about it at all. It’s tradition, it hurts nobody…