# Going to work naked **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 23, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-work-naked/265688 "2004-09-23T15:37:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-work-naked/265688/21 "2004-09-24T17:57:30Z")
I almost went to work one day last year without my shirt on. It was really early - about 5:30, and I had to be at work by 6 to help set up for a seminar. It was my birthday, so I was pretty grumpy about having to be at work at all, much less being forced to get there so early, plus wear a business suit. I was about half way to my car when I felt a really cold, cold breeze and realized I had forgotten to put my blouse on under my jacket. The only other problem I’ve had with my clothing is not realizing I had a huge rip in the crotch of my favorite running shorts. I had just finished a long run and was sitting on the concrete in the park, stretching with the group I usually run with. I was sitting opposite one of the guys, stretching my groin by sitting with the soles of my feet pressed together, when he politely pointed out that he could see my aqua underwear through the enormous gaping hole in my shorts. I was really glad I was wearing underwear, because I often go commando because most of my running shorts have liners. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-work-naked/265688/22 "2004-09-24T19:16:04Z")
This doesn’t really count, but we have had to strip one guy _while at work_, due to him spilling radioactivity on his clothing. After he was checked for contamination on his skin (none, happily), he was sent home in a spare lab coat. mischievous ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-work-naked/265688/23 "2004-09-24T20:05:28Z")
> [@mischievous](#): > > This doesn’t really count, but we have had to strip one guy _while at work_, due to him spilling radioactivity on his clothing. After he was checked for contamination on his skin (none, happily), he was sent home in a spare lab coat. > > mischievous What! You didn’t scrub him down in the shower ala _Silkwood_? ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-work-naked/265688/24 "2004-09-24T20:44:15Z")
I’ve never seen _Silkwood_, or that might have occured to me. The gentleman in question had a hot body, but unfortunately doesn’t date my gender. mischievous [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-work-naked/265688.md?page=1)