I guess it whoosed me because I stopped wearing a tie back in the 80’s along with the vast majority of office workers.
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In my neck* of the woods (Chicago; marketing and advertising industries), business suits and ties were still absolutely the norm until the mid-late 90s; “casual Fridays” quickly took hold, and morphed into “everyday business casual” surprisingly quickly after that. Suits and ties are still the norm in some circles here, including lawyers (at least when they are in court) and hospital/healthcare administration.
*- pun intended
I stopped when I quit being an assistant manager at a video store in the 90s. I currently work at company in the top half of the NASDAQ 100. I haven’t seen anyone wear a tie in my industry in the last 25 years or so. If I did see someone wearing a tie, I’d immediately assume they had to appear in court today.
In fact, the last time I was called to court, it was as a witness. I don’t think I wore a tie then. The judge seemed very receptive to my testimony, and eventually told both parties to go away, and they’d both regret it if this issue came under his purview again. Oh, but that does bring up another thing that hasn’t changed: people will still harass each other with stupid lawsuits that aren’t going to go anywhere. Also, you shouldn’t piss off judges.
FWIW, I’m an 58 year old EE and IT guy and never owned a tie in my life and never had to wear one for work. My work uniform always was jeans and t-shirt/sweater.
Only if it’s pre-tied before you put it on.
But I think @Hari_Seldon is wrong about this one: a lot fewer people wear ties nowadays, and there are a lot more situations where it’s perfectly acceptable not to wear one.
(Also, in my experience, if your breathing is restricted, it’s the top button on your shirt and not the tie itself that’s doing the restricting, and it may mean you need a bigger collar size.)
If he doesn’t behave himself I’ll sic Angie Baby on him. She’s a special lady.
She probably put him there; good call. I’ll notify the authorities.