# My shirt is one button askew **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505 "2012-11-19T14:20:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/1 "2012-11-19T14:20:14Z")
And the bathroom is being cleaned. So, I have to sit here knowingly askew and wait for a chance to dash into the bathroom and right myself. My alarm didn’t go off and I was late for my carpool. Good Monday morning. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/2 "2012-11-19T14:54:05Z")
You can fix it one button at a time, instead of all at once. Can you duck around a corner to do it? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/3 "2012-11-19T14:56:13Z")
It’s fixed. Thankyouverymuch. The bathroom cleaner vacated. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/4 "2012-11-19T16:28:30Z")
Where I work we don’t have to deal with the public so dress is pretty casual, but when customers come in to tour our facilities (and play golf) we are told to “button up”. Last time a tour went thru I quickly buttoned (whilst sitting in my chair), and when the tour group showed up in the Lab I led them thru my Dept., and upon their exit noticed the “askew” buttoning I had hastily performed. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/5 "2012-11-19T17:42:25Z")
One day, three of us realized that we had one missed belt loop, one twisted belt and one mis-buttoned shirt. Making lemonade of it, we put up a public poll sheet in the lunchroom to determine which one was thought the most geeky. Twisted belt loop won. I won’t say who had the twisted belt but **sigh** ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/6 "2012-11-19T17:57:32Z")
“The client tour is coming! Pants on, everyone!” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/7 "2012-11-19T18:01:45Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Where I work we don’t have to deal with the public so dress is pretty casual, but when customers come in to tour our facilities (and play golf) we are told to “button up”. What do you button up? Do you go bare-chested most of the day? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/8 "2012-11-19T18:32:16Z")
Once went to work with one brown shoe, and one black shoe. They were similar enough that they didn’t really feel different. No way to fix that one while at work. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/9 "2012-11-19T18:32:17Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > What do you button up? Do you go bare-chested most of the day? > > 😕 They probably had their button up shirts open, and their undershirts showing. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/10 "2012-11-19T18:47:25Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > What do you button up? Do you go bare-chested most of the day? > > 😕 Plain grey T-shirt, with an unbuttoned shirt over that. (me going around bare chested is a crime against humanity) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/11 "2012-11-19T18:48:35Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > “The client tour is coming! Pants on, everyone!” Hide the keg !! ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/12 "2012-11-20T02:11:48Z")
Heh. My husband, in a previous job, used to test things for a Consumer Reports type magazine. One day he was testing parental internet filters. He was testing them with some vigor, and the images on his screen were filled with people doing crazy adult fun-time stuff. That was the day the delegation from a similar minded Chinese magazine came in. They didn’t notice he forgot to wear his suit in anticipation and was instead in shorts and boots, I assure you. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/13 "2012-11-20T04:56:42Z")
Years ago, I was on my way home from work when I noticed my skirt was on inside out. In my defense, it was a fluffy chiffon skirt with french seams so you could just _barely_ tell it was reversed. Still felt like a goober. ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/14 "2012-11-20T13:33:01Z")
I love the word “askew.” Askew askew askew. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/15 "2012-11-20T13:41:33Z")
I wore mis-matched black shoes one day - a loafer and a plain black flat shoe. I didn’t notice till I was getting ready to leave at the end of the day. No one else noticed either, but then, I rarely leave my cubicle and even more rarely do I get visitors. I have neglected to zip up my jeans a couple of times, but luckily, I wear long tops, so no one saw my granny panties peeking thru! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/16 "2012-11-20T13:55:46Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Once went to work with one brown shoe, and one black shoe. They were similar enough that they didn’t really feel different. No way to fix that one while at work. :smack: I did that one day while teaching elementary school. My kids sat on the floor, right at shoe level. The kindergartners and first graders didn’t notice, but the sixth graders did. I told them that it was a test to see how observant they were, and that they had passed. They bought it. ---
**Author:** ![bahimes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bahimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahimes)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/17 "2012-11-20T14:06:50Z")
> [@InsomniaMama](#): > > I love the word “askew.” Askew askew askew. Sounds like a former (somewhat skewed) Vice President. Or a sneeze. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/18 "2012-11-20T16:21:46Z")
I askewed my Pendleton lumberjack shirt-jac over my hoody sweatshirt the other day. I was a little tipsy, & things just didn’t match up. :eek: Embarrassing. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/19 "2012-11-20T18:56:29Z")
Completely aside, but I just read the subject in the main list and heard someone like Hank Williams croon it as the first line of a song… ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/20 "2012-11-20T18:57:38Z")
> [@InsomniaMama](#): > > I love the word “askew.” Askew askew askew. Geshundheit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505.md?page=2)