“completely disregarding” usually means “just rolled out of the spider hole”.
If it doesn’t, it should.
I’ll give you this one because I really am not a pant-length expert. I only own one pair of work pants myself because I much prefer to wear skirts. At least with them, nobody can bitch that I’m wearing them the wrong length. 
I`m glad you guys came full circle on that one. Afterall, that was the crux of the OP.
I was responding to those who said they could care less what they looked like (clothes=body cover).
Not some ex-dictator who was months and miles from the nearest shower. 
This is a topic that bothers me a bit. Not because I can’t stand people who don’t meet dress code properly - because I have a HARD TIME meeting dress code myself.
Our dress code is casual, thank god, but otherwise - no tank tops, no belly showing, no low cut shirts. That all makes sense, I agree. Unfortunately, I am having a hard time not letting my belly show! And most of my old work shirts are tank tops (which I layer with sweaters). The ones that are older than those, which are getting -quite- worn out, are not made to be worn with the current style of pants, which are hiphuggers (and short of buying guys jeans, or jeans that have uncomfortable waists, almost all good looking pants nowadays are on the hips) which means… my belly shows.
I have a long torso. Before the hiphugger craze, I had a problem keeping my middle bits covered. Now it’s honestly a -constant- battle. I DO NOT BUY BELLY SHIRTS. I buy regular length shirts. And now that I have the clothing that I do, and I’m in a financial bind and honestly can’t afford to go buy -any- more clothing… I’m stuck. So I have a few different outfits that I rotate and 3 sweaters that go over everything that are going to be completely worn out in 3 months. They don’t make clothes like they used to, folks.
You might want to bear in mind that these people know their clothes are ill-fitting, but they can’t afford new ones. How on earth do you drop the hem on a pair of pre-hemmed pants that are too short? There is usually not enough material.
In the next few years, I want to learn to sew properly and start tailoring my own clothes - it will save me some headaches - but for now, I’m stuck with management reminding me to tug my shirt down and cover my shoulders up when my sweater slips.
Sigh.
CheekyMonkey613:
I am neither surprised nor annoyed that dressing up like that gets you a better salary, or that failing to means living with a lower one.
It’s the reciprocal expression of my sentiment: If you seriously expect me to buy a fucking wardrobe and wear those stupid clothes that I hate, you’re damn well going to pay a significant surcharge for the privilege. (In other words, I’ll happily work for less in an environment where it isn’t expected of me).
And the nice thing about being a computer geek is that, dime a dozen or no, there’s a lot of us who feel that way about it
>>You know, the world is divided into two
>>kinds of people. Those who care about
>>fashion and those who don’t.
You know, I’ve gotta go with Belladonna on this one. Some people just don’t think that cloths are a high priority. If the pants they have on are clean and have no visible holes … then what’s the problem? Some people also just don’t have the skills or inclination to pick out good cloths when they DO buy new ones … thus they get pants that run too short in the legs … or shirts that are too long in the arms, etc.
I work with people from both sides of the spectrum … from “Tammy” who practically lives at the mall and dresses very fashionably to “Terry” who wears those “proud to be an American” sweatshirts or t-shirts with silk-screened lions with blue jeans everyday.
But you know what? People can’t STAND Tammy because she has a terrible work ethic and is completely unreliable … meanwhile, people LOVE Terry because she’s a work horse who will go the extra mile for ANYONE here.
I’m just saying … at my agency, we tend to judge people on the quality of their work, their work ethic, and their personality MUCH more than if they’re wearing pants that are a little short.
Personally, I have very (so very) little extra spending money … so except at Christmas, I rarely get new cloths. That doesn’t mean I don’t look nice … but I’m definately not setting any trends. haha
I agree, short or long, it’s always a relief to see NORMAL slacks as opposed to the “toddler with a full diaper” look that is distressingly still popular among too many men.
Or it could just mean that the ones I bought were $10 at the outlet store but a little short. If I wanted to pay for that extra inch that would allow them to pass the fashion patrol it would cost me between $30 and $40 a pair because then I would be shopping at the big and tall store. For some reason if your inseam is above 34" then you can’t buy cheap pants.
I make a good living but not so much that I can afford to pay 500% what the next guy does for my clothes just so nobody sees my socks.