# So today I left for work without a shirt on **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 10, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038 "2004-11-10T17:25:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/21 "2004-11-10T23:56:22Z")
I remember one time last semester when I left the dorm still wearing my nightshirt and long johns. The really embarassing part was that I didn’t realize that I’d forgotten to get dressed until class was over. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/22 "2004-11-11T00:16:12Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > She sat up, took one look at me and said in a very concerned voice “Daddy, you’re not wearing any pants.” Was anyone else surprised that **lieu** wears pants often enough that pantslessness would be noticable? ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/23 "2004-11-11T00:16:20Z")
Eh, everybody shows up to class in pjs in college at least once. I took more than one midterm in fluffy cloud sleep pants. If it makes the OP feel any better, I once walked about a quarter of the way to class in boxer briefs and a t-shirt… ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/24 "2004-11-11T02:12:13Z")
There was definitely something in the air today. I happily went out to the end of the driveway to get the mail and while I was down there I chatted briefly with (after waving cheerily to) an older gentleman who lives on the opposite side of the cul-de-sac. Then realized that I had jammed my feet into my tennis shoes without pulling them up over my heels, which are sorely in need of a lengthy session with a pumice stone. And I wasn’t wearing a bra, just a very old, very soft, very thin, white t-shirt. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/25 "2004-11-11T02:38:59Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I didn’t realize I wasn’t wearing a shirt until the reality of how cold it was in the car hit me. Thank god for winter. Am I the only one wondering _why_ you had no shirt on at work? Have I missed something… I do, you know, miss things, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Adoptamom\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adoptamom\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adoptamom_II)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/26 "2004-11-11T02:56:23Z")
You all are confused - this craziness started last night when I took my son’s adderall instead of my antibiotic :eek: same size bottle, same colored capsules except one end of his is amber and one end of mine is yellow. At 10:30pm, who notices these things? Today was a **l o n g** day ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/27 "2004-11-11T03:25:58Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > [sub]Finally! I’m the first to post this![/sub] > > Is there photo evidence of this? 😉 > > [sub]Is this something I should brag about?[/sub] Thank you, **JimSox5**. When I saw this thread title, I made a bet with myself: if someone asked for a photo within the first 10 posts, I got to buy new towels (which I can’t afford) tomorrow. Yeah! I’m getting new towels. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/28 "2004-11-11T03:29:52Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Was anyone else surprised that **lieu** wears pants often enough that pantslessness would be noticable? You know, that isn’t the part that gets me. The part that surprises me is: “Daddy, you’re not wearing any pants.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/29 "2004-11-11T03:31:02Z")
Once, when I was 12, I ran from my house to the community pool in my underwear to tell my mom she had a telephone call. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/30 "2004-11-11T03:34:59Z")
Every bluesman needs a nickname. And people call me two-shoes. Cause I always wear two shoes. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/31 "2004-11-11T04:01:00Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I’ve gone to work with mismatched shoes… Me too. Sadly, one had a 2" heel, one had a 3" heel. Same color, basic pumps. I have been trying to break the bad habit of taking LilMiss to school in my pajamas when I work from home. A few weeks ago when I got home there was a panicky message from her stating she needed her violin right away. I grabbed it, ran back out and drove it to school. As I walked into school, LilMiss was standing there, mouth agape. “Couldn’t you have put some NORMAL clothes on, Mom?!?!?” I guess going into a school bra-less in silk lounging pajamas is not appropriate. I had a coat on at least. Okay, it was a robe. Ever since then unless I am dressed before I come down and log in, she will bring me clothes. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/32 "2004-11-11T05:15:56Z")
See **Zebra** , if normalcy reigns the shirt goes on first, then the pants, whichever familial units are awake are bid a fond goodbye, I build the road coffee and depart. But if I’m wanting a presently sleeping kiddo to waken to the point where I can wish her a good day before departing then at some point in the aforementioned sequence she’ll need to be stirred. Usually the stirring causes a somewhat delayed, sleepeyed response. But, always to my delight, on the rare day a response is immediate it’s righteously fraught with questions regarding the unfinished aspects of my prepatory proceedure. Not knowing I’d just started dressing she was, in short, covering my ass. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/33 "2004-11-11T05:29:25Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I was driving to work this morning in the dark. I was juggling hot chocolate, missed a curve went off the road and ran down a fence pole. My truck is still there - I’m waiting for a neighbor to help me pull it out. I’m okay, the engine is okay, but I totally ruined the bumper and smashed the grill. > > All in all, even without that little mishap, my life sucks. This was just the icing on the cake. The shit cake with urine icing. > > StG Jeez, I’d say this ranks a bit higher on the scale than forgetting a shoe or even a shirt. I’m glad you weren’t hurt and that the truck isn’t worse. Perhaps things will improve once we all settle into Standard Time? ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/34 "2004-11-11T05:37:36Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > Thank you, **JimSox5**. When I saw this thread title, I made a bet with myself: if someone asked for a photo within the first 10 posts, I got to buy new towels (which I can’t afford) tomorrow. > Yeah! I’m getting new towels. Always glad to help. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/35 "2004-11-11T05:59:20Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > Jesus, my mind is so far in the gutter today. Although, I am going to resist all the tempation to say anything to **NinjaChick**. It’s not that I don’t like her or anything of that nature; indeed, I am sure we could enjoy a wide variety of things together, some of which do involve the mouth. . . . . . . . . …Oral _exam_! I talked about Aeschlyus and ‘The Libation Bearers’ with my professor, who is at least pushing 70. Yeah, some of my friends from home had the same reaction, too…sometimes I forget there’s an outside world that’s not used to my school’s peculiar lingo… ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/36 "2004-11-11T07:52:07Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I didn’t realize I wasn’t wearing a shirt until the reality of how cold it was in the car hit me. Thank god for winter. Your a female right? Hot, very hot. TOPLESS :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/37 "2004-11-11T10:10:18Z")
Firstly…HOW did you not notice?Er…I’m looking a little pinker than usual today Secondly…Did you remember to put a bra on? Thirdly…I would love to have seen the look on your fellow workers/passersby 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/38 "2004-11-11T11:39:49Z")
I woke up with a migrane and proceeded to take a chinese exam. From what I recall I think I worte my name correctly, but not which class I’m in. And I wrote a completely perfect sentence with a completely wrong verb in it. I blame all of you. And the migrane. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/39 "2004-11-11T11:58:29Z")
I dressed in the dark one time and discovered at work that I had one brown shoe and one black shoe. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038/40 "2004-11-11T16:08:03Z")
> [@](#): > > I woke up with a migrane and proceeded to take a chinese exam. I hear that works OK, but an hour later you’ve got a headache again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-i-left-for-work-without-a-shirt-on/274038.md?page=3)