I've almost exclusively held jobs where the standard dress code is "jeans and t-shirts", which is pretty fortunate, I suppose. I've met only a few people who actually enjoy dressing up and wearing suits and ties. However, this leaves me somewhat screwed when encountering situations where the expected attire is somewhat stricter. I have two thoughts about this:
1. OMGWTF who gives a shit about expected attire and fancy clothing! Think of how much resources our society sinks into superficial things like fashion and clothing which could be better spent somewhere else! I bet we could feed and clothe every poverty-stricken child in third world countries with the amount of time and money we spend tailoring fine suits! Of course this isn't anything unique to clothing and fashion; I'm reminded of one of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books where a society sent the one-third of their population which holds entirely useless occupations and those who remained formed a happier productive fulfilling society.
2. I of course have the casual thing down, and I've had to wear suits and ties enough times for job interviews and fancy stuff. I even somehow survived the one time in my life where I had to wear a tux. Thus, I think I've gotten the "business" attire and the "casual" attire down. No, what gets me is the nebulous area in between, this "business-casual." I mean, WTF? The organizers of a function couldn't decide which one is best and so they compromise? Thus we're left with this amorphous poorly-defined region which is just formal enough to leave everybody uncomfortable, but not formal enough for us to resign ourselves and say "all right, guess we're suiting up for this. I'll tie my
noose tie and get this over with." I have a hazy idea at best of what this entails. Button-up shirt and a casual jacket? That may be a bit on the high end. Jeans and sneakers, but with a polo-shirt? Perhaps on the low-end. Slacks or Khakis and a button-up shirt but no jacket? That seems average, but is still
laaaaame!Yeah, as you may have figured it out by now, I'll need a "business casual" attire soon. I can't seem to find anything fancier than say jeans, so as I'm a cheap bastard I wonder if I can get away with not having to go shopping.
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For the past two days my right shoulder and right buttock have both been sore (though it's finally going away, I think). I know the reason, it was from playing badminton, and I'm not surprised that I'm sore as one can pretty much expect it anytime they suddenly vigorously use muscles which they haven't used before. I am surprised that butt muscles are that heavily used in this game, though now that I think about it I do recall constantly stretching my right side, including my right buttock, to hit a high-flying birdie.
It's pretty widely accepted that professional tennis/badminton/squash/other racket sports players usually have one arm stronger than another. I now wonder if they also have one bun of steel and one normal bun. I don't know how to ask one this question, though.