[geeks] Re: [rescue] FW: Sun Microsystems to Cut Jobs, Sees Wider-Than-Expected Loss

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 11:20:04PM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> Casual suit - is that like dress overalls?
>
> Are you confusing a balzer and slacks to a suit?

A blazer and slacks might be what I mean.  However, I've also seen real
suits with a bit more of a casual cut to them.  I doubt I'll figure out
exactly what I mean here until I actually go and try to spend money on it.
 
> Josh, you will find, as you age, your body mass may not only increase, but
> also shift... You should buy suits when you need them, not "just to have in
> case" - IMHO.

I certainly would have numerous of occasions (well, more than once a
year) when a less formal suit (say a blazer and slacks for instance) would
be appropriate.  I dislike going to a nice resturants with friends dressed 
like they were going to the beach though.  I would somewhat like to move
to a social circle were people dressed nicely and actually showed up when
they said they would.  It seems profoundly disrepectfull to be over an
hour late to a dinner party you said you would be at with out even calling
to say you were held up.  Perhaps this is what I get for inviting fellow
college kids to dinner parties. I have been acused of not being a true
geek when I've considered expressing such opinions to people in the CS
department at school.  Perhaps if I got to such a plae I would find I
don't like it.  
 
I do currently have a suit for "just in case".  It fits really badly.  So
badly that I can't drive with the jacket on.  In makes me look like a
goon.  For some reason people feel a need to compliment me on it any
way.  Maybe they are afraid I will have them visit the fishies if they
don't.  

> Oh, and most large companies still *allow* suits, and good suits make a
> bigger impression then ever, in these *casual* times...

I'm generally led to believe that it is considered bad form to dress
better than ones supervisor.  However, I don't entirely follow this since
I don't care for polo shirts, so I generally move up a step to a shirt
that one might consider wearing a tie with (although I don't wear ties to
where I currently work, except for the one day I was going straight from
work a speaking engagement wear a tie was appropriate).

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Joshua D. Boyd