Singlets in the office

[Diesel]

I work in an office, I am in a non-customer facing role meaning I don't have to meet people so our office is semi-casual, you can turn up in a t-shirt and shorts, jeans, or business attire it doesn't matter.

So my question is why is it acceptable for woman to wear a singlet to work or open toed shoes and I can't wear a singlet and thongs (not rubber ones but a decent brand like Colorado)?

Don't get me wrong, I, just like the next guy don't mind the girls in the singlets and short skirts but why can they get away with the singlet while I can't, especially while it's summer.

 

[cleary89]

I'm lucky that my boss lets us wear polos, shorts and trainers. Perfect.

Maybe decent thongs are alright, but I've had a few blokes come in to work in thongs and it just looks unprofessional. They say the same thing as you but meh, I know if I was a boss I wouldn't like it.

No one should be in a decent work place in a singlet though.

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

Hey cleary, what's your high score in flappy bird?

 

[cleary89]

23. I suck.

 

[Diesel]

Thanks for those thoughts. I wouldn't wear a singlet by choice but I was just thinking it was double standards. I've worn the thongs in a few times but that's normally over the Christmas break when no one is around.

 

[Apey]

Last job I had was casual work for a family friend. He owns two houses right next to each other and one of them is the office where he runs a small-ish data consultancy business. Early mornings he sometimes used to turn up in his pyjamas, so I reckon we could wear just about anything we wanted to. :lol:

Of course, this business practically had 0 face time with any of the clients and if it did it certainly never happened there. Place was an absolute mess.

 

[Danish]

Chicks can wear singlet because they have boobs. Everybody loves boobs.

 

[Twizzle]

Generally women's singlets are better quality, they are made to wear in public where as men's singlets are made as underwear.

It may also depend if you are "aesthetically pleasing" in a singlet and whether its suitable for a workplace.

Assuming you could find men's dress singlets and you wore one, if you were asked to cover up you may have a discrimination issue.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Just be sure it's a singlet, many women wear sleeveless shirts. Easy to get them mixed up.

 

[Lambretta]

Thanks for those thoughts. I wouldn't wear a singlet by choice but I was just thinking it was double standards. I've worn the thongs in a few times but that's normally over the Christmas break when no one is around.

A singlet on a girl looks totally different to a singlet on a guy
Women can wear singlets with skirts or trousers and shoes it looks professional

Guys in singlets look like they should be in the pub or the gym - they're just not acceptable

Just because a top doesn't have sleeves it doesn't mean it's the same thing

 

[Lambretta]

Chicks can wear singlet because they have boobs. Everybody loves boobs.

I did forget to point this out - I don't know how on earth I could have forgotten. Bewbies are every kind of awesome.

 

[Packy]

I wore a singlet every day of the Xmas period and work was never better. Can't do it any other time of the year.

 

[Bastard Squad]

Freddie wore a singlet to work most of the time and got away with it.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Maybe it has to do with hairy armpits? I once worked with a girl who had gorilla pits that wore singlets/sleeveless shirts in warmer weather and it was grotesque.

 

[Diesel]

That's all types of wrong. I hope you claimed many sick days

 

[Patorick]

Just be sure it's a singlet, many women wear sleeveless shirts. Easy to get them mixed up.

Tank tops.

:sarcasm:

 

[Lambretta]

Freddie wore a singlet to work most of the time and got away with it.

So what you're saying is you'll die of AIDS if you wear a singlet

Great consumer advice right there

 

[Bulldog Force]

Tank tops.

:sarcasm:

The main difference is a tank top is a casual cotton top, a sleeveless shirt can be dressy and made of any material.