What do you find unprofessional at work?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's up with all the cleavage remarks? And I bet 99% of these remarks are from other women with small chests that have no freaking idea how hard it can be to cover them up. Why can't women be proud and own their bodies instead of being ashamed of them? I don't go out of my way to buy low cut tops but sometimes there's no hiding them. I shouldn't feel ashamed in the office because of it. It seems like a backwards thing when it comes to womens rights in the workplace.

This. I can show cleavage in a t shirt, I kid you not. Its not purposeful. The same shirt on a flat chested woman would be completely innocuous. I'm not going to wear turtlenecks every day to placate your sensitive eyes.

Well, as a DD chest, I am. Not turtlenecks exactly but I don't wear anything that shows cleavage. Which means I have a much harder time shopping than smaller-chested women. But I do it anyway because cleavage is not professional -- at least not in law.

+1 Get yourself some button-up work shirts, ladies. And make sure they are well-tailored so they do not gap open at the buttons. Voila, professional.

Viola, boring and frumpy! Again, I'm going to wear the same shirts as everyone else. They're going to show a little more chest because...dun dun duh...I have a little more chest! Should people with huge asses have to wear pants that make it appear that they don't have what they have? I'm not dressed like I'm going to the club, but I am dressed like I'm a woman. I don't need to wear Oxford shirts everyday to hide that fact.

[Anonymous]

I know this thread started with lace hosiery, but there should really be two threads about being unprofessional. One on clothes and one on the stuff that matters. I'm a woman and I don't care what women wear.

The other stuff on here (food, burping, nail clipping) is certainly unprofessional and nauseating. These people should be called out.

The real stuff that bothers me is being late to meetings, answering calls when I'm in your office and holding your finger in the "wait" sign for me, things like that that could be pretty unprofessional depending on the circumstance. Love the one about the boss playing "telephone" down the cubicles. These things are the best stories.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's up with all the cleavage remarks? And I bet 99% of these remarks are from other women with small chests that have no freaking idea how hard it can be to cover them up. Why can't women be proud and own their bodies instead of being ashamed of them? I don't go out of my way to buy low cut tops but sometimes there's no hiding them. I shouldn't feel ashamed in the office because of it. It seems like a backwards thing when it comes to womens rights in the workplace.

This. I can show cleavage in a t shirt, I kid you not. Its not purposeful. The same shirt on a flat chested woman would be completely innocuous. I'm not going to wear turtlenecks every day to placate your sensitive eyes.

Well, as a DD chest, I am. Not turtlenecks exactly but I don't wear anything that shows cleavage. Which means I have a much harder time shopping than smaller-chested women. But I do it anyway because cleavage is not professional -- at least not in law.

+1 Get yourself some button-up work shirts, ladies. And make sure they are well-tailored so they do not gap open at the buttons. Voila, professional.

Viola, boring and frumpy! Again, I'm going to wear the same shirts as everyone else. They're going to show a little more chest because...dun dun duh...I have a little more chest! Should people with huge asses have to wear pants that make it appear that they don't have what they have? I'm not dressed like I'm going to the club, but I am dressed like I'm a woman. I don't need to wear Oxford shirts everyday to hide that fact.

Wear what ever you want, but you have to recognize that the majority of the people at least on this thread, but also possibly throughout your office, view your attire as unprofessional. If you want to present yourself that way, feel free.

[Anonymous]

Clothing that's too revealing, and by that I mean skin showing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's up with all the cleavage remarks? And I bet 99% of these remarks are from other women with small chests that have no freaking idea how hard it can be to cover them up. Why can't women be proud and own their bodies instead of being ashamed of them? I don't go out of my way to buy low cut tops but sometimes there's no hiding them. I shouldn't feel ashamed in the office because of it. It seems like a backwards thing when it comes to womens rights in the workplace.

This. I can show cleavage in a t shirt, I kid you not. Its not purposeful. The same shirt on a flat chested woman would be completely innocuous. I'm not going to wear turtlenecks every day to placate your sensitive eyes.

Well, as a DD chest, I am. Not turtlenecks exactly but I don't wear anything that shows cleavage. Which means I have a much harder time shopping than smaller-chested women. But I do it anyway because cleavage is not professional -- at least not in law.

+1 Get yourself some button-up work shirts, ladies. And make sure they are well-tailored so they do not gap open at the buttons. Voila, professional.

But that is my entire point. We aren't men and we shouldn't have to pretend to be or over extend ourselves to hide our secondary sex characteristics. I find that mentality more offesnive than the actual cleavage.

Who says button-up shirts are for men? I am currently wearing one that is 3/4 sleeves, fitted for women (goes in at the waist, out at the top, there are prob. sewing words for this but I don't know them, but it's curvaceous and fitted), and is pink with a pattern sort of like this: https://www.google.com/search?q=pink+paisley+pattern&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&rlz=1I7ADFA_enUS459&tbm=isch&imgil=i6Cqeb2aDheTVM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcRktnnRd54v7x0Q0ZL3vTef2SauPL8H3_KDVAEGnxl_B7GYO6AA4A%253B500%253B500%253BAhRqCzuiDK5eEM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.babybedding.com%25252Fpink-paisley-fabric&source=iu&usg=__FCUu39Ig0HCRjJuDXRxo5hGoP5w%3D&sa=X&ei=9yo0U4_TIoeT0gGF_IDYAQ&ved=0CEQQ9QEwAA

I don't know many men who wear shirts like this, but, hey, maybe I am wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am an interior designer. We are passionate about what we do and don't have fun at the expense of others. And....we love it if you love to work with color!

How does this answser the question?

I'm an interior designer too and this must be the wrong thread!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's up with all the cleavage remarks? And I bet 99% of these remarks are from other women with small chests that have no freaking idea how hard it can be to cover them up. Why can't women be proud and own their bodies instead of being ashamed of them? I don't go out of my way to buy low cut tops but sometimes there's no hiding them. I shouldn't feel ashamed in the office because of it. It seems like a backwards thing when it comes to womens rights in the workplace.

This. I can show cleavage in a t shirt, I kid you not. Its not purposeful. The same shirt on a flat chested woman would be completely innocuous. I'm not going to wear turtlenecks every day to placate your sensitive eyes.

Well, as a DD chest, I am. Not turtlenecks exactly but I don't wear anything that shows cleavage. Which means I have a much harder time shopping than smaller-chested women. But I do it anyway because cleavage is not professional -- at least not in law.

+1 Get yourself some button-up work shirts, ladies. And make sure they are well-tailored so they do not gap open at the buttons. Voila, professional.

Viola, boring and frumpy! Again, I'm going to wear the same shirts as everyone else. They're going to show a little more chest because...dun dun duh...I have a little more chest! Should people with huge asses have to wear pants that make it appear that they don't have what they have? I'm not dressed like I'm going to the club, but I am dressed like I'm a woman. I don't need to wear Oxford shirts everyday to hide that fact.

Yes, everyone should try to play up their pluses and play down their minuses. If you have a big butt, like I do, wear a darker color on bottom. If you have a big chest, wear something that minimizes this and plays up other strengths. Did no one ever teach you how to dress?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's up with all the cleavage remarks? And I bet 99% of these remarks are from other women with small chests that have no freaking idea how hard it can be to cover them up. Why can't women be proud and own their bodies instead of being ashamed of them? I don't go out of my way to buy low cut tops but sometimes there's no hiding them. I shouldn't feel ashamed in the office because of it. It seems like a backwards thing when it comes to womens rights in the workplace.

This. I can show cleavage in a t shirt, I kid you not. Its not purposeful. The same shirt on a flat chested woman would be completely innocuous. I'm not going to wear turtlenecks every day to placate your sensitive eyes.

Well, as a DD chest, I am. Not turtlenecks exactly but I don't wear anything that shows cleavage. Which means I have a much harder time shopping than smaller-chested women. But I do it anyway because cleavage is not professional -- at least not in law.

+1 Get yourself some button-up work shirts, ladies. And make sure they are well-tailored so they do not gap open at the buttons. Voila, professional.

Viola, boring and frumpy! Again, I'm going to wear the same shirts as everyone else. They're going to show a little more chest because...dun dun duh...I have a little more chest! Should people with huge asses have to wear pants that make it appear that they don't have what they have? I'm not dressed like I'm going to the club, but I am dressed like I'm a woman. I don't need to wear Oxford shirts everyday to hide that fact.

Wear what ever you want, but you have to recognize that the majority of the people at least on this thread, but also possibly throughout your office, view your attire as unprofessional. If you want to present yourself that way, feel free.

+1

[Anonymous]

Honestly, the only clothing I think is unprofessional is sweatpants, sandals, or visibility dirty clothing.

We don't have clients in our office, so I really don't care if someone wants to wear ankle boots or skinny pants (and these are unprofessional? in what world?). that's better than the boxy suits I see around town.

If you're meeting with clients, it's a different story.

[Anonymous]

Farting and not saying excuse me in a meeting is unprofessional

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your email signature contains one of those Jesus fish icons.

Also if your email signature reads like this:

Mark Twatwaffle
Director & Father of three
Project Management Office

You suck a thousand sucks.

Whaaat? People actually do this? Men?

Yup. And in my case a pretty senior guy no less. The Jesus fish thing was from a guy making $500k and with maybe 50 people below him. The father of three was from a guy at $250k.

Baffled me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your email signature contains one of those Jesus fish icons.

Also if your email signature reads like this:

Mark Twatwaffle
Director & Father of three
Project Management Office

You suck a thousand sucks.

Whaaat? People actually do this? Men?

Yup. And in my case a pretty senior guy no less. The Jesus fish thing was from a guy making $500k and with maybe 50 people below him. The father of three was from a guy at $250k.

Baffled me

Maybe the takeaway here is you don't have to be an inhuman "professional" robot to be successful at work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your email signature contains one of those Jesus fish icons.

Also if your email signature reads like this:

Mark Twatwaffle
Director & Father of three
Project Management Office

You suck a thousand sucks.

Whaaat? People actually do this? Men?

Yup. And in my case a pretty senior guy no less. The Jesus fish thing was from a guy making $500k and with maybe 50 people below him. The father of three was from a guy at $250k.

Baffled me

Yes, I saw this too, on the (professional) Twitter page of one guy who is the head-honcho of national non profit. It said, "Proud Husband and Father." What??? Yuck. TMI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thigh highs that drop below the hem of your skirt
Fingertip length skirts
Cleavage
Booties with a skirt
(Previous 4 items were all on the same person on the same day at my firm)
Golf shirts with college or sports team logos
Wearing all black all the time

What? So wearing a black suit with a black shirt and black hosiery and black shoes is unprofessional?? alrighty then...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your email signature contains one of those Jesus fish icons.

Also if your email signature reads like this:

Mark Twatwaffle
Director & Father of three
Project Management Office

You suck a thousand sucks.

Whaaat? People actually do this? Men?

Yup. And in my case a pretty senior guy no less. The Jesus fish thing was from a guy making $500k and with maybe 50 people below him. The father of three was from a guy at $250k.

Baffled me

Yes, I saw this too, on the (professional) Twitter page of one guy who is the head-honcho of national non profit. It said, "Proud Husband and Father." What??? Yuck. TMI.

lol