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Henry David Thoreau said:
I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. If there is not a new man, how can the new clothes be made to fit? If you have any enterprise before you, try it in your old clothes. All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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al hildenbrand said:
Henry David Thoreau said:
I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. If there is not a new man, how can the new clothes be made to fit? If you have any enterprise before you, try it in your old clothes. All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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Haha...awesome quote.

Anyway, I sweat profusely. I wear shorts into late December. I wear tank tops into September usually. I work residential so it normally isn't a problem. If I had to wear a heavy fabric, golf type button up I would probably die...hopefully on workman's comp.
 
I wear the polo/knit style of shirts with a pocket and jeans. Long pants for commercial work were OSHA may show up & shorts for everything else.
 
Pay attention this is the winning formula. :grin: I use Polo's and tees for Construction and full uniforms for service.
 
I don?t like a uniform policy. Right now I have to wear a company shirt. They give you 3 a year. I have a total of 9 now they are all ripped to shreds, shrunk till wear they don?t come down to my waist, and some of them look like mussel shirts on me.

I?m all for it as long

As long as the shirts are long so I can bend over (tucked in with out it all coming out, with pants at my waist) and this would be after they shrink.

They don?t just give you 3 and tell you that you have to wear them every day.
After how long to they get holes?
On a hot day what if I want to change for a fresh one? This would be thinking of my coworkers when it?s 110* in what they call AC.
I will pay 5 bucks a shirt all day long as long as they will let me get 10 to start, the don?t shrink to where they don?t fit, and they order a box of my size for when I want more.
 
stickboy1375 said:
One of my biggest gripes also is quantity, don't give me four shirts for a 5 day week, I only do laundry once a week...
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Right! For summer uniform shirts, two for every work day is closer to right. Some days, you might need to change your shirt between every customer if you do service. I know these last few weeks, I've been going through two or three a day.
 
I give my guys 4-5 T-Shirts twice a year for short sleeved and once a year for long sleeve. Also sweatshirts (regular and hooded) when the spirit strikes. They are not required to wear a company shirt every day (though they usually do). I just tell them to look presentable at all times. Also some nice baseball hats. I like to spend the money for good quality stuff, or else nodody will wear it.

If I were a service oriented company, then uniforms would be more standardized.
 
mdshunk said:
And, don't forget to add this passage to the employee handbook:

"Pants may not be baggy or sag away from the body. Crotch of pants must fit at the natural crotch. Bottom of pants may not extend past the bottom of the shoe or boot. Pants must be worn at the natural waist. Belts are not expressly required, however, if necessary a belt or suspenders will need to be worn to keep pants at the natural waist to assure compliance with this section. Belts should not extend more than 6" from buckle, and suspenders must be of a color that co-ordinates with the uniform colors (blue, black, grey)."
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A couple weeks ago, I patched a couple pairs of my pants that were coming apart at the knees, to get through a couple paydays before buying new pants.

So then I go to buy some, and nobody seems to carry pants that fit right. I settled on three pair, one of which was a pair of carpenter pants. They are really baggy, but I don't think they're any less presentable than holy jeans on the jobsite, IMO.

My company also charges for shirts, a lot of guys don't buy them but I bought a couple - sometimes, it serves as a sort of ID when you don't know where to go, people can help.
 
Cooper Electrical said:
hello all, I just started my company and was looking into just a t-shirt with my company name on it. Someone told me that it might look better if I used a button up shirt with company name on it, but I think thats impractical in our biz. Just wondering how you dress in your companies ?
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I would advise you to not do t-shirts at first. As a beginning business I think it could be a mistake to take on more expenses than necessary. After awhile you may want to go that route but for now be conservative ( I don't mean politically):grin:
 
georgestolz said:
So then I go to buy some, and nobody seems to carry pants that fit right.
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No kidding. They all seem to say right on the rack or tag "relaxed fit" or "loose fit". Where do they stock the "regular-ordinary fit"? :grin:

I did manage to find some Levi's recently in the regular ordinary cut at a Sears store. I mostly wear Red Cap pants for work (pretty much like Dickies) because they're much cooler than jeans and they wear like iron. You can get several years (3 or 4) out of a pair of Dickies type pants, where you'd be lucky to get a year out of a pair of denim jeans.
 
Why not buy hats? Everyone wants a nice company hat. No old school ball caps either. Has to be newer style. And I won't wear a polo shirt.. LMAO, I'm a construction worker, not a cabana boy!
 
wireman71 said:
Why not buy hats? Everyone wants a nice company hat. No old school ball caps either. Has to be newer style.
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Pick your hat :D

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ITO has a cool hat.
 
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