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Victor_c3

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33. the crappiest clothes I can find
Mon Aug 26, 2013, 04:08 AM
Aug 2013

I'm a chemist and I work constantly with a lot of acids and various things that stain clothes, skin, and everything else. I almost always wear a lab coat over jeans and a t-shirt, but I invariably get drips of stuff on the lower half of my pants and shoes. If I wear it to work, it'll probably get ruined so nobody gives me a hard time.

I'm in the upper tier pay-wise in my facility but you wouldn't guess it by looking at me. I go weeks without shaving, I'm almost always in need of a haircut, and I'm probably the worst-dressed and scraggliest looking person who works there.

I wish I had a picture, but my favorite shirt was given to me by my wife. She took a picture of my face, blew it up and put it on a shirt and wrote "World's Best Dad" on it. Who the hell wears a shirt with their picture on it? Me! I do! I'm that guy! Why would you put a picture of your kids on a "world's best dad" shirt? The kid's aren't the best dad, I am!

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what do you wear to work? [View all] fizzgig Aug 2013 OP
scrubs. Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2013 #1
hey lady fizzgig Aug 2013 #8
heya backatcha Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2013 #14
Jeans. nt Still Blue in PDX Aug 2013 #2
how about as far as shirts go? fizzgig Aug 2013 #5
Nothing Goalie49009 Aug 2013 #3
i would be naked if i worked from home fizzgig Aug 2013 #6
Oh you have to be at home Goalie49009 Aug 2013 #9
... fizzgig Aug 2013 #13
Perhaps you should ask THIS man: MiddleFingerMom Aug 2013 #4
i have fabulous glasses fizzgig Aug 2013 #15
We can only imagine what your Casual Fridays must be like pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #7
friday is my day off fizzgig Aug 2013 #11
A) that shirt is fabulous a la izquierda Aug 2013 #10
i had to wear "nice" clothes at my last job fizzgig Aug 2013 #17
One of my favorite movies. a la izquierda Aug 2013 #18
i'm a tshirt addict fizzgig Aug 2013 #22
" work ? " olddots Aug 2013 #12
Casual tops, capris or pants, running shoes. femmocrat Aug 2013 #16
it was junior high, i think, before i saw a teacher in sneakers fizzgig Aug 2013 #19
At the office... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #20
isn't it awesome to not have to fuss over what to wear at work? fizzgig Aug 2013 #23
My work went to jeans a couple years ago... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #29
Back when I did work, I wore a uniform. trof Aug 2013 #21
there is something to be said about that fizzgig Aug 2013 #24
You were Air Force before that, correct? jmowreader Aug 2013 #27
Not active duty. Aie National Guard. trof Aug 2013 #35
Khakis, dress shirt, and tie. Aristus Aug 2013 #25
Suit and tie. name not needed Aug 2013 #26
Clothes... jmowreader Aug 2013 #28
I work at a factory, albeit in the office building. 47of74 Aug 2013 #30
Fire retardant clothing. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #31
I'm retired on 28 acres in the bush ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #32
the crappiest clothes I can find Victor_c3 Aug 2013 #33
Retired, but when I work around the property B Calm Aug 2013 #34
Most days, just shorts. hobbit709 Aug 2013 #36
Armor and my trusty Viking war axe Dash87 Aug 2013 #37
Mind-numbingly dull khakis and polos OriginalGeek Aug 2013 #38
I am no longer working, RebelOne Aug 2013 #39
No longer work. wild bird Aug 2013 #40
"Business casual" but an IT shop, so Myrina Aug 2013 #41
I can pretty much wear whatever I want tabbycat31 Aug 2013 #42
a smile loli phabay Aug 2013 #43
Brown. n/t Shibainu Aug 2013 #44
Cotton/synthetic blend work uniform Populist_Prole Aug 2013 #45
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