Here is an interesting post at the Unz Review. I was mildly annoyed by the time I finished it. I'd be curious what you all think about it. I'll offer opinions in the comment section.
Here is an interesting post at the Unz Review. I was mildly annoyed by the time I finished it. I'd be curious what you all think about it. I'll offer opinions in the comment section.
Honestly, I'd rather see someone shopping in their pajamas than showing me their ample cleavage or their buttcrack.
ReplyDeleteThe above anonymous comment is me. I'm a bit rusty at this, lol.
ReplyDeleteLOL, lady red! Good to "see" you!
DeleteHo boy. Where do I start?
ReplyDeleteWhen my oldest brother and his wife were in college there was one dining room set aside for people who wanted to dress up and dine in a nice environment. The school did away with that because people complained they did not think it was fair that people who wanted to dress nicely had a dining room they could go to. Never mind that the people who wanted to dress like slobs could go to every other dining room on campus — they wanted to go to this one also. People who wanted to dine in a “classy” environment had no option.
When I first went to work in my last profession ten years ago I was the only man there. I dressed up in slacks, nice shirt, and tie. When I transferred to a store closer to home there were already two other men there. They wore jeans. While I generally did not wear jeans unless it was a causal day (I would sometimes agree with the women to have a special dress day), I stopped with the ties.
Dressing up was not done because people were snobbish — it was because people respected themselves and others. (I read years ago that using the word “Mister” was not done out of snobbishness but rather that in the United States it was felt that everyone deserved respect — today it is looked at as old-fashioned.)
These days I generally go around with an untucked shirt but that is more because I live in Texas and, well, I exercise a right. I wear jeans most of the time but that is more so I can do some work around the house. Frankly, I would just as soon be more formally dresses.
Unless he was in his pajamas, my Grandfather Robert (whom I wrote about a few years ago) would have a white shirt and tie on. That is just what people did.
And I miss it.
Above anonymous comment is radiomattm. He's a bit rusty also!
DeleteNot just the the US lady red, we saw it in Canada also. It disturbs me a lot. So disrespctful to themselves and others. I really don't understand why so many people have no sense of decorum or manners. I was born and raised in the UK. My mother was (some may say a snob) very strict about what we could or did wear. My sis ter and I were either in dresses or skirts and blouses. School wear was a uniform of a white shirt, a properly knotted tie, a V neck sweater or cardigan and a pleated skirt. The white shirt had to be freshly laundered and ironed (which was my resposibility once I was old enough to wield an iron). My sister and I were not allowed to wear trousers, shorts in the summer were okay. I didn't own a pair of jeans until I moved to Canada and even then I think I was over 40 before I actually bought a pair.
ReplyDeleteI think what upsets me the most is young women (pre-teenagers and teenagers) dressing like sluts, WTH are their parents thinking. And don't get me started on the fake eyelashes and talons. 85% of the young women I see in Houston must visit the nail and lash salons at least once a weak. It looks outlandish and makes a mockery of being a female. I don't understand why looking like a caricature would be considered alluring or sexy.
Yes, I am a dinosaur.