It seems that in every futuristic movie produced, all the characters are wearing unitards. Since we have not arrived at the year 2050 yet, companies are dealing with today's fashions in their own way.
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission is considering making changes in the dress code for cab drivers. The revised code is expected to be approved at a public hearing next month. Currently, tube shirts, tank tops, opened toed sandals and bathing trunks are among the banned articles of clothing and sartorial scofflaws face a $25 fine. Why is this seemingly boring information so interesting? Read on!
According to the New York City Taxi Fact Book ,NYC cabbies,42,000 of them, transport 700,000 passengers per day. During a year’s time that means 25,550,000 people ride in a taxi. In the last 14 years, inspectors wrote just 46 tickets for dress code violations, Commission Chairman David Yassky said. So since 1996, there have been almost 358 million people who have ridden in a cab in NYC, yet there have been only 46 complaint violations issued. At the $25 fine paid, it means that NYC has collected the grand sum of only $1150 dollars from unkempt cab drivers!
How insane is the Commission to hold public hearings on an issue that is obviously so meaningless once someone looks at the numbers? The Commission will spend more in holding the hearings than they can ever hope to recover in fines, especially because they are planning to relax a lot of the rules—not make them stronger! They are looking to remove specific clothing that is banned.
The new dress code will be broader in language and simply state that drivers, “must present a professional appearance.” So if the stringent dress code produced only 3 to 4 violation a year, how many will a relaxed code produce? Duh! More infringements or less? Obviously, less. So why hold hearings? I guess the Commission has nothing better to do with their time.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, Swiss Bank UBS has compiled a 43- page dress code booklet for its employees. It deals not only with fashion guidelines but hygiene and grooming as well.
I guess just telling a banker to present a professional appearance is not enough guidance because they obviously are not as smart as New York cabbies!
Some of the UBS Do's and Don'ts
Do's
For women:
• Wear your jacket buttoned.
• When sitting, the buttons should be unfastened.
• Make sure to touch up hair regrowth regularly if you color your hair.
For men:
• Store your suit on a large hanger with rounded shoulders to preserve the shape of the garment.
• Schedule barber appointments every four weeks to maintain your haircut shape.
Don'ts
• Eating garlic and onions
• Smoking or spending time in smoke-filled places
• Wearing short-sleeved shirts or cuff links
• Wearing socks that are too short, showing your skin while sitting
• Touching up perfume during or after lunch break
• Using tie knots that don't match your face and/or body shape
• Do not wash, nor ever iron your shirts yourself.
Karen P. writes:
ReplyDelete"Swiss Bank UBS better be paying their employees top dollar ... or have an open account for their employees at the dry cleaners.
Are they serious ... their code booklet ... despite the fact as a Mother I agree wholeheartedly ... has to violate several laws. But more importantly, I want the job of enforcing those rules within their company ... truly it has to be a full time job for many, many people!!!"
Tie knots are supposed to match your face or body type?!? Yikes!
ReplyDeleteBob writes:
ReplyDelete"Obviously UBS never visited Comm² in the days of King, Malham and VanDyke. (What a law-firm name that is!)
Susan K writes:
ReplyDelete"Evidently Bankers lack common sense just like the rest of the world!"
Go to http://automobilepartitions.blogspot.com/ and wade through the comments gathered over the last few years.
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