It’s going to be in the 90s all week here in Philadelphia. That’s a cooker in the city. Which made me wonder about a weather-based dress code. I’m thinking that just like companies have a snow day hotline, they should have a real hotline for smoldering hot days. Imagine that: “Due to the extreme weather today, you can now loosen your ties — based on your own discretion.”
Ya think some policy maker in HR is already on that one? (The dress policy at our shop is “Wear clothes.”) What’s your dress code for when it’s boiling hot outside?
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As an aside – I had a laugh at the design of the ‘hot weather’ icons. In case you did not realize that 95 is hot, here is a tiny image of a cactus to help you process that information.
I hate dress codes, in fact the last ‘good’ code I can think of was probably Morse code, and that was a masterpiece of simplicity and function.
Steve, LOL, very clever. I hate dress codes, too. We printed our dress code in Morse Code.
Weather-based wardrobe is rather common practice in Europe, or at least that is my understanding. They’d typically laugh at us for wearing polyester suits on a 90 degree day, and are less rigid in their definitions of what is work appropriate attire when it comes to weather.
Chris, I observed that when I worked in Europe…and also in California. Too funny about the polyester suits in the 90s.
I once worked somewhere that had a warm weather dress code. Once it hit the 80′s – no panty hose. And when it hit 90 – no ties or jackets. We watched the thermometer like it was nobody’s business. ha!
Sharlyn…that’s a good plan. Actually, I cannot imagine that any woman would make a policy to have to wear pantyhose…ever. Great about the temp plan.
I like to wear short-shorts and tops that show the stretch marks on my tummy. That’s okay with everyone, right?
Laurie, it’s so hot in Philly today we’re *requiring* swimsuits. Any choice is okay.