Generally speaking, the days of wearing a suit, even a coat and/or tie, to work are long gone.
Barring very specific situations, most offices enjoy a fairly relaxed atmosphere, where people wear what's comfortable.
Of course, most people sill tend to make sure they look professional at the most basic level when reporting to work.
Most people...
Redditor LeviTheRelentless was eager to hear stories of the most inappropriate outfits people have ever seen someone wear to work, leading them to ask:
"What is the most 'NSFW' you've seen someone wear at your job only to be asked almost immediately to change or remove it?"
WHAT NINE-YEAR-OLD HAS A BOYFRIEND?!?!?!?!
"I’m a teacher."
"One of my 9-year-old girl students once wore a shirt to school that said 'Voted Most Flexible by your boyfriend'.”
"My principal is truly amazing and said she would call mom for me, I was so thankful I didn’t have to have that conversation."
"Mom bought the shirt and she apparently didn’t understand what the issue was…"- Beautiful_Several
Not Safe For ANYTHING!
"Delivery driver at my old job has swastika treads on his work boots."
"Leaving footprints all over the shop floor."
"Yeah, he didn't last long."- Paulie_Knuckles
Literally Not Safe For Work...
"We hired a guy from the Philippines at the metal shop, and he showed up for work in flip-flops."
"Had to explain to him about OSHA and safety footwear."- clig73
Convenience Isn't Always A Priority...
"Shear top no bra in an office environment."
"Her excuse. ...she was heading out clubbing with friends after work and didn't want to have to go home and change afterwork."- PlayNicePlayCrazy
Artistic Differences?
"While doing my internship."
"I had a colleague, an arts teacher, arrive at work with a night/cocktail dress, it was dark green, completely skin tight, and had a V shaped cleavage that went all the way down to her navel."
"We could even tell she was going commando since even a thong would mark."
"She doesn't work in education anymore."- kotran1989
Wrong Place, Wrong Time... JUST PLAN WRONG!!!
"One of the daytime janitors showed up for work with a shirt that said 'send nudes'."
"We work at a high school, so the guy’s shirt was incredibly inappropriate."
"To make matters worse, representatives from the Department of Homeland Security were visiting our building that day."
"The principal told the guy to go to the janitorial closet and stay in there until the end of the day."
"He was fired that afternoon."- Verdant_Green
Subtlety Is Key...
"I worked with a super duper hot and charismatic guy."
"Guy was so charismatic he could have started his own religion."
"He was so hot that you would lose your thoughts because he walked into the room."
"He was also married and exceptionally nice and kind."
"There was a woman in my office who would wear the most scandalous stuff if she knew she was going to be in a meeting with him."
"It got worse and worse until one day she wore a lace bra under a lace shirt."
"You could see her areolae."
"We worked in a government office."
"She was asked to go put on a jacket, by her crush."- BoozeIsTherapyRight
Safety First!
"When I was in grad school, one of our undergrads came in to lab with her midriff exposed."
"I don’t give a sh*t about what people wear outside of safety concerns, and this girls stomach was right at the level of the bench."
"We were working on peptide synthesis and peptide cleavage that day, which include such hazards as trifluoroacetic acid (which eats through your skin), DMF, and piperidine (which can make you sterile)."
'I told her she could go change, wear a fully buttoned up lab coat (that was encouraged anyway), or she could sit in her office and read papers."
"I’m fine with people my age and above hurting themselves at work if they want to, but I wasn’t gonna let some kid burn herself because she thought her belly ring was cute."- doctordoctorpuss
Presumably Doctors Too...?
"I can’t tell you how many nurses wear hospital scrubs and don’t wear underwear."
"But it’s a bunch."- Jaded-Weakness-8212
Just A Shirt?...
"Not what he was wearing, but what he WASN'T wearing."
"2 story restaurant, kitchen upstairs, AC is out."
"Summer in Ontario Canada."
"This cook had been around, not just kitchens, but the world as Canadian Airborne pre Somalia fiasco."
"You know he's not right in the head."
"GM comes upstairs, and there's my buddy, looking out the servers window, NO SHIRT ON under his apron."
"GM freaks out, yells at him regarding health codes, safety codes, WSIB procedures, company policies, all around freaking out."
"Tells him to go put his shirt on."
"My buddy says 'I just need to put a shirt on'."
"GM says yes."
"He says fine, turns around and heads for the staff room area."
"And his lily white glow in the dark a** glares at the GM."
"The only thing he has on is his shoes, hat and apron."
"That was his last shift."
"This is also the same guy, that if you are bored in a bar where he's drinking, just walk by and tell him to get naked."
"If he's had enough to drink, he just smiles and strips."- Pyanfars
Transparency Is Key...
"This girl came in with a white dress shirt but nothing under."
"You literally could see her boobs through it."
"As soon as she walked in, not even 3 minutes, she was asked to change."- Tall-Performer2500
At Least They Showed Restraint...
"Best Buy."
" Halloween."
"2003."
"We were encouraged to wear costumes."
"The girl that worked in the wireless department wore a naughty nurse outfit that you could 100% see through and red lingerie underneath."
"I think she lasted maybe 5 minutes before management sent her home."
"Impressive considering that management mostly consisted of a bunch of horny a**holes."- HBK42581
Oops...
"Way back in the day, when I was in high school and lived with the folks, I found a maroon baseball hat with a a black Swatch logo in our coat closet."
"My assumption was it must have been something my father got for free somewhere, as he definitely didn't know the brand and wouldn't have spent money on it."
"So I took ownership of said hat and decided to do some teen angst modifications to it."
"I took out the stitching in the middle of the 'W' letter and used a sharpie to make it an 'N'."
"Wore it for a week and subsequently forgot about it."
"Moved out at 18 and never thought about it again."
"A couple years later, I call up the folks to check in."
"Mother is furious."
"Dad won't even get on the phone."
"Apparently, he re-found the hat and had been wearing it everywhere."
"Grocery stores, golfing, and apparently, to his firm, in front of his boss when he was called in off hours."
"Grown a** man in a white collar office wearing a very obviously self-made 'SNATCH' hat."- -Dixieflatline
Meow...
"A high school Spanish teacher, from Spain, wore a black cat suit with a gold chain around her hips."
"She claimed she didn’t understand why it was inappropriate."
"Her across-the-hall neighbor gave her a school hoodie that was mid-thigh, so it looked like a strange fashion choice."
"Don’t know if it really was a cultural misunderstanding or not, but she wore both the catsuit and the improvised 'dress' well."- 3KnuckCoach
Many people are relieved that we seem to have collectively grown out of the stodgy "work attire" days.
However, when sharing an office or space with others, it's not unreasonable to respect their comfort as well as your own...
