Comments on: Simply disgraceful. http://thegentlemanmason.com/2009/09/01/simply-disgraceful/ Dress - Etiquette - The Good Life Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eric Schmitz http://thegentlemanmason.com/2009/09/01/simply-disgraceful/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Eric Schmitz Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:45:08 +0000 http://thegentlemanmason.com/?p=103#comment-64 I've been ignoring the national news lately, so I didn't see any of the funeral coverage. Here's another reason I'm glad I wasn't paying attention. Being a Freemason, I've been to quite a few funerals. Never once would it ever occur to em to not show up in at least coat and tie, even if I weren't part of the service. I do casual at work most of the time, although that's changing recently (damn you, Naylor!!!) Still, "every day is casual Friday" has spilled over into way to many places where it just should never go. I’ve been ignoring the national news lately, so I didn’t see any of the funeral coverage. Here’s another reason I’m glad I wasn’t paying attention.

Being a Freemason, I’ve been to quite a few funerals. Never once would it ever occur to em to not show up in at least coat and tie, even if I weren’t part of the service.

I do casual at work most of the time, although that’s changing recently (damn you, Naylor!!!) Still, “every day is casual Friday” has spilled over into way to many places where it just should never go.

]]> By: Jeff Naylor http://thegentlemanmason.com/2009/09/01/simply-disgraceful/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Jeff Naylor Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:17:02 +0000 http://thegentlemanmason.com/?p=103#comment-63 I normally do, but I don't think anything about someone who just wears normal street clothes either. Pajamas I might have a problem with... All this said, if we started a trend that would be OK with me too. I normally do, but I don’t think anything about someone who just wears normal street clothes either.

Pajamas I might have a problem with…

All this said, if we started a trend that would be OK with me too.

]]> By: Nathan Brindle http://thegentlemanmason.com/2009/09/01/simply-disgraceful/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Nathan Brindle Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:45:46 +0000 http://thegentlemanmason.com/?p=103#comment-62 I remember when I wouldn't even think of taking a plane trip without wearing a tie. Today I don't even bother. Maybe we should all start doing that again. We might start a trend! I remember when I wouldn’t even think of taking a plane trip without wearing a tie. Today I don’t even bother.

Maybe we should all start doing that again. We might start a trend!

]]> By: Jeff Naylor http://thegentlemanmason.com/2009/09/01/simply-disgraceful/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Jeff Naylor Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:35:28 +0000 http://thegentlemanmason.com/?p=103#comment-61 Exactly. T-shirts at a wake? It's pathetic, and I see it all the time. I don't think everyone needs to be in business dress every minute of every day, but at least have the decency to show up for funerals, weddings, graduations and the like as if you have some modicum of respect for the institutions and their participants. Interesting that you mention the airline issue, I was discussing with a colleague a week or so ago our amazement with the state of some passengers. He swears he was on a flight last month with a woman who was wearing pajamas. Exactly. T-shirts at a wake? It’s pathetic, and I see it all the time.

I don’t think everyone needs to be in business dress every minute of every day, but at least have the decency to show up for funerals, weddings, graduations and the like as if you have some modicum of respect for the institutions and their participants.

Interesting that you mention the airline issue, I was discussing with a colleague a week or so ago our amazement with the state of some passengers. He swears he was on a flight last month with a woman who was wearing pajamas.

]]> By: Tom Accuosti http://thegentlemanmason.com/2009/09/01/simply-disgraceful/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Tom Accuosti Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:21:27 +0000 http://thegentlemanmason.com/?p=103#comment-60 I was just telling somebody the other day that when I was younger, airlines expected travelers to dress appropriately, or they could refuse to allow you to board. Jackets, collared shirts were expected for men. I think that changed in the 70s. Recently, I attended a wake at which several people were dressed in t-shirts. C'mon, guys, huh? I was just telling somebody the other day that when I was younger, airlines expected travelers to dress appropriately, or they could refuse to allow you to board. Jackets, collared shirts were expected for men. I think that changed in the 70s.

Recently, I attended a wake at which several people were dressed in t-shirts. C’mon, guys, huh?

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