Bertha Venation
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Sat Apr-10-10 05:03 PM
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Am I the only one who must have crisply starched and ironed shirts for work? |
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I feel slovenly without them, almost as I'd feel withou undergarments.
Do you have to have your work clothes just so?
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taterguy
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Sat Apr-10-10 05:06 PM
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1. I unload trucks at my job |
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If anything's ironed it doesn't stay that way for long.
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Sat Apr-10-10 05:32 PM
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2. My late lover used to have a dozen or so white shirts |
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He would bring them every other week or so to the cleaners to get washed and ironed and I was always stuck picking them up for him.
I love you James, miss you. :-)
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Sat Apr-10-10 05:38 PM
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3. I still iron all my blouses and slacks. |
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Old habits are hard to break.
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Sat Apr-10-10 05:42 PM
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4. I wouldn't wear anything that needed to be ironed. It's a freedom I enjoy immensely. |
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As far as work clothes go I also have the freedom to wear whatever I like.
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Sat Apr-10-10 05:42 PM
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5. I am with you. My father was in the Air Force |
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and my mom would iron our clothes to a crisp. I still love my shirts and pants starched.
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Sat Apr-10-10 10:50 PM
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12. Me too. A nice, starched oxford cloth that holds the crease on a hot day...nt |
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Sat Apr-10-10 06:36 PM
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6. What is this "ironed" of which you speak? |
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Sat Apr-10-10 08:17 PM
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Sat Apr-10-10 06:39 PM
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7. When I was a Medical Assistant, I ironed and starched all my scrubs so they would |
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have nice creases. I always equate creases with cleanliness and attention to detail.
As a Physician Assistant, I expect I'll be in a shirt-and-tie situation most of the time. I plan on doing the same thing. Starched creases in my shirts for a professional appearance.
I like dressing up. I'm happy for people who dress down for their jobs, but I like looking sharp.
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Sat Apr-10-10 08:33 PM
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9. rumpled and threadbare old denims? Check! |
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Edited on Sat Apr-10-10 08:34 PM by mike_c
Big, loose-fitting T-shirt? Check!
Loose, old button-down cotton shirt, unbuttoned and untucked, worn more like a jacket than a shirt? Check! Flannel if it's cold.
Old sneakers? Check!
That's my usual work clothes, in the field or in class.
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Sat Apr-10-10 08:47 PM
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10. Always have heavy starch at the cleaners |
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Sat Apr-10-10 10:15 PM
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11. Been doing the same for 25 years. |
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A 100% cotton starch shirt is kind of the uniform in my line of work. However, I no longer tell them to starch them at the absolute max. Now I'm a medium starch guy. DOn't feel right at work without it, though I'm beginning to wean myself off neckties. 1,246 days to retirement, and I'm easing into it.
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Sat Apr-10-10 10:52 PM
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13. I quit using starch the day I got out of the Air Farce in 1973. |
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