People no longer have pride In how they drsss.

[Welliesandtweed]

I've increasingly noticed that people are getting scruffier and scruffier in how they dress.

Some of the secretaries where I work come in, In trainers, band t shirts, coloured hair, loose fitting, cheap tops. I wouldn't do the garden in some of the outfits I see. They aren't typically patient facing but on occasion are. I think it really lacks professionalism to turn up scruffy to work.

Same for people out for an evening meal in jogging bottoms.

On Saturday we had sports day at school and every woman was in a nice dress and men in chinos / short chinos and shirts. Children all in proper PE uniform. It was so refreshing to see.

I dont think iv ever took much notice of what others wear. I mean if someone turns up to a funeral dressed as a banana id notice but apart from that its just clothes.

I think people look good in scrubs.

Sports day on a Saturday tells us all we need to know!

Maybe it's just your place of work.

There's a limit. Casual is fine. Scruffy isn't (depending on line of work, obviously. If you're a gardener or yoga teacher you wear something relevant to the tasks. Those outfits wouldn't be right for most other workplaces). I don't think something that you'd wear to clean your house in is appropriate to wear to a professional workplace like an office or anywhere public-facing.

Some people literally have no idea of workplace etiquette though. A colleague actually came to work with her hair in rollers. She apparently couldn't understand when she was told by her boss not to do it again. She is a lovely person and does her job well, but, like, yeah, no - everyone knows that you don't wear rollers to work. What's next - bleach your tash or wearing a face mask?

It was sports day and afternoon tea to celebrate the end of school year. No dress code and yet everyone turned up nicely dressed and neat and tidy. Not one person had pink hair, garish colours or jogging bottoms on. It shows a sense of pride and respect for the occasion.

I think how you dress is a reflection of your standards. If you turn up at work looking like an unmade bed, then it indicates you don't have pride in your job and your standards. You don't dress for work like you are chilling out on a Sunday, clearing the garage or attending a gig.

I just think it's a shame that we moved away from the idea of dressing for the occasion, be it dinner, work, a tea party or turning up at your child's school.

I don't think I'm out of touch, I'm 43.

Never known a nurse that didn't wear a uniform....

This made me laugh. I was working in the 80s where it was suits and ties for men and power suits, shoulder pads and heels for the women.

I absolutely hated wearing heels and my feet are now very upset with me for squeezing them into unnatural points and walking on the pads of my feet for 20 years or so!

I think it's a really positive change that people can now make choices about things that are frankly not important. I'm not sure we did a better job in our heels and shoulder pads - would I have worked the same in a band t shirt and jeans? Most probably!

It's also refreshing to be able to go out for a night out in a comfy outfit, without make up or fancy hair and just be!

That’s funny because I would say the issue these days is that people are all about the “aesthetic” and not the product.

A “ nice dress” for sports day? Were the women wearing hats too?? 🙄

Nurses in gp surgeries that are them advanced practitioner people im not sure what their called but basically a gp on a lower wage they wear regular clothes

What's wrong with pink hair though? I don't think there is anything wrong with having whatever colour hair you want. As long as it's clean and not hindering them doing their job.

Jogging bottoms would have been fine for a sports day if there was a parents' race, surely.

I actually feel quite uncomfortable seeing people in what used to be the normal office wear.. looks so uncomfortable and unnecessary. I don’t base my opinion on what someone’s wearing, as a customer, so long as they’re clean and polite/ professional and do a good job.

Pink hair doesn’t necessitate scruffy though does it? It could be beautiful styled and shiny pink hair. Or is it just self expression you don’t like?

I've got purple hair and I live in T shirts and colourful leggings. No doubt you'd look down your snooty nose at me - not that I'd care. The opinions of snobby shallow people don't matter to me.

People have no pride in their posts anymore. Scruffy typos all over the place, so careless.

Thank God it was ascot this week so I can reuse my outfit for sports day on Friday… I hope no one notices I’ve worn the same thing though! 🤫

I spend most of my time working at my scruffy manual job or walking my dogs in local woods. I look very scruffy most of the time. So, if I pop into the shops etc straight from work I look scruffy. What does it matter to anyone else? I wouldn’t care if a professional looked scruffy as long as they are doing their job.

No hats. I'm really surprised that anyone can't comprehend wearing a dress to the sports day. It can't be that unusual if almost everyone turned up in a dress without it being specified?

I agree that things like typos and spelling my name wrong when I’ve literally put it in my previous email are more frustrating.

As long as you don’t smell I couldn’t care less what you are wearing if you are polite and do your job. Whoever you are.

My mum was a community nurse in the 1990s and they didn't wear uniform. Lots of reasons but one was to reduce the chance of being mugged by junkies looking for needles.

Lots of community nurses were in mufti up until covid when many HCP moved over to scrubs.

Is your first name Hyacinth?

Bet you're fun at parties.

You’re conflating standards with personal taste. A dress isn’t the only way to look put together. Wearing trousers or having a non typical colour in your hair doesn’t make you scruffy or unprofessional.

Really:
Paediatric community nurses
Health Visitors
Midwives

And I'm sure many more.

I think they should be clean and tidy. They aren't always. I don't really care what they wear but I do expect hair to be clean and I know I'll get a flaming for this but I don't find it very professional to get an eyeful of multiple piercings or tattoos.

I work so much better now I can do it in comfortable clothes, with no itchy seams or labels, not constricted in "smart" clothes. I go to the office (occasionally) and wear t-shirts, jeans, hoodies, dungarees etc, and I can promise you, I'm excellent at and take great pride in my work.

I regularly wear a fitted t-shirt, wide leg trousers and trainers to work and don't look remotely scruffy. It's smart casual and not what I wear to do the gardening.

I take a lot more pride in what I wear now that I have a job that does not require conservative office gear. I was so bored with the limited dull acceptable selection back then that I hardly bothered and didn't look as smart.