'No shorts allowed in this heat? Sure!': Guy finds loophole in company's strict dress code policy, 'skirting' around the issue

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    83 trillion of over-borrowing risks new glo "I'm not commuting in [86°] in jeans."
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    My office has quite a casual dress code policy and in general kinda chill about what we wear. However we are not allowed shorts. So in the UK here we get about 5
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    hot days a year that we get to enjoy/endure. One of my colleagues got an HR email a while ago for wearing shorts in the office (he has great legs, who could blame him) when the weather was
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    sweltering. The women in the office wear short skirts and dresses and showing shoulders all the time without any bat of an eye
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    (and yay for them), but somehow shorts in men are just no-no. Oh well, I'm not commuting in 30+ degrees Celsius in jeans.
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    I'm very proudly queer but I have never worn a skirt before, but I bought some fabulous skirts and wore them twice to work since.
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    Once just to a regular office day, and then last Friday when we had a summer party.
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    No one has spoken to me about my wardrobe choice yet, but my legs were so free. Some male colleagues told me they are inspired and we might see more skirts in the office when it gets warm again.
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    Edit: yes I know kilts are a thing, but they're heavy and woolly and absolutely wouldn't be nice in the heat
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    Urbanyeti0 6 hr. ago There was a news article a couple years ago about a school which had similar bs rules and the boys did the exact same approach. Why managers feel the need to force people to be uncomfortable whilst trying to work I don't know
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    Kriss3d 6 hr. ago In my country the bus company that runs the public transport in the capital had a policy with either long pants or skirt. Obviously the skirt was meant for women but because the drivers couldnt get shorts (which would bother exactly nobody) alot of them agreed to order the skirt as uniform. Now they are allowed to wear shorts.
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    GeckokidThePaladin OP 6 hr. ago Haha sweet! Love to see this
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    nikkynackyknockynoo⚫ 5 hr. ago As a guy, I can now legit ask the question... did it have pockets?
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    GeckokidThePaladin OP 5 hr. ago Absolutely YES. They're from Uniqlo and I wouldn't have bought it if it didn't have pockets.
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    CoderJoe1 6 hr. ago You're just skirting the issue. Well done.
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    OriginalIronDan 6 hr. ago That joke just kilt it.
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    GeckokidThePaladin OP 5 hr. ago Just falling short of brilliant!

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