Do you wear a tie at work?

[Jhengsman]

When I worked in the schools I did. I never wanted to be in the position of being confused for a student or given a "where you from" challenge from a local gangster.

With the postal service the uniform reg's demand a tie whenever in a long sleeve of wearing a sweater, vest or jacket but very few districts enforce that part of the code. I have heard of ad campaigns being pulled because the carriers shown were out of uniform, meaning no tie or the wrong hat and in some cases no scanner, no satchel, no ID card, no key chain.... or dog spray as the neat man cheerfully handed over a package without being tangled by the extra stuff

 

[LiquidMidnight]

It's fairly optional in my office. Sometimes I wear one because I feel like it. I almost always wear one if I'm going to be dealing face-to-face with an attorney or in a formal hearing. If I'm running an election in a clean environment I'll wear a suit or sport coat. If I'm running an election in a dirty shop or other environment, I usually wear jeans.

 

[LiquidMidnight]

I understand, but I'm exactly the opposite: Putting on a tie to teach makes me feel like a fraud -- like I'm trying to pretend to be someone I'm not.

Even though you said in your previous post that it runs the gamut in your department, my anecdotal experience is that it's fairly discipline/department specific. I took some MBA classes as electives in grad school, and professors wearing ties in the business school was pretty standard. But if a professor wore a tie in my home department of sociology, that person would probably be looked as being kind of square.

I remember in either my junior or senior year of high school that a policy was put in place that all male teachers had to wear ties. Previously, I could only recall a very small handful wearing ties every day.

 

[Marial]

When I was growing up butchers, teachers and cops wore ties. Now my financial advisor doesn't even wear one.

No, and I also wear a hat all the live long day.

 

[Dave W]

Nope, not currently.

Right now I wear a polo, a pair of khaki dickies, and some work boots. Kind of odd garb for someone in IT...but I'm the guy they call when something needs to get built.

 

[DreadyDiggs]

I am a mechanic. A tie would be hazardous to my health haha. Spinning fans love ties.

 

[Pilgrim]

Even when I wear a suit, i have started wearing lightweight merino or cotton turtlenecks or dressy knit tops under it. They look good and there's no need to wear a tie.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Only at meetings.

 

[tycobb73]

I showed up to an interview 3 years in a tie. The interviewer said she hadn't seen a tie in 10 years. I got the job.

 

[blastoff99]

I only wear a tie to work when I feel the day might bring the need to hang myself on a moment's notice.

 

[Pacman]

On occasion

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[GeneralElectric]

I wear a suit and tie 5 days a week. Its my work uniform.

Unfortunately, we look like extras from Reservoir Dogs.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

In the early 80s when I worked at a major bank in Houston, Texas, a suit and tie was required. You were only allowed to remove your coat if you were in your office without a client.
Proper business attire was suit and tie through the 90s. I know I am not in the majority, but I prefer wearing a suit. I consider the current way people dress as slovenly. Sort of in line with the decay of civility and morality. I think there is a connection there.

 

[socialleper]

Ties are like slips or panty hose for women; virtually no one wears them any more. Mostly for the same reason. They are inconvenient and uncomfortable. Since I'm IT I don't even wear a dress shirt, mostly just polos or a more casual button up shirts. There are guys that wear camo pants and t-shirts, but IT is given a lot of leeway because we still have to occasionally crawl around on the floor or lift heavy, dirty equipment.
Pretty much the only guys that wear a full on blazer with a dress shirt and tie are the executives and new hires.

 

[slobake]

I used to but when I left my management job in the corporate world it put all my suits ties in the fireplace and sang several verses of Kumbayah while they met their flaming demise.

 

[Howlin' Hanson]

I used to when I was in sales for the USPS. A necktie in Texas summers is no fun.

I thought about it for a band outfit, though

 

[Marial]

In the early 80s when I worked at a major bank in Houston, Texas, a suit and tie was required. You were only allowed to remove your coat if you were in your office without a client.
Proper business attire was suit and tie through the 90s. I know I am not in the majority, but I prefer wearing a suit. I consider the current way people dress as slovenly. Sort of in line with the decay of civility and morality. I think there is a connection there.

Funny, I've yet to find a real connection between style of dress and civility or morality or ethics. People wearing suits order mass murder in the form of drone strikes, they calculate profits while reducing fellow human beings to data points, and they cut off benefits from those most in need, or deny entry to refugees. That's just my opinion, though.

 

[bassdude51]

The biggest thieves and crooks are men who wear ties. I've never understood how the suit and tie thing = respectability.

 

[adivin]

Yes, I wear a tie to work. Unfortunately dressing well and a sense of style has been lost, especially by men.

 

[MonetBass]

Haven't worn a tie to work since I left my first job out of college in 1990. Thankfully.