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The pettiness of office managers never ceases to amaze me

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I work in an office mainly made up of IT people. Dress code is "business casual". Suffice it to say that I'm one of the few people that is even remotely healthly and active for the 30 and up age groups.

Anywhoo...a few years ago during my basketball league I blew up my ankle. It was swollen up and hurt like a bitch. My dress shoes weren't the most forgiving around the ankle area but my running shoes were much softer and low cut there, so I wore them for a few days while the swelling went down. After two days I had a copy of the dress code with "running shoes" circled as prohibited items. I tore it up and laughed.

Now fast forward to this week...playing basketball again and jammed the shit out of my big toe. It looked like this the day afterward:
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=e46bb480e134a82a#cid=E46BB480E134A82A&id=E46BB480E134A82A!3007

Except now I've got a couple scorched holes through my toe nail where a doc burned through to get some of the junk out of there.

I couldn't get my dress shoes on that foot without wincing in pain every step so I wore my tennis shoes because the stretchy toe box was much more forgiving.

I tell my boss on Tuesday that I'm going to break the dress code a few days because my toe is fubared. After two days another manager approached my boss about my dress code again.

Seriously? Do these people not have anything better to do than police footwear? I feel like sending out an email to all of the office with a picture of my toe telling them I'd glady trade them toes so that I could be in compliance with the almighty Zapato Gestapo.

Sheesh.😵
 
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Except now I've got a couple scorched holes through my toe nail where a doc burned through to get some of the junk out of there.

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I tell my boss on Tuesday that I'm going to break the dress code a few days because my toe is fubared. After two days another manager approached my boss about my dress code again.
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Doctor note much?
 
Yes, they seriously have nothing better to do. The world of level 1 managers is far less about managing the work - but rather managing to look like a dumbass.
 
The people who care about such trivial things are either:

1.) Women, as they often *feel* they have much more to prove in the workplace. This often means sinking every other workers ship to further their careers.

2.) People who don't get anything done at work.

*Note this is my opinion.*
 
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Doctor note much?
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Could easily get one, but that's not even the point. You shouldn't have to wear a note on your chest that says "YES I HAVE AN EXCUSE FOR MY SHOES!".

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Although next time I think that would be funny. :hmm:
 
Piss someone off? Could be someone else complaining to their boss "why can't I he does..." type BS.
 
It is pretty silly to care that much unless someone does it repeatedly; however, the way they see it, is if you let someone break one code, eventually they will break others and then so will everybody. You should probably limp or wrap your leg in an ace bandage to demonstrate why you are breaking the code.
 
You know the answer to that. People are petty fucks. If every worthless sack of meat disappeared from this country, you'd be able to comfortably fit the entire population in Rhode Island. I won't list all the reasons for their asshattery, but if you give it a second of thought, you can probably think of a few.
 
They have nothing better to do because they never tried hard enough to make something worthwhile out of themselves, and take any opportunity to try and exude some worthless 'power' they think they possess over you. Ignore said useless person and go about your business.
 
Lash444 said:
The people who care about such trivial things are either:

1.) Women, as they often *feel* they have much more to prove in the workplace. This often means sinking every other workers ship to further their careers.

2.) People who don't get anything done at work.

*Note this is my opinion.*
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this x20. esp #2
 
I wear tennis shoes pretty much every day because of some bone spurs (3 on each foot) - serious pain, and I'm not paying for custom orthodics just so my fancy shoes will be more comfortable.
 
Most managers are worthless cretins. They are more interested in covering their ass than getting the job done, unless the job or project is a huge success. Then they will try to get their names into it so as to share in the glory they didn't deserve in the first place.
 
LOL, if I ever had to get a "doctors note" for something work related I would just quit. Once you're a big boy in the real world you shouldn't need a note.
 
I find dress codes (beyond offensive words/images on clothing) for non-client facing office workers to be pretty stupid. My productivity has nothing to do with the material or color of my pants. What I wear on my feet affects absolutely nothing other than my comfort. Who cares?
 
meh, just doing what they are paid to do. You had a legitimate excuse (doctor's note, right?), ignore it.
 
joshsquall said:
I find dress codes (beyond offensive words/images on clothing) for non-client facing office workers to be pretty stupid. My productivity has nothing to do with the material or color of my pants. What I wear on my feet affects absolutely nothing other than my comfort. Who cares?
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If anything some of that attire makes me go to the bathroom to pull out wedgie's more often 😎
 
At my office we, well the main campus, I'm in an oustation thank goodness, there is actually a "commission" dubbed the dress police. Their kind of like the snack shop group in an office, a bunch of people who volunteer to do things around the office. Anyways, they literally go around the campus checking out what everyone's wearing. They don't make you standup or anything, but they'll stroll around the cubes. If you're in violation, you'll get a copy of the code, and they write your name down. It's pretty lame.
 
Well, I will admit, that I'm one of those petty managers that doesn't like when people wear t-shirts, slippers, flipflops, hats or jeans with holes in them to our professional offices. And yes, I will say something. Sorry for being petty.
 
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