Casual Fridays

As has always been the practice in my company, my department does not have the luxury of dressing down on any given day of the week. Not even if you are on half day's leave. This is because my department has direct contact with the world 'outside' and quite often, have meetings with both locals and international counterparts.

Imagine my surprise today, when the CEO sent out an email to all of us. He mentioned that someone asked why we didn't have casual Fridays and he has only now, remembered the issue.

He explained that he was the one who ruled out the wearing of jeans on Fridays in 1994, stating what I mentioned in Para 1. However, upon 'grave' consideration, he has decided it is time we started following the trends into a more people friendly environment and has allowed jeans on casual Fridays. Of course, being Mr Decorum himself, he stressed that overly explicit clothing is still frowned upon, along with slippers, sandals etc..

I look forward to casual Fridays now, not so much because I wish to flash my bling around the office or potter around as though I were home. I look forward to the tiny baby steps we will move onto next. Be it another 12 years or so...