Since I brought up attire last time,
I feel I should complete my coverage of this topic. There is all manner
of devilry afoot, and you need to know.
In the past, when a young girl
showed up on your doorstep in a Girl Scout uniform, you knew cookies were
afoot. If you saw a kid in a Boy Scout uniform, you knew you could be
safely escorted across the street. If you were in a hospital you could
readily recognize a nurse. These days, you don't know what the heck is
going on.
Where, one asks, are the uniforms
that traditionally made this so simple? We scouts wore our merit badges
with pride. Why, as late as the 70s, good ole' white nursing uniforms
were still worn - cute hat included. I know this to be true because I saw
it on an old Hawaii Five-0. And I know Jack Lord wouldn't mislead me.
Business casual was another nail in
the proper attire coffin. Some people actually had to be advised that
sweat clothes were not what we had in mind when we said "business
casual". Others, trying to raise kids and live the American dream
had never invested in attire that fell between blue jeans and suits, and were
put out that they had to invest in new clothes. All this, and the feeling
that things weren't as crisp and organized as before - the very clothing
style name has "casual" in it - didn't bode well for American
business.
Proper attire DOES guide behavior. Does no one remember the grade school story "Clothes Make the Man"?
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