[GreenKeys] Dress code

[Jim Haynes]

On Tue, 11 Apr 2023, til128 at juno.com wrote:
>  
> IBM had the same dress code as I am sure others did also.
>  
I always wondered about the IBM guys with their blue suits and white
shirts and having to work on punch card machines that might be greasy.
Eventually I saw an IBM tech wearing a sort of brown smock over his
clothing.

Teletype R&D circa 1963 we all wore white shirts and ties and slacks.
I don't know of any official code but that's what we all wore, except
a few higher-ups who wore suits.  Someone who addressed a meeting in
the auditorium remarked about the blinding brightness of all those
white shirts.

One of my vexations in winter was going out to shovel the snow out of
my driveway in the morning, then going back in to change into proper
work attire and having the snowplow come by and bury my driveway again.

When I worked for G.E. Computer in the mid 1960s the enginers dressed 
pretty much the same.  But it was a tradition in Phoenix for everyone to 
wear "Western wear" for Rodeo Week.  I was amused that G.E. posted a 
lengthy notice in the plant saying we were not to dress up Western during 
Rodeo Week.