[GreenKeys] Dress code

[Bruce Gentry]

I like the idea of dress codes for skilled craftspeople. It was required 
for maintenance people in the elevator craft by most companies. Some 
customers in large cities demanded the technician enter the building in 
coat and tie, and then change into coveralls they provided before doing 
the work. There were bathrooms designated with good soap and hand 
cleaner, good towels, and reliable hot water. You had to clean up and 
take off the coveralls before going to lunch or break. I think it 
fostered pride in the workers. Were there any women working as teletype 
maintainers, if so what was their uniform?

     Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY

On 4/11/23 21:07, Jim Haynes wrote:
> 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.
>
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