abasket, don’t underestimat “people’s” ability to be concerned. I’m sure another 30 paged thread could be dedicated to table manners…and behavior…and communications. 
Yeah, and I’m sure I’ve participated in such threads many times!!!
Carry on…heading to bed - in my Gap tshirt and pull on short sleep shorts - but I WON’T wear them out for breakfast in the morning!!!
The Tempo is what ds’s then-gf wore on the plane.
About Old Navy … There was a time when back to school shopping for ds1 meant getting a new six-pack of Hanes white T-shirts. Old Navy was a lifesaver when I finally got him in “real” clothes in college. They were inexpensive and trendy, and it didn’t matter if he grew tired of that look … He could go back and replace those clothes cheaply. He’s got shorts from there that are on their fourth year and that he bought for less than $20. I think that’s plenty of quality/wear for the price.
“Carry on…heading to bed - in my Gap tshirt and pull on short sleep shorts - but I WON’T wear them out for breakfast in the morning!!!”
But if you do, I won’t care, and neither would anyone else around here! Just be pleasant and people will be nice to you even if you go out in your sleep clothes (okay, I’ve been guilty of that, but only to the grocery store or Starbucks). Life is too short to care about what other people are wearing.
“I’m sure everyone on CC is wonderful. I would not want to meet anyone for the first time knowing that they are as concerned with clothing as some here appear to be. I’m not a slob, but if you’re going get all bothered by what I have on, we’re probably not very compatible. For my part, I promise not to care what anyone I meet wears, but that’s probably because I don’t go out to see and be seen, nor do I consider it my god-given right not to be offended by people who don’t dress to my made-up standards. There. I think I hit all the gripes I’ve seen here about how people dress and why it irritates some people.”
Ditto. I think we’re living in the right place for people who don’t put a lot of emphasis upon dress and makeup. However, we are one of the fittest and most educated cities in the US. We don’t care about who has “old money” or “new money”. We don’t treat people differently because of how they look or what they’re wearing. We are pretty nonjudgmental and generous. In fact, this place has the nicest people I’ve ever met. For the most part, they are very “real” and genuine. They aren’t going to brag about their sports cars or million dollar houses, but they might talk about that awesome new backpack they got at REI.
On the other hand, after reading this thread, I think that maybe if I go out of town, I’d better get some new clothes. Absolutely hate shopping, though. My eclectic wardrobe consisting of clothing from REI, Value Village, Fred Meyer, and the Gap (some of which is decades old), doesn’t sound like it’s acceptable out there.
“Life is too short to care about what other people are wearing.”
Unless one’s life is cut short by HAI spreading out of the hospital environment into the communities. But I should really keep my mouth shut - my investments in new antibiotics research and especially diagnostic technologies are doing quite well.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/health/23well.html?referrer=
From the NYT article :
“Unless one’s life is cut short by HAI spreading out of the hospital environment into the communities. But I should really keep my mouth shut - my investments in new antibiotics research and especially diagnostic technologies are doing quite well.”
I would bet that sseamom’s kid knows what is appropriate. It was just an example.
Edit to add, no need to get your Nordstrom’s designer panties in a wad about one off the cuff comment.
Kidding!! 
Nordstom’s underwear is meh. Try HerRoom.
Oh man, you are way too classy for me. Will you be my personal shopper? I obviously need some serious help. I thought Fredericks of Hollywood was the high end stuff
So went to the local dive bar where two geezer rock bands were doing a fund raiser for breast cancer sponsered by Victoria’s Secret. The crowd was mostly friends of the band or the VS crowd. Only one person in gym shorts - a guy who also wore a baseball cap and a button up shirt with no sleeves. The women my age mostly wore flowy tops with flowy pants, but some wore skirts. The younger women wore tight jeans or leggings with tank tops that were cut low enough to show their underwear. Most women wore flat strappy sandals. The guys were divide between sneakers and sandals. Most of the guys wearing shorts wore polo shirts or short sleeve button up shirts. Most of the guys in jeans wore t-shirts. This is NYC suburbs.
Not sure where folks got the idea we would judge each other. We kinda know each other. I might worry more about what I’ve posted.
And we were talking about some kid.
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Not to mention the safety hazard of all that exposed skin while trying to evacuate a burning airplane. Negotiating your way thru burning, twisted metal in flipflops is also a bad call.
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Very good point.
My brother’s plane had an emergency landing (plane suddenly dropped, oxygen masks fell, the whole scary nine yards). When they landed at an airport that their airline didn’t have gates, they had to exit QUICKLY (no getting anything from the overheads).
They were stuck standing in Boston on the tarmac in the freezing cold for a very long time…most people had stuffed their coats in the bins. Brother said he’ll never make that mistake again.
I’m betting that they were Tempos, too. or as we call them, Norts.
^^As far as egressing an aircraft, I always heard that if you wore nylon underwear and went down the slide, you could burn your butt. However, I have practiced that a number of times, wearing nylon underwear, and my butt was always just fine.
Just to be clear-it’s my SIL who works in a medical office, and I don’t usually see her on weekdays, so I don’t really know what she wears home. She’s never met us at a restaurant in scrubs, but someone WAY upthread mentioned that scrubs were inappropriate for shopping at Home Depot, I believe it was, not for hygienic reasons, but because they weren’t proper, so to speak. I do actually see people in scrubs at the grocery store sometimes, and in a discount clothing store that’s near a clinic. I also see them on the bus, but I have no way of knowing if they’re headed TO work or FROM work, since these are not usually 9-5 jobs. But really, it was just one of the many “wrong” clothing choices I saw mentioned.
busdriver, I moved out here 18 years ago and I did notice that it’s more casual here. I retired some clothing simply because I just never had a chance to wear it. I’m keeping my fancy winter coat until I die, though, even if I only put it on once a year.
I’m hoping you don’t need your winter coat here for a long, long time!
I heard that the reason was that synthetics are hydrocarbon based, and they could burn or melt onto your skin.
“went to a family funeral a couple of months ago. There was one adult pair that showed up in jeans and crappy T-shirts.”
Years ago we went to H’s grandmother’s funeral. She was one of those old-school types who dressed elegantly daily. All her grandchildren (including my H) stepped forth and gave little speeches about her. The men were dark suits and the women in black or dark dresses. One of the grandchildren is a little odd. He showed up in casual clothing, looking fairly scruffy, and in his speech said something to the effect of “Mama wouldn’t care what I have on.” The other cousins murmured sotto voce - are you kidding? Mama would have grabbed you by the scruff of your neck and told you to put on a darn suit and tie! Lol.
Otoh, a dear friend passed away in 2012 and they requested to honor her life that we wear bright colors, so we did.
“She’s never met us at a restaurant in scrubs, but someone WAY upthread mentioned that scrubs were inappropriate for shopping at Home Depot, I believe it was, not for hygienic reasons, but because they weren’t proper, so to speak”
That was me. My h lives in scrubs. But he’s office based and not treating infectious disease. If he gets called to the hospital for a CS he gets fresh scrubs and then scrubbed and gowned, then when he’s done he grabs a fresh pair of scrubs to wear home. Not to say that he’s never run a quick errand but generally speaking he will still change to go out to eat. He doesn’t think scrubs are “street wear”. Just like our biking outfits aren’t street wear.
“Today’s customers were the very definition of “really casual”. Anyone in nice pants, anything silk or dressy anything would have stood out like a sore thumb.”
It’s a good thing that no one on here said the girl was remiss in not bringing nice pants or something silky or dressy. Pretty much everyone agreed if she’d had a pair of jeans with her, she would have been perfectly fine for the majority of restaurants these days. Jeans or longer shorts - casual, versatile. Gym shorts - casual, not versatile. Not that hard.
I just have to report in because H, S and I are leaving shortly to drive a truck and a car down to where S will be living, to help him move in. Since I will be sitting in a car, then moving him in and doing various runs to Sam’s Club and the like, I am wearing - a yellow t shirt and khaki shorts, some kind of athletic shoe, and have a little white cropped sweatshirt over it in case I get chilly. See? I dress normally and casually like everyone else :-). But I know what this day entails and I won’t be going anyplace nicer than a Panera on the road!