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Fashion Police Rule #18: Do not wear flip-flops at work (unless you work at the pool)


Flip Flop
The Flip Flop

Every day, you hear them.

Clippity, cloppity.  Flippity, floppity.

The sound of rubber slapping against the heel of one of your co-workers who feel that flip-flops are perfectly acceptable office wear.

“But we work in a casual office,” they exclaim.  “Joe in Accounting wears shorts every Friday,” they plead. 

Yes, Joe may wear shorts every Friday, but they’re nice shorts paired with a collared shirt and a pair of casual loafers.  He’s dressed to hang out near the beach…not on it.No matter how “fancy” the flip-flop (or “office sandle”, as some stores like to call them) can be, you can’t bedazzle the tacky out of a piece of rubber strapped to your ankle.  They sound crappy, they look awful, and they give an air of unprofessionalism to the person who chooses to wear them.   (Web Watch is nothing if not fair – men wearing sandals at the office… jesus shoes, thongs, slides, etc., are also on the wrong side of the fence here.)

And it ends up that Web Watch is not alone in our hatred of the office flip-flop wearer.  Let’s take a look at the following articles:

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