We have a fairly minimal dress code here at my library. Jeans are fine, just not ratty or anything like that, and no t-shirts with “non-library related” slogans or symbols on them. This last is open to some interpretation, so the guys running our D&D and Pokemon events have absolutely worn gaming shirts without a problem, but our de facto Teen Programming librarian has gotten a little push back from administration about wearing a shirt with a rainbow pride patch. (I don’t think it’s actual discrimination in this case, but I do think the complainer was trying to ride that ‘moderate’ position of not offending the public. )
Of course when the “t-shirt question” has come up in the past, no one has been able to adequately explain the difference between a plain t-shirt and a fitted, solid color, short-sleeve top without buttons.
Most confusing dress code item ever-at culinary school they cared about the color of your socks. When I started they could be black or white, but one day for fun most us of wore one of each. The next week the code was changed so they had to be black. And I’ve had other employers also care about the color of my socks, or my shoes, or my hat-even when I was working overnight in a part of the building that non-employees were not allowed to visit. And if asked why they cared about my socks, all my managers could do was look confused.
“If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week.”
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