Comments on: Weekend Forum California Style

By: Dick Kusleika

Dick Kusleika — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:35:00 +0000

Thanks for the info re open toe shoes. That makes perfect sense. The vernacular is pure down-home USA smartass (Omaha, NE to be specific).

By: Jim Thomlinson

Jim Thomlinson — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:51:00 +0000

What sporting events will you be attending this weekend?

Is drinking a sport?

By: Die_Another_Day

Die_Another_Day — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:42:00 +0000

Dick from what my wife tells me, according to TLC’s “What Not to Wear”, sandals are never appropriate atire for the work place. That being said, I wear sandals to work 3 months of the year.

Charles

By: Jerry Gluck

Jerry Gluck — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:25:00 +0000

Squad? Match? Not exactly down-home US of A vernacular. Brit? Aussie? Kiwi? None of the above?

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:54:00 +0000

DK,

The reason given in my high school chemistry for the no sandals thing was to protect feet from dropped/spilled chemicals.

By: Steven Britton

Steven Britton — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:48:00 +0000

Dick,

Chemical spills on the toes are a bad thing, they wouldn't let you wear shorts probably either. In our factory (We make big boats.) you can't wear open toed shoes, because you will always stub your toe. I didn't attend, but watched the Sandy Eggo Super Padres make there way up on top of the Division. I'm not a huge baseball fan (football is my sport of choice.), but I was born and raised in Sandy Eggo so I send the long distance love.

As for the weekend I drove from my home (an hour North of Seattle WA) to Portland OR - I took the weekend to be alone with my wife and go see a great show at a tiny venue called Mississippi Studios. (named after the street its on.) We saw Steve Poltz and if you never heard of or seen this guy perform it something anyone can enjoy. He has thousands of songs and stories to entertain you for hours. He played for about 3 1/2 hours and it was one of his best all time shows I've seen.

Thanks for this blog, I read it Daily (when new posts are there) and have been enjoying it for about a year.

-Steven M. Britton

By: Dick Kusleika

Dick Kusleika — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:19:00 +0000

Good question, Harald. There were two factors that influenced my choice of garb: Excel consulting is a part time gig for me and I was essentially on vacation. So it was jeans, sandals and a ball cap. My contribution to professionalism was that I shaved and wore a shirt with a collar. Almost everyone there was wearing a lab coat, so it was hard to determine how over- or under-dressed I was. It turns out the sandals were a mistake because they won’t let you in the lab with sandals. I’m not sure why.

By: OO7-kanwal

OO7-kanwal — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:33:00 +0000

Hi Alex,

Infact I was confusing……………. But what should I do then. All the excel Gurus are here, what is the sense of looking somewhere else……….. Anyway thanks a lot Alex, My problem is solved with just your hint (And that proves the point, I made no mistake in referring the problem here).

Warmest Regards
Kanwaljit

By: doco

doco — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:57:00 +0000

What kind of clothes do choose when you meet LA clients in person for the first time ?

¿Los Clientes de LA, llevando ropas?

By: Harald Staff

Harald Staff — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:42:00 +0000

Hi Dick
What kind of clothes do choose when you meet LA clients in person for the first time ?