Workwear how times have changed, what do you wear to work?

Pete999 · May 18, 2017

Just harping back to when I started, herringbone jacket, flannel shirt with matching tie, bib and brace overalls an polished shoes, bits of bog paper stuck to your face where you cut yourself shaving in cold water, catch the bus, get to the office to find out what your next job was, none of this "does the job come with a van etc etc, visit the Wholesalers, carry all the kit to the job. Tin hat firmly on ready for all the bulls88t coming my way. Off you go Boys take the P78s water off a ducks back.

Karin · May 18, 2017

logo'd shirt (fcuk

), jeans/whatever (fcuk again today, gotta love charity shops). and then with all the money saved on charity shop clothes the most expensive pair of safety boots i can find in some futile attempt to avoid crippling myself forever (i'm with Tel on this one. though i can say i have hurt my foot attempting to save a bottle. and i've hurt a bottle attempting to do that in toecaps.. )

ruston · May 18, 2017

Cat safety boots with steel toecaps and midsole protection are very comfortable and last for years . I have used them for 20 + years now.
The only weak spot with them is the side stiching splitting after years of squatting on the balls of your feet. I know)

Karin said:
logo'd shirt (fcuk ), jeans/whatever (fcuk again today, gotta love charity shops). and then with all the money saved on charity shop clothes the most expensive pair of safety boots i can find in some futile attempt to avoid crippling myself forever (i'm with Tel on this one. though i can say i have hurt my foot attempting to save a bottle. and i've hurt a bottle attempting to do that in toecaps.. )

Rpa07 · May 18, 2017

I bought a dickies boiler suit (overalls) that take knee pads and have an up and a down zip so you can have a wee quickly if needed. I use the overalls over my regular stuff if I go into attics, chasing or doing general dirty stuff. I love them but they are not logo 'd because I am skint!

Rpa07 · May 18, 2017

In the same 50% off sale in Arco I bought some Dr Martin Thorpe safety boots. I was almost crippled walking to Tesco because of blister to my heal. I've had to get inventive with some neoprene and gaffer tape in the heal area to stop movement. I'll take it out one day - they are getting more comfortable though but I do hate new boot syndrome!

Pete999 · May 18, 2017

Best way to get rid of blisters.
Get ratted
Get some surgical alcohol
pull the skin off the blister
pour some of the SA on the red skin
climb down from the ceiling
no more blisters promise got that from a SFs dude it works honest

PEG · May 18, 2017

Leather sandals,pleather cod-piece,studded basque,pool ball gag,leather skull mask and lanyard...all supplied by handler,together with sea-chest

LankyWill · May 18, 2017

im a snickers ----! i wear their ruffwork trousers which compliment my slender legs with kneepads because im soft. I also have a company polo and sweatshirt that make me look like a lost refugee. When i am working for myself i have a snickers hoodie and an old windproof climbing jacket. I always wear safety boots because i value my toes and also they provide support on ladders. You Northerners must have soft feet or low pain threshold, my CAT Holton in tan have served me well. I have two pairs, one with steel midsole for industrial sites and a set without for house bashing.

SparkyChick · May 18, 2017

PEG said:
Leather sandals,pleather cod-piece,studded basque,pool ball gag,leather skull mask and lanyard...all supplied by handler,together with sea-chest

I thought we were talking about our work wardrobes, not our weekend get ups

Rpa07 · May 18, 2017

PEG said:
Leather sandals,pleather cod-piece,studded basque,pool ball gag,leather skull mask and lanyard...all supplied by handler,together with sea-chest

Imagine that at your front door ready to fix your intermittent tripping issue! Wouldn't be nuisance ever again!

PEG · May 19, 2017

In truth,never been interested in liveried,spammed up schmutter...
Always Redwing boots,Snickers or Blaklader pants...Musto thermals in Winter,all else a lottery.

Admit to looking (and perhaps,acting

) like a non gorge ...had many,many incidents,where company directors and managers,have asked me to leave or just said "...we weigh in our own scrap,here pal..." only to be sat opposite me,in a boardroom an hour later,being instructed by their company insurance mouth-piece,to "listen carefully to this man..."

Two very important lessons,to learn early on in a working life,are to keep your feet dry,and never,ever,judge a book,by it's cover

ruston · May 19, 2017

PEG said:
In truth,never been interested in liveried,spammed up schmutter...
Always Redwing boots,Snickers or Blaklader pants...Musto thermals in Winter,all else a lottery.

Admit to looking (and perhaps,acting) like a non gorge ...had many,many incidents,where company directors and managers,have asked me to leave or just said "...we weigh in our own scrap,here pal..." only to be sat opposite me,in a boardroom an hour later,being instructed by their company insurance mouth-piece,to "listen carefully to this man..."

Two very important lessons,to learn early on in a working life,are to keep your feet dry,and never,ever,judge a book,by it's cover

One of the first thing I remember my Dad telling me " you never know who you are talking too". I have seen quite a few falling foul of that one too.

KennyKen · May 19, 2017

At least you lot don't look like a fookin leprechaun

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Midwest · May 19, 2017

Nice pen in the top pocket, is that for doing the crossword at lunchtime?

timbobelfast · May 19, 2017

Fire resistant boiler suits, great in the winter. Not so great any other time!

Workwear how times have changed, what do you wear to work?

Pete999

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Karin

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ruston

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Rpa07

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Rpa07

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Pete999

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PEG

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LankyWill

SparkyChick

Rpa07

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PEG

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ruston

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KennyKen

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Midwest

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timbobelfast

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