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  • #16
    one of our local supermarkets just has a bib for the workers to wear

    it looks idiotic, like they are all kids in paint class or red apples blech!

    personally I don't care what people look like when they are working as long as they are polite and do their job well.... but Im rarely out of jeans and a t shirt myself.
    I hate it when I have to work at an office and I wear corp clothes...ugh they just feel so uncomfortable
    I wasnt put on this earth to make you feel like a man ~ Mary Bertone

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    • #17
      Quoth Moggie View Post
      I want a job at Whole Foods. I like the fact they dress like regular people in a town full of college students. We all look like that off work anyway.
      Well...I don't need to shave, but you get my drift.
      I would strongly consider applying there too if they ever built close to me.

      Not that they ever will. Not enough disposable income in this town, and not a lot of crunchy-granola types either.
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      • #18
        Remember those old, black-and-white Superman TV shows? The ones where the crooks (bank robbers, muggers, thieves) all showed up to 'work' wearing suits and ties? Maybe she's from this era. Yeah, the world has certainly changed.
        Last edited by SailorMan; 05-27-2009, 10:43 PM.
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        • #19
          Quoth Mnemjian View Post
          For a lot of people, the laid-back dress code at Whole Foods is actually a bonus. I think it's refreshing to see people with tattoos and dyed hair/facial hair in a workplace. However, their customer service is still generally exceptional. It kind of proves that just because someone has ear plugs or whatever, it doesn't mean they're a "hoodlum" or something and they can't be a professional employee. I believe that is is a big reason why a lot of companies frown upon piercings/tats/etc, because of that bias. Hopefully that will change someday and people will start judging each other, not based on appearance, but on what kind of person you are
          The one thing I really don't like about our dress code - I'm going to have a real hard time adjusting to something else if/when I leave the company.

          They did crack down on dyed hair - no "unnatural" hair colors unless you can cover it with a hat. So no blue, pink, etc. I used to dye mine black and that was fine, and we have one cashier who changes her hair color pretty much every 2-3 weeks (I've seen her with red hair, black with white streaks, currently plain black, and she used to be a supervisor).

          I don't get many comments about my earrings - I did get some comments when I wore plugs though. Right now I have 0 gauge clear eyelets with 6 gauge rings through them, the only comments I really get now are "Wow those look really heavy".

          Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post
          I would strongly consider applying there too if they ever built close to me.

          Not that they ever will. Not enough disposable income in this town, and not a lot of crunchy-granola types either.
          Unfortunately, they tend to only build in well-to-do areas now, though the oldest (open) store in DFW is in a rather run down part of town now. It was a nice area when it opened 20+ years ago. The regional VP said he won't even consider building a store now unless he knows it can pull in a minimum of half a million a week (my store does 850-900k a week, we used to do over $1M a week until the economy went south).
          Last edited by bean; 05-27-2009, 10:07 PM.

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          • #20
            I'd have to say it's none of her beeswax, and none of ours.

            I think we will all live if a store or two has a "lax" dresscode. Our lives will still go on as if nothing had changed. Because nothing has changed.



            Other people are doing things we don't like.





            The horror.

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            • #21
              Quoth Hobbs View Post
              Shorts are rather too 'common' for work. Only time I wear them is when I work out.
              try working my job-the autoclave room can be over 120 degrees-I'm one of two employees without a masters or PhD. trust me shorts can be a necessity for work in a "professional environment"
              Last edited by Ree; 05-28-2009, 11:13 AM. Reason: Removed sarcastic comment
              Honestly.... the image of that in my head made me go "AWESOME!"..... and then I remembered I am terribly strange.-Red dazes

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              • #22
                reminded of my old co-worker who's best friend worked tech support for a major isp. dress code was basically "don't be naked". some people even wore PJs

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                • #23
                  Honestly, I couldn't give a rat's ass what a person has on while working as long as it is clean, in good repair, and covers enough for decency, safety, and to meet job requirements.

                  I like my workplace. The only "job requirement" is no open-toed shoes. Otherwise, the above guidelines are all you need, whether you're in the warehouse or the front office. Heck, a slogan would have to be patently offensive to even get much of a look around here.

                  I can't stand dressing up to work. My body chemistry is such that I'm like Pig Pen. If there's any sort of dust or debris floating about, it's going to stick to my clothes. At least with denim pants it doesn't show much.

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                  • #24
                    heh... there're two reasons I don't shop at Whole Foods. The main one's the price- god they're expensive- and the other's the employees. With the exception of his facial hair, Bean sounds much cleaner than the ones we get in my town.

                    Y'know, if I'm buying food from someone, I want them to look CLEAN. Like, just dipped in boiling water and scrubbed with detergent kinda clean. It's my FOOD they're handling.

                    But yeah, they're a total hippy joint, and only the really well-off folks can afford to buy from them, so I'm not surprised they don't build in more low-income areas.
                    "Joi's CEO is about as sneaky and subtle as a two year old on crack driving an air craft carrier down Broadway." - Broomjockey

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                    • #25
                      Quoth Arm View Post
                      heh... there're two reasons I don't shop at Whole Foods. The main one's the price- god they're expensive- and the other's the employees. With the exception of his facial hair, Bean sounds much cleaner than the ones we get in my town.
                      They are expensive, but if you stick with their private label stuff (which is WORLDS better than private label stuff from most stores), it's not nearly as bad. Their produce is way better than what you'll find in all but the most upscale of stores, their meat is excellent as well. Avoid prepared foods if you want to save any money, though the deli is run by prepared foods in my store (our sandwich meats are more expensive than Boar's Head at Kroger, but no preservatives, nitrites/nitrates, antibiotics, etc).

                      Private label = 365 Everyday Value, 365 Organic, Whole Foods, Whole Kitchen, etc. Even the private label stuff is free of preservatives, artificial ingredients, and high fructose corn syrup.

                      My store runs a lot of "daily specials" where they'll knock 50%+ off of something, but only for that day and only in that store (I believe we're the only store in the entire company to do this). We also run a lot of weekly specials that are good from Wednesday to Wednesday (Wednesdays have both weeks sales going).

                      Personally I could care less about organics - but I like being able to avoid preservatives and artificial crap. I've lost 55 pounds since I started working there, most of that attributed by doing most of my shopping there, along with being on my feet all day. And they have some really yummy stuff that I can't easily find in most stores.

                      However, I am guilty of saying "Well, people do call us 'Whole Paycheck' for a reason" when someone gets sticker shock at the register.... mainly on our salad/hot bar (which is a whopping $7.99/lb) or our olive bar ($9.99/lb). Our hot bar is a ripoff.
                      Last edited by bean; 05-28-2009, 12:09 AM.

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                      • #26
                        I did find WFM to be somewhat on the pricy side, but not horribly so. Actually, if they had one closer, I'd probably shop there on a semi-regular basis. If nothing else they have a better selection of foods without soy. (something the hubby is allergic to and finding foods without soy is a pain.)

                        As for the dress code, I know where I work, they seem to think that customers really will refuse to ever shop there again if someone has their polo shirt untucked. Personally, I think that the attitude and friendliness of the employees is more important.
                        Question authority, but raise your hand first. -Alan M. Bershowitz

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                        • #27
                          Eh, I don't really care what the dress code puts employees in, so long as they're well-washed. The way I look at it is, the dress code is the employee's uniform, and while they may have various options available, they have to obey the code or be fired. So if they dress in a way I wouldn't dress myself, well, I figure they probably wouldn't either if they had the opportunity, and I don't hold it against them.

                          I actually had to sit and think about what I buy, to remember why I dislike WFM prices.

                          I buy:
                          meat (raw- generally beef. Ground or steak. Sometimes, chicken)
                          tortilla shells
                          baking supplies (flour, butter, vanilla extract, sugar, yeast, etc)
                          spices (chili powder, paprika, etc.)
                          the occasional tomatos, bag of onions, potatos, etc.
                          canned mushrooms
                          bread, if I'm feeling like not baking my own that week
                          peanut butter and jelly
                          cheeeeeeese... cheddar or mild cheddar. In whatever form is cheapest (I has knives)
                          soda (pop, or cola, for you folks in other regions)
                          orange juice
                          milk
                          eggs
                          noodles
                          the occasional freezer pizza, for when I feel like having pizza.

                          And I am pretty sure that the above is *all I ever buy*. There's really very little that you can do to make most of that list more or less healthy- flour is flour; if I buy white flour, wheat flour, whatever- it's all ground up the same at a packing plant somewhere. Soda, my spices, noodles, are all the same. The animal products may in theory be healthier if they come from hippy-approved sources, but that's expensive, so I don't.

                          There're four grocery store chains in this area- Trader Joe's, WFM, Harris Teeter, and Food Lion. I get brand-name stuff for the most part, and simply go where that's cheapest. For meat and peanut butter, I go to the teeter store brand, as it's the second cheapest but safer than food lion.
                          "Joi's CEO is about as sneaky and subtle as a two year old on crack driving an air craft carrier down Broadway." - Broomjockey

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                          • #28
                            Quoth Arm View Post
                            hippy-approved sources
                            I just -ed at that

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                            • #29
                              Quoth bean View Post
                              Sleeveless shirts are permitted if the employee shaves their armpits.
                              I've never seen that in a dress code before. Interesting. I wonder if that will start to spread.


                              I don't care what grocery store employees look like - I wash everything that's not packaged anyways, so what does it matter?


                              Is Whole Foods the store that builds next to already established health food stores and drives them out of business? Or is that Wild Oats?


                              Quoth Arm View Post
                              The animal products may in theory be healthier if they come from hippy-approved sources, but that's expensive, so I don't.
                              There's a part in The Omnivore's Dilemna that talks about how the dead animals in chain health food stores are treated just as horribly as the animals from regular grocery stores in terms of food and living conditions and that one should buy actual local carcasses if they want the health benefits.

                              The author mentions going to a "free range" chicken farm to meet Rosie and finds a place where the hens are squashed into the exact same container as at a regular farm but they have access to a small door that goes out to a small yard, so they can be labeled "free range."
                              Last edited by Anriana; 05-28-2009, 06:09 AM.

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                              • #30
                                Dude, I'm waiting for the day that companies stop being picky about hair color and tattoos.

                                I can't fault you for not wanting to shave a lot - my husband has sensitive skin and it breaks out like mad if he shaves daily.

                                Don't worry about that woman. Her generation will eventually be replaced by a generation of all the gum-chewing little misfits, as is right and fair.
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