It never ceases to amaze me how some people do not realize appropriate attire for certain situations. My parents, especially my father, raised my siblings and me to dress for where we were going and who we were going to be around. He believed that no matter how much money you have you can always present yourself in a clean, well kept manner. You know, the whole Sunday best mentality of generations past. I am thankful for this lesson and hope to pass it on to my children one day.
Well, tonight I was watching the episode of Iron Chef America where the compete at the White House. The opening scene is Emeril Lagasse, Bobby Flay, and Mario Batali walking across the White House lawn. Reminiscint of the great flip flop scandal of 2005, Chef Batali wearing those ridiculous orange crocs he apparently never takes off. I mean really? Were you raised a barn? This the White House and the First Lady is going to be meeting with you, show some respect.
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I was raised the same way! My grandmother always told us to dress nicely no matter what. Now, I don't always do that, but she is always in the back of my mind. Have you noticed that people always go out in their pajamas now? I was out to dinner over the Christmas break and these girls were wearing their flannel pj's in a restaurant. I think that's unacceptable!
Good post!
Oh yeah...one more thing. You probably know this already, since you spend a lot of time in Europe. Europeans tend to dress nicely all the time. Well, when I studied abroad in the Netherlands,all the American students had to have a meeting when we arrived. We were told to shower and dress nicely before going to class because we would be insulting our European teachers if we rolled out of bed looking like crap and wearing pajamas to class.
Oh man, this is one of my pet peeves. Like Coree said, it really gets on my nerves when I see kids (teenagers) in restaurants wearing uggs, pajama pants and a hoodie. I don't have kids, so I'm sure I'm not the best to judge, but COME ON. If you don't want to get dressed then you don't get to eat at the restaurant. And like you said, it doesn't take a lot of money to look nice either.
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