Does anyone here wear a tie?

[JenMO]

Before doing taxes myself, the preparer I went to came out from behind her desk in her bedroom slippers. I know she was good at what she did, but didn't like that she could not look better for her clients. (and I have never worn slippers to work)

[buzzardbreath]

Wear a what?

A tie is an equal score in an athletic event. As a kid, I remembered the game of the century in 1966 with Notre Dame and Michigan St, both of whom had each steamrolled 9 consecutive opponents. The result was a 10-10 tie which made nobody happy.

A tie with the University of Arkansas was known as a "hog-tie."

Around here they say a tie is "like kissing yore sister." No particular fulfillment in that useless exercise unless maybe your sister is Miss South Carolina. Also, what few millionaires we have in rural Tennessee wear overalls and laugh all the way to the bank. Ties are for yuppies who act like they have money but are upside down in everything from their houses to their Volvos.

[Mo Sheets]

Rural Community

I live in a rural community. I dress the same as my clients....blue jeans...oxford cloth shirt if the weather is mild...sweatshirt if the weather is cold. The only clients that don't come back are the deceased ones so I guess I'm not offending anyone. I LOVE my clients and they would wonder "what's up??" if they saw me in something other than my jeans.

[joanmcq]

I wear jeans and a decent shirt, but still casual. If it's cold, I'll wear shoes, especially since my slippers are really mungy and I've no time to wash them.

The next few weeks will be telling. During the summer I rarely wear shoes, but tend towards skirts and tank tops.

[RitaB]

I like it

There is a minister I like to watch every Sunday that says, "Look your best, do your best and be your best" and I repeat those words to myself every morning, without a tie of course!

Well, I love that quote, and I have to say, my son and his friends have started wearing ties to church (TN), with khakis or jeans, and I am so proud of them it's a little ridiculous. I also remember once the chip guy in Wally World said I looked nice, and I said, "I'm too vain to go out in jammies." He said, "It's not vanity, it's a courtesy." I wasn't wearing anything special, I think I probably had on nice jeans and a sweater with two inch heels, but I think it really does the world a favor to look "put together" (with or without a tie). And I think the most pleasant thing you can wear is a smile.

Chip guy was wearing khakis with a collared shirt tucked in.

[JoshinNC]

Everyday

Dress slacks, button down shirt, tie

If it's not going to exceed freezing for the day I wear a sweater over the button down (so no tie).

[taxxcpa]

I sometimes wear slippers at work. Sometimes I work in my underwear, but not when a client is coming in. I only wear ties at weddings and funerals. In my former jobs, I wore a coat and tie every day since it was customary.

[Lion]

A tie is an equal score in an athletic event. As a kid, I remembered the game of the century in 1966 with Notre Dame and Michigan St, both of whom had each steamrolled 9 consecutive opponents. The result was a 10-10 tie which made nobody happy.

I was sitting in Spartan Stadium in 1966, and I can attest that nobody was happy!

When no clients have appointments, it's flannel jammies and fuzzy slippers. With clients, it's poly slacks, sweater, and loafers. At biz clients' sites (recurring clients) it's often jeans. Summer, nice tees replace the sweaters and sandals replace the loafers.

[Gary2]

In-season, it's a dress shirt with a bow tie. Out of season, it's a polo with company logo.

[taxmandan]

Life is too short

to wear a noose around my neck everyday. Women seldom wear dresses, men gave up the fedora years ago, now we need to eliminate the noose.

[jsamans]

I am in Hawaii. I do not own a tie. I have not worn shoes in over a year. An aloha shirt and clean trousers easily outclasses most of my higher end clients. Most of my clients are in t-shirts and shorts for their office appointment.

Everyone in Hawaii who isn't on military duty dresses that way, right? That's my standard: how are the clients dressed? Dress to make them feel comfortable.

[Gary2]

to wear a noose around my neck everyday. Women seldom wear dresses, men gave up the fedora years ago, now we need to eliminate the noose.

Darn, what I am going to do with my two fedoras now?

[taxxcpa]

My wealthiest, highest-income client wears jeans and a T-Shirt to work. People like Bill Gates almost never wear a tie.
Look at the old movies from the 1940s or 1950s; everyone was wearing a coat, tie and a hat. Now you almost never see hats of the type you would wear with a suit. In a few more years, ties will become an anachronism.

[Burke]

In the corporate world (before Silicone Valley) we learned "to dress for the job you want, not the job that you have." It was established that you were judged (at first glance) by the way you dressed, as that is how you chose to present yourself to the world. I was even told when I had training on how to interview prospective employees, to remember that "when you meet a possible new hire, that is the best they are ever going to look." If it wasn't good, it was only going to go downhill from there. How one dresses speaks volumes about how one sees oneself. I guess I am old-school. If I were a computer geek who never had to go out, I wouldn't care. But when you have to meet the public, impression is important, IMO. And the higher-income clientele will notice.

[ruthes]

Wearing a tie

The only lawyer in Madison County Illinois worth a penny wears a tee shirt and jeans in his office. Suit and tie in the court room. I would say most people don't care but I know a few who would complain. As far as I am concerned they could go somewhere else. Since I work for a company I do have to dress up but I think it is not necessary.