Re:Dress codes: Suitable disruption
by rayiner on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @02:00PM
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We're talking about signaling, right? Dressing in a suit is a signal that you thought about and planned ahead for the meeting. It's certainly more of a signal of that than it is: "I'm trying to impress you by doing things the traditional way."
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Re:Dress codes: Suitable disruption
by enraged_camel on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @04:26PM
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>>Dressing in a suit is a signal that you thought about and planned ahead for the meeting.
I don't see how that equates to respecting someone's time though. It can mean you respect them, as a person, but respecting their time is a different thing, in my opinion, because, again, it is not related to their time, but yours (in the form of spending your time to get ready and look good, etc.).
"I have prepared for the time that we're going to spend together" is respecting their time. I don't have a strong opinion on the degree to which a suit is a good signal of this.
Eh not really. It doesn't take very long to put on a suit, once you have done so a couple times - especially not with wrinkle free shirts and clip on ties.
What a suit really does is make you look more manly (broader shoulders) and there is a certain impression by wearing the same clothing powerful people wear.