The move worked and forced the management to change certain dress code rules.
A British call centre employee challenged the dress code rules at his workplace in the most brilliant way. After he was sent home from work for wearing a pair of shorts, Twitter user Joey decided to walk in to work in a pink dress - acceptable workplace attire for women - instead. And boy, did his stunt work! Not only did he manage to get the dress code policies changed at the office, he also won major viral fame at the same time.
Joey, a resident of Buckinghamshire, England, posted a series of tweets about the incident on June 19. "If women can wear skirts/dresses at work can I wear smart shorts like so?" he tweeted along with a picture. "Answer: nope. Just been sent home from work," he added in another tweet.
So, to really drive his point further, Joey decided to put on a pink dress and see if that was acceptable at work. "See you soon, Twitter. I'll be sent home soon," he tweeted along with pictures showing wearing the dress.
His move apparently worked and forced the management to change certain rules, keeping in mind the soaring temperatures in UK caused by a heatwave.
And even though the management suggested he go home and change given the new dress code, Joey decided to stay in the dress for the rest of the day. "They said it was a bit too colourful and asked if I wanted to go home and change because they were letting us wear shorts because of my 'protest' - but I said I was happy to stay," he told
Daily Mail.
His tweets have since blown up and many on Twitter are debating the dress code policies at most workplaces.
"They sent you home? You aren't customer facing and it was still a smart outfit," comments one Twitter user.
This isn't an isolated incident. With temperatures soaring to 30 degrees Celsius in some parts of UK, a group of teenage boys from ISCA Academy in Exeter, Devon, did something similar at school. The
teens showed up to class in skirts in order to protest the school's 'no shorts' dress code for boys.Click for more
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