The New Guy

He is dressed in what I can only describe as "Woolworths Business Casual" or perhaps even "Men's Warehouse Starter Kit." At any rate, he looks as though he might be the over-eager assistant manager of an electronics chain store in a very small and dreary backwoods town. He has a beard, also; not cut into any particular style, mind you; just your average conventionally groomed and unadventurous beard.
We are supposed to be a vaguely creative company, for Heaven's sake; most of us wear the easily identifiable creative uniform: Diesel jeans, Converse All-Stars and trendy European shirts. So what does the new guy's suburban sartorial mediocrity say about the direction our ever dwindling talent pool is heading in? Yet more mind-numbing computerization, apparently.
But should I judge on appearances and first impressions? Yes, absolutely, especially when our business is all about presentation and appearances.

Comments

[Tatyana]

creative uniform, Converse (yeewww) and talent pool is mutually excluding.

Talent would wear $600 Salvatore Ferragamo Dress shoes with Diesel and vintage silk ties. That would be a memorable appearance.

[stephenesque]

True, I should have specified that I was alluding to the actually not-creative, so-called "creative" types; a situation only made worse by the new addition.

[Tatyana]

New addition is rather complementary the non-creative creatives' pool: same conformist core.

Architects, on the other hand, are very creative: every design office is filled with all-black-clad crowd.

[S.]

In the architectural design office that I used to work in, the best architects didn't give a damn about their attire... on a day to day basis. You could always tell the recent grads by the excessive amount of effort they put in their wardrobe - though at least it wasn't all-black.

[Tatyana]

S: exactly what I meant.