Who gives a damn about the colour when the OP asked about the type.
OP, I suggest Dickies. They've lasted me for quite a while and the material seems durable enough. I'm sure there's more durable ones, but they're gonna cost you quite a bit.
If you're just a cashier, then any black slacks will do.
-- Edited by NutritionWhore on Sunday 27th of July 2014 01:05:05 PM
I just get cheap generics. Something I wouldn't mind if they got ruined, since every week in our store we have Pants-Crapping Sundays. (It's a tradition.)
I just get cheap generics. Something I wouldn't mind if they got ruined, since every week in our store we have Pants-Crapping Sundays. (It's a tradition.)
I agree with NW, get some Dickies. I've bought other pants and they get holes in the pockets, fade, etc. Spend the money on Dickies - they last longer. Plus the pockets are better for all my stuff.
I just get cheap generics. Something I wouldn't mind if they got ruined, since every week in our store we have Pants-Crapping Sundays. (It's a tradition.)
Um... What?
Every Sunday, all the employees and customers poop in their pants. Maybe it's not at your store, but perhaps you've heard of Psychotic Breakdown Saturdays, which is similar.
I hate going to Walmart, but they carry a cheap kahki type pant that is available in both tan/beige... and black, if that's what your division requires. They're like 11 bucks. Stock up.
The black Wrangler jeans at Wal-Mart have worked well for me and are at a decent price. Just don't get the cheapo brand to try to save a couple of bucks, you'll have to replace them quick. I'd get a few pairs. Same goes for shoes, get good quality shoes. Value is more than just price.
Our store has a "no jeans" policy. It used to be "no blue jeans" but after one girl started wearing skintight white jeans and another girl started wearing skintight black jeans, the management banned denim jeans altogether regardless of color. Still yet, there's one girl who always gets away with wearing black leggings all the time.
Our store has a "no jeans" policy. It used to be "no blue jeans" but after one girl started wearing skintight white jeans and another girl started wearing skintight black jeans, the management banned denim jeans altogether regardless of color. Still yet, there's one girl who always gets away with wearing black leggings all the time.
Wow, your store has ridiculously lax uniform policies compared to most divisions.
In at least one area of the Southwest Division, black pants and a white shirt are being demanded for a hire to even attend orientation. That info was helpfully passed along the night before attendance was requested the next morning.
Pants are given out here too. I just wear black dickies though since they are a lot more durable and have double knee. Any black slacks work though. If you're not going to be on your knees working(ie cashier) it's a lot more economical to just use the ones that they give you. But keep in mind, you may not be able to get them for your first day. A lot of the time they have to special order them due to sizing differences.
In at least one area of the Southwest Division, black pants and a white shirt are being demanded for a hire to even attend orientation. That info was helpfully passed along the night before attendance was requested the next morning.
Holy **** Kroger actually asked you to wear common clothes to a somewhat important meeting? I can't believe they had the audacity to do it. Next thing you know they're going to ask you to wear a tag with your name on it!
Diversity extends to closets. One person's "common" may be another's nonexistent.
That info was helpfully passed along the night before attendance was requested the next morning.
Point being, if a colour-specific uniform (rather than business-casual/professional) is demanded for video-watching and paperwork filling-out, please consider making that known earlier (more than a few hours of nightfall) in the process in order to facilitate compliance. Does that seem unreasonable?
Diversity extends to closets. One person's "common" may be another's nonexistent.
That info was helpfully passed along the night before attendance was requested the next morning.
Point being, if a colour-specific uniform (rather than business-casual/professional) is demanded for video-watching and paperwork filling-out, please consider making that known earlier (more than a few hours of nightfall) in the process in order to facilitate compliance. Does that seem unreasonable?
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My point is you sound like the people working at Walmart who got all crabby when they were required to follow a dress code. It's not like you're a rep for an investment bank forced to wear Brooks Brothers. Just a "plain white t-shirt" (could any article of clothing be more common?) and black pants. Now I don't know your whole living situation or anything, but surely you could have gone down to Goodwill or Walmart and picked up these clothes for about $18 give or take.
Diversity extends to closets. One person's "common" may be another's nonexistent.
That info was helpfully passed along the night before attendance was requested the next morning.
Point being, if a colour-specific uniform (rather than business-casual/professional) is demanded for video-watching and paperwork filling-out, please consider making that known earlier (more than a few hours of nightfall) in the process in order to facilitate compliance. Does that seem unreasonable?
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My point is you sound like the people working at Walmart who got all crabby when they were required to follow a dress code. It's not like you're a rep for an investment bank forced to wear Brooks Brothers. Just a "plain white t-shirt" (could any article of clothing be more common?) and black pants. Now I don't know your whole living situation or anything, but surely you could have gone down to Goodwill or Walmart and picked up these clothes for about $18 give or take.
Too many people are too proud to go to goodwill or the thrift store. And those types of people generally have every dollar is already spoken for. One of my roommates was like that. New clothes, shoes, eating out every day. Unexpected expense pops up and its the end of the world.
A Tshirt will get you in trouble here. Unless you're a female employee. Then wear what you want.
. . . surely you could have gone down to Goodwill or Walmart and picked up these clothes for about $18 give or take.
Surely if a demand for a particular employee-provided uniform is critical, it could made more than a few hours before the employee is to show up in that self-provided uniform.
As it turned out, compliance was about 50%, and nothing was said about it. The reward for anyone who deferred orientation in order to comply with the uniform "requirement" was to be knocked lower on the seniority totem.
