Dressing to go to a game

[j2u4now]

I dress for future success. Since your always making a first impression on someone , dress business casual at the minimum.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by j2u4now

I dress for future success. Since your always making a first impression on someone , dress business casual at the minimum.

What would be your maximum?

[JRutledge]

I would never come dressed in my uniform. They are going to give me an office or something private. If this cannot happen, then I will not work there. And considering all the rain, snow and other weather, how can you keep your uniform clean when you have crap all over it in the first place?

Peace

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I would never come dressed in my uniform. They are going to give me an office or something private. If this cannot happen, then I will not work there. And considering all the rain, snow and other weather, how can you keep your uniform clean when you have crap all over it in the first place?

Peace

We don't have crap in our rain and snow here. Sounds like some kind of weird localized ecological problem.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by just another ref

We don't have crap in our rain and snow here. Sounds like some kind of weird localized ecological problem.

It's an Illinois thing. Most blame the governor.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

It's an Illinois thing.

Don't they have a motto in the "Land Of Lincoln", "Get dirty snow on you early, get dirty snow on you often."?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by just another ref

We don't have crap in our rain and snow here. Sounds like some kind of weird localized ecological problem.

I do not wear a uniform to a game much more than weather considerations. It looks stupid to me and looks like anyone can walk off the street and work the game (which you have not proven to people that do not know you by doing this). When you give that impression, people treat you that way as well.

Peace

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I do not wear a uniform to a game much more than weather considerations. It looks stupid to me........

It looks stupid to show up to officiate wearing an official's uniform.

O K

.......and looks like anyone can walk off the street and work the game ........

Actually, pretty much anyone can walk off the street and call the game. Look at, well, yourself, for example. If you feel that you need to be dressed a certain way to make a certain impression, I suggest you continue to do so. I am glad not to be in an area with such restrictions, whether real or imagined.

[26 Year Gap]

Common sense would have you not be dressed in your uniform prior to arrival. Many end up eating or drinking on the way to the game and spilling food on your uniform would not be a good way to show up at game sites. And with all of the crazies out there, being dressed in your uniform on the way out to your car is not a good idea. The only exception I can think of is if your day job is at Foot Locker and you go straight from work to the game site.

Guys who show up dressed for the game are generally viewed as guys who will spend as little time as possible there and grab their checks and go. That seems to be the common view and there must be a reason for it.

That said, showing up to do a bunch of AAU games usually has a different protocol.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Actually, pretty much anyone can walk off the street and call the game. Look at, well, yourself, for example. If you feel that you need to be dressed a certain way to make a certain impression, I suggest you continue to do so. I am glad not to be in an area with such restrictions, whether real or imagined.

I watch about a quarter from the stands. How would I do that wearing an officiating uniform without looking like a complete goober?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by just another ref

It looks stupid to show up to officiate wearing an official's uniform.

O K





Actually, pretty much anyone can walk off the street and call the game. Look at, well, yourself, for example. If you feel that you need to be dressed a certain way to make a certain impression, I suggest you continue to do so. I am glad not to be in an area with such restrictions, whether real or imagined.

Based on what I have read here, it is much more than “my” area. It appears that professionalism is expected in a lot of areas.

If you worked more than JV schedule, you might see that the same things are required where you live too. I work college too (and officials come from multiple states and multiple jurisdictions) and it is expected throughout the places I have been or have never been to wear cloths that shows you are professional. And a big part of that professionalism is what you display before and after the game, in what you wear and how you behave. You are not just doing a game; you are doing an event where many people have a personal interest in the outcome. Just like people squabble over working games close to home, people expect similar things as to how you present yourself in and around that contest.

If I go to a job interview (of any kind), I might be qualified for the job, but I am not going to show up in jeans and a T-shirt. I do not know about you, but I do not see many people going for jobs in jeans and a T-shirt or their uniform of another job. Even when the job involves hands-on element to it, the smart people wear a suit which is not what I or many people expect from an official.

Not only was that the way I was raised, it is the professions I have been involved in and out of officiating.

I often tell people it is not always what you do on the court that gets you games, it is often the things you do not do that play a bigger role.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by fullor30

What would be your maximum?

Black tie?