Always be sure to minimize it. The Scotsman:
Civil servants are being made to feel ‘uncomfortable’ by a colleague who arrives for work dressed as a cat.
The male staff member is believed to identify as non-binary and is said to wear dresses with the tail poking out of the back of the dress.
I really doubt that the civil servants feel just “uncomfortable”. I bet they feel irritated if not furious. Jobs are jobs; they’re not playtime at nursery school. Jobs are about the job, not the fascinating inner life of a selected few of the employees. The workplace is the workplace, not a bar or a pub or a park or one employee’s living room.
A second insider, who works at Victoria Quay, also confirmed the person’s choice of dress. They said: “The issue seems light hearted but, actually, staff were uncomfortable but felt they couldn’t express opposition to this form of dress because we are encouraged to be kind and open-minded, especially around issues of identity.”
No, the issue doesn’t seem lighthearted, at least not if you think about it for longer than five seconds. It seems intrusive, insulting, childish, self-involved, tiresome, and bad.
The Civil Service Code states that staff must “always act in a way that is professional and that deserves the confidence of all those you deal with”. The rules extend to clothing and appearance.
A Scottish Government spokesman said: “All civil servants are required to dress appropriately for work. The dress described in this claim would not meet that requirement.”
I should think not. Work is not the same as a costume party.
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