Cracking the code....

It was a dark and dreary day....they were sitting in a room and in their hands was the fate of thousands...

"This has to be done...."
"...we must put them in their place...."
"We shall bend them to our will..."


As the voices grew louder, it was clear that the group was out for blood...and finally the decision was made....There would be a dress code.

Sounds like a medevial horror tale, but its is the plight that me and many other have to endure...all under the elaborate banner of professionalism. There's no way that a person's actions can show his/ her professionalism. We have to have a standard. He who dresses like a god...is a god. The rest are the scum of the earth.

My company recently decided to enforce a dress code on the employees. No sleeveless outfits for ladies. No bold / loud prints on sarees. No floaters. No round-neck T-shirts. No freedom. It doesn't matter that we live in a country where rains flood every street without fail. It doesn't matter that the air conditioning is a joke. It doesn't matter that no matter how well-ironed our clothes are when we put them on, the commute to work converts them into an old woman's wrinkled face within the span of an hour.By restricting our wardrobes to a limited outfits, the company ensures our limited independence. No takers for individuality here. Instead of going ahead with the times, we are being taken back to our childhood days when uniforms were the norm. I wouldn't be surprised if that is the next step for the company.

There are innumerable other issues that the company could have focused on...but no...pick the most irrelevant and the most insignificant one. The one granted to disgruntle the masses. That should keep them grumpy enough to ignore the other more issues that they have. We live in a free country. We celebrate freedom of expression and freedom of speech. We sing and listen to dozens of patriotic numbers on the I-days.....and yet are we truly free? Or are the traditional shackles of slavery replaced by modern "company policies"?

And as far as the dress code is concerned....i don't remember the company paying me a single penny to set up a new wardrobe...no surprise there...so I shall defy the code...proudly...