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the culturally lassez-faire tech industry, which introduced casual fridays to the world. Casual fridays were invented by stuffy British stockbrokers who wanted
by gaius 8y ago
the culturally lassez-faire tech industry, which introduced casual fridays to the world.
Casual fridays were invented by stuffy British stockbrokers who wanted to escape quickly to their country pursuits for the weekend without having to change first. It long predates the tech industry.
- shagie 8y agoWhile I can certainly see that as an origin story, Wikipedia puts it as an offshoot of Aloha Friday - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_Friday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_Friday / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_shirt#Aloha_Friday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_shirt#Aloha_Friday - in the 60s. My favorite origin story is one that mixes some truth with fantasy and a religious pantheon of the Casual Gods - https://everything2.com/user/m_turner/writeups/Casual+Gods https://everything2.com/user/m_turner/writeups/Casual+Gods