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I don't believe it either. I've never seen any evidence that forcing people to wear a tie has a long-term effect on their behaviour.
by AndrewDucker 14y ago
I don't believe it either. I've never seen any evidence that forcing people to wear a tie has a long-term effect on their behaviour.
- potatolicious 14y agoI don't believe it's just about how your comport yourself to clients, but also to establish a hierarchy and pecking order within the organization itself. The employer may feel that the caliber of people they are hiring requires a very strict, by-the-books mode of operation, and forcing uniforms of people goes a long way towards showing who's in charge, and enforcing discipline.
- stephengillie 14y agoWearing a tie used to get in my way when I had to crawl under desks to get at PCs.
- bediger4000 14y agoYes, but I'm sure you crawled with a more professional deportment. I can tell, even now, at a much later date, and a location indeterminate to that of the crawling.
- freehunter 14y agoSounds like IBM.
- PakG1 14y agoDude, my day job is at IBM. LOL. I am glad the days of having to wear ties there are over.
- stephengillie 14y agoField tech at H&R Block during tax season, actually.
- bhousel 14y agoAnecdata here, but I've been wearing a tie for a few years, and while I don't think it has changed my behavior much, it definitely changes how other people treat me. It's actually a little creepy how that one little difference of putting on a tie changes other people's behaviors in so many tiny daily interactions. Things like: when you approach a door, escalator, getting in and out of elevators, people let me go first. People are definitely nicer to me, cashiers smile more, etc. It's noticeable, and a little weird. We're conditioned from a young age to respect the tie. So, it's not crazy to think that forcing everyone to wear ties in an office will make them a little nicer to each other. I do think it affects people at a subconscious level.