{"id":3797,"date":"2013-01-24T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=3797"},"modified":"2013-02-15T10:36:39","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T15:36:39","slug":"boots-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=3797","title":{"rendered":"Boots At Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been enjoying opportunities to break out and wear some of my newer cowboy boots to work in my new-old-new-but-old office.  (It is hard to explain, but let&#8217;s say that over the past 25 years, I have worked in the same building for different employers but in about the same space. The old place and colleagues have not changed, but my boots have!)<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bootsoffice2.jpg?resize=584%2C385\" alt=\"Bootsoffice2\" width=\"584\" height=\"385\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bootsoffice2.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bootsoffice2.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bootsoffice2.jpg?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bootsoffice2.jpg?resize=455%2C300&amp;ssl=1 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>First day back, I wore&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230;subdued, non-attention-getting dress black Lucchese goatskin cowboy boots, with dark grey dress trousers, striped grey shirt, and &#8230; no tie. Bleccch&#8230; I hate ties.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who knows me welcomed me back, and I noticed many of them check out my boots. I have a reputation for always wearing boots &#8212; but as expected, no one said anything about the boots.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bootsoffice1.jpg?resize=584%2C310\" alt=\"Bootsoffice1\" width=\"584\" height=\"310\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bootsoffice1.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bootsoffice1.jpg?resize=300%2C159&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bootsoffice1.jpg?resize=150%2C79&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bootsoffice1.jpg?resize=500%2C265&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>Second day back (yesterday), I wore my Black Jack cream\/blue python cowboy boots with a pair of dress khakis, blue striped shirt, and no tie.  (I am soooo glad that I do not have to wear noosy-neckties!)<\/p>\n<p>Today, there is a dusting of snow on the ground.  I am wearing lug-soled Chippewa Firefighter boots with a pair of clean (new) black denim jeans, dark blue shirt, and I was seriously thinking about wearing a tie &#8212; to attract attention &#8220;up&#8221; from the jeans &#8212; but then again, I have a reputation to protect.  I also did not want to have to perform CPR on my officemates, who would faint (or worse) if they saw me wearing a necktie (sly smile).<\/p>\n<p>On winter days like this, no one complains about wearing jeans.  In fact, I expect all the guys at work to be similarly attired (except the always dapperly-overdressed gay guy down the hall, but that&#8217;s another story&#8230; we gay guys truly are &#8220;all types.&#8221; LOL!)<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  wear boots to work in a professional office!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been enjoying opportunities to break out and wear some of my newer cowboy boots to work in my new-old-new-but-old office. 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