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I know that you are a woman. I was just stating that since I am a man, not having to wear a suit and a tie in 100 degree weather is a major perk of working on LI, and that the comfortable attire that you mention is not an option for a man working in my field in NYC.
I hope I don't come off as a snob...I am on the PW line with only 4 stops on the express (Great Neck, Manhasset, Plandome & Port Washington). There are many professionals on this train line...I would say about 1/3 wears suits and ties.....absolutely less than 50%.....this is all in the last decade or so.
About half or more is business casual in a very professional way...quite a handful is custom tailored.
My dad commuted four hours each day - I saw him every night when I was a kid (he even had time to talk to me about my day when he got home from work! Gasp!).
You don't want the commute-to-NYC lifestyle, and that's completely okay, but please stop making it sound like anyone who would choose a long commute is a family-hating monster whose children will grow up as emotional orphans. It's just as insulting and cruel to people who make those kinds of choices as it was the first 400 times you typed it. And it's not even true.
Fair enough. Then please stop labeling me as a loser just because I choose a job on LI.
Yes. I've been told that the reason is because if you work in an urban area, there is a chance of running into a client on public transportation, and they expect to see consultants in a suit and tie. On LI, where we drive our own cars to work, there is minimal chance of randomly running into a client, so we only need to wear formal clothes if we plan to face a client that day.
Fair enough. Then please stop labeling me as a loser just because I choose a job on LI.
I have never once ever labelled you a "loser" for choosing a job on LI.
In fact, I strive to be balanced whenever I post on this topic, because - having actually worked in my industry both on LI (in Nassau AND in Suffolk, so believe me, I've covered the full range) and in NYC - I know that it's a very personal decision, and that what's right for one person isn't necessarily right for another.
You're the one who insists on justifying your choices with high-minded moralistic proclamations about "the right thing to do" or "the right way to live." There's a MASSIVE difference between posting about what works for you personally and why, and posting "What good is having more money . . . if your kids grow up not knowing one of their parents?".
Yes. I've been told that the reason is because if you work in an urban area, there is a chance of running into a client on public transportation, and they expect to see consultants in a suit and tie. On LI, where we drive our own cars to work, there is minimal chance of randomly running into a client, so we only need to wear formal clothes if we plan to face a client that day.
bahahahahahaha.
either you're making that up or the person that told you this a complete flake.
Its all about the $$$, nothing to do with dress code or profession. People think they have high morals, but its not true, its just that everyone cannot be purchased with the same $$$, for some its more for some its less. You "CAN" absolutely make a person who loves his family life with so much of time on their hands to take up a 4 hour commuting job.
But if you want to say it nicely you can say something like "its a personal thing" or "its upto you what you want in your life" etc etc.
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