OTR dress code

I'd hate to be the guy who gets your seat next....ha!

 

Ah man! I hadn't even thought about that!

You just gave me the heebee jeebees!

 

Hmmm.

"Track suit"


The flip flops

And being a skateboarder the hard hat.

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Just three of the typical attire I see more and more.

 

Steel toe flip flops, sweat pants or pajama pants, a wife beater or a flannel with torn sleeves, fingerless gloves, a hat with a Chevrolet emblem (Dale Earnhardt would work too), and a large Bluetooth headset that covers your entire head.

Now you're ready to supertruck

 

I think a company shirt that is worn inside out, or buttoned wrong, that says 'certified' trainer on it, is required.

 

Serious answer here:

Jeans, steel toe work boots (my favorite is Red Wing, but there are many others that will do the job), company shirt and ball cap while driving, as well as anywhere else I go. If I'm unloading on a location during the frac job (drag loads as opposed to pre fill loads), then it's all the above but with FR clothing/hard hat/gloves.

This is is my day-to-day attire. I pay attention to what I wear because it shows respect for others, and in return, they usually show greater respect to me.

Shorts are for sleeping, and maybe jumping in the swimmin' hole. Wife beaters work well as an under shirt, but I prefer a full T-shirt under my company work shirt, unless it's really hot.

 

This is what I will primarily wear during the spring, summer and fall. For winter I wear jeans, as these are somewhat better at keeping the cold at bay, and not need for longjohns. I usually luck out at Walmart and get matching shirts (always short sleeves). I usually buy either khaki color or navy blue.

Yes, flip flops to somewhat protect our feet from touching the ever dirty shower stall floor, or the room floor.

Yes, This is why I also give my self a quick shave with the rechargeable shaver, I do not want the loading dock supervisor to see stubble of an uncleaned face.

Pretty much what I have been quoting here. If we would like to be respected as professionals, we have to look as such. Too many of us have smelled first, THEN seen a driver on the docks, that embarrass the crap out of us. Not to mention the drivers in the fuel line that are so smelly, they come out with something stupid like, "ain't got no time to shower, you know how it is". One time I answered back, "no I don't know how it is, I ALWAYS have time to shower and put on clean clothing. For some inexplicable reason, that driver turned away from me, and wouldn't talk to me no more.

 

I'm planning to get some uniforms made once I'm employed and have a few paychecks underneath me. I read that uniforms are a tax write off. Looking professional and reducing your taxable income is a win-win situation.

 

I wear the same thing every day. Black pair of Lee denim, tan Timberland style boots and a plain t-shirt usually white. sometimes a dark neutral color. Sometimes if cold I have a dark grey thermal long sleeve top under the t-shirt and matching bottoms. plain but neat. I kind of miss my old LTL shirt I had at this one company. It was a black short sleeved button-up collared shirt with these cool white a green patches on the chest with my name and the company logo. I should have "lost" it when I left.

 

Yes, I had actually forgotten to mention that point. ANY clothing we buy for work, and it really does help is the sales receipts have the word, *work* on it. Save all sales receipts for clothing, shoes/boots, socks. Things like thermal under wear unless the sales receipts say, *work* may not be an acceptable tax write off. You never want to chance that one in a million tax audit, because the IRS will dig deep for false tax deductions. Very often I have been told by my accountant, the IRS actually FINDS tax deductions too! Just don't mess with the IRS.

As an example, when I buy the Dickies at Walmart, the sales receipt clearly states, *work clothing*. My Red Wing boots, the same, my thermal socks same, and so on. Never really saw a *work clothing* on any thermal under wear however that I have bought.