Drivers don't look like drivers anymore

When I was driving it was generally cowboy boots, blue jeans, and some sort of tucked in collared shirt. Either a company shirt, or something like a flannel patterned shirt or something similar to that. Cowboy hat and/or baseball cap. Just kinda depended on what I felt like wearing that day. When it got cold, long John's underneath, fleece lined jeans, hoodie and a coat over.

 

I’ve always wanted a cowboy costume

 

Just bought a few fleece lined jeans, i prefer the dickies or carhartt carpenter pants though. they have insulated ones or regular types for all year. they look great and tons of colors

 

I like to be comfortable, and always have for over 30 years of driving truck. In summer it is usually shorts, white T-shirt, and sandals on my feet. If I'm going to be loading up and chaining down equipment lets say for example, slip on my coveralls over my clothes, and my redwings on my feet. The moment I'm done I take them back off. Driving in boots and jeans is not comfortable enough for me.

 

We live in a college town and I am regularly amused/disgusted by the slovenly appearance of these kids in public places. Like literally pajamas, bare feet (so gross) and dirty hair at Kroger or Ihop. Wandering into the campus student center like that is one thing, but where the rest of us have to look at you? No.

 

Against my better judgement, I’m going to weigh in on this. I don’t consider myself old school by any measure of the stick. Even with 30+ years as a driver.

But I #### well remember the looks I got my first year. Wearing hot pink with lime green waistband shorts, and a wife beater shirt.

The more things change, the more they remain the same.

 

There are some who come into the Walmart here (Pick one, any one) wearing bed clothing. Essentially PJ's with nothing else under or over.

I cannot understand this slovenly or lazy behavior. Especially from some people who has had a very tough life as evidence by bags of wrinkles, body and skin cancer damage and destruction and essentially skin wreckage from being obese in places that really should be wearing proper clothing.

I don't see that too often, but when I do I have a total and absolute desire to leave the place now. It's just not fitting.

Eyebleach does not begin to start to take away some of the burn on visual memories. Even a web site has walmart people dressed badly.

As a side note you would think beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I could use some of that after this series of disgusting slops in the store.

Long ago in Friendship Airport (A cookie for those of you who knows it's current name or 4 letter designation) people wore suits to go flying formally. It was a big deal to be nice in public in those days.