The Heat Is On!!!

Well, the oppressive and brutal NYC heat is upon us and like the weather, I am steaming hot. Not only am I always swampy due to the heat, people out there have managed to piss me off in about 3 days of heat. This rant is for all of those morons out there that need to discover a simple beauty aid called DEODORANT.

We live in the modern ages where even though water prices have risen it's still cheap to take a bath or a shower. After doing so, slap on or spray on some Secret, Brut, Axe or any of the hundreds of DEODORANTS that are out on the market. Now if you can't afford the high end products, head over to your local .99 cents store and buy the cheap stuff. It works just as well but you may need to use more. In this day and age there is no excuse for you smelly people out there to be stinking up a packed subway car at 9am. For the "rare" instance that you start to smell later in the day, carry a travel size DEODORANT and apply some after washing your pits in the bathroom at work with soap and warm water. Come on people, show some pride in yourselves and get on the ball.

Secondly, this isn't so much a rant but a curiosity. What's the deal with the tight pants on guys with the whole back of the boxers or tidy whities showing. Not that I'm looking but damn it's hard not to notice when they stand with their back to you on the iron horse while you're sitting down. Now the style of baggy pants down past your ass is not new, God knows why its still popular. What I have to ask is this, how can you guys run with you pants so low. How comfortable can that be. I mean if you're being chased by a group of guys wearing their pants in the same fashion then the field is even. You have a bunch of dudes running after each other holding up their pants. Go figure. Any input would be appreciated.

Staying on the topic of men's fashion. My local Key Food has been in the news lately. Seems like the landlord, Vornado Realty is trying to jack up the rent to an amount that would drive the market from its location. Its a shame if they were to leave since its really not a bad place to shop and the nearest markets are a few blocks further in various directions. You may be asking yourself: What does Key Food have to do with men's fashions. Here's my rants. Let's go.

The management has required all male employees that work on registers to wear ties. Simple enough, except that they have not mandated that they wear a uniform shirt to accompany their ties. So what you have is a group of young guys that were any shirt with the ties. I mean if they wore a simple white polo shirt with their tie I might be open to letting the fashion slight pass, but no, these young dudes wear (Literally) any shirt with the ties.

Have young men simply forgotten how to dress like professional young men? When asking one of the young men as to why he (and his fellow cashiers) don't wear a simply white or solid color shirt, tucked into their pants with their ties I was pretty much told that since they are made to wear the ties they wear them with whatever shirt on purpose. It's "Their Style" he said. Honestly and no offense young man, you guys all look like clowns. Simply ridiculous. Boy he's lucky I don't manage that place.

I partially blame the management for this one. If you're going to mandate that they wear ties you need to mandate the matching shirt and pants. Give them a stipend to buy the clothes if they don't have the money. How do you expect the general public to take you seriously in your plight to avoid eviction against a greedy landlord if you won't show any professionalism when it comes to your male employees. And young men, there's nothing wrong with looking crisp and professional at work. You'll lose no street cred or status because you're looking like a professional while at work. Dress how you like outside of work but do yourself a favor and learn to be a professional at work. A little pride can go a long way. Well this has been a hot trip...Thanks for taking it with me. Hasta Luego.