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Iain Churches wrote:
I'd say it would depend on the client. Although a 'bowling' cap could
well put anyone off. As could any strange headgear. Perhaps you meant
a baseball cap?

Perhaps I did.

A suit has never impressed me.

Your being impressed is not really relevant.
If you had a post in say senior management in TV, Dave
then I am sure you would behappy to conform:-)

I never had any interest in going into management, Iain. Enjoyed my job
too much. And all too frequently saw those who did regret doing so.

And those who dress up for such an occasion
even less so

As I say, it is probably not in your best interests to go to
meet the board members of an EU cultural foundation
looking like a fast food operative:-)

I'm not quite sure what a fast food operative looks like. I don't frequent
such places. No need with the wealth of restaurants round here and
elsewhere. If pressed for time, I'd rather buy a decent sandwich and fruit
juice from a supermarket than use such places.
However, I suppose I have seen them on TV. Is that how *you* dress when
not in a suit? You'd get some strange looks if you turned up for work
dressed like that in TV. But maybe some orders. Do you arrive on a moped
with box on the back too?

But why would I meet with such people anyway? I've never ever had to go
'cap in hand' looking for work.

I'm utterly amazed such things still persist in the recording studio
business. Broadcasting saw the error of this some 40 years ago.


Classical recording is very relaxed, but most things to do do
with international classical events tend to be fairly formal.
There are frequent functions. You might well need your tuxedo,
Dave, on several evenings each month.

So just a different uniform?

I still have a 'Multi-coloured Swapshop' T-shirt somewhere. Along with
hundreds of similar. Would they do?

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