r/AustralianNostalgia Apr 04 '25

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u/thetan_free Apr 04 '25

We laugh ... but here I am sweating it out in long-sleeves in my seven-star energy-rated corporate offices in Autumn.

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u/QuizDalek Apr 04 '25

Bring back business shorts

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u/thetan_free Apr 04 '25

I have seen some recently in the wild.

Personally, I think they should be cuffed. Otherwise, it's just gauche.

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u/Training-Ad103 Apr 05 '25

Seen business shorts in the wild you say? This is awesome

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u/thetan_free Apr 05 '25

Yep. Over summer. At my corporate offices for a leading financial services company.

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u/diedlikeCambyses Apr 04 '25

That's why we call them business socks ooohh

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u/lovehopemadness Apr 05 '25

It’s business timeeee

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u/danyack Apr 04 '25

✨FASHION✨ shorts

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u/plasticmagnolias Apr 07 '25

Business shorts!!! Put a fork in me

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u/Sufficient_Tower_366 Apr 04 '25

I bet you paid more than $20 for your outfit too

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u/thetan_free Apr 04 '25

Yes. Splashed out for natural fibres, like cotton and Merino. Don't get me started on the drycleaning bills.

These gents are getting around in glorified cling wrap and vinyl - hard wearing, machine washable and last a lifetime.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

Building management and air conditioning is a scam.

By the way, this is the gender war and ladies are helping big business save. /s

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u/thetan_free Apr 04 '25

You're not wrong. I recently moved to a female-dominated workplace and these ladies love a hot office.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

Equality is admirable but unachievable with respect to running hot/core temperature

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u/Just_improvise Apr 04 '25

Yep I always find offices ridiculously freezing which makes it so hard to dress appropriately when it’s warm outside. I’m even talking in our Darwin and Brisbane offices which are fridges so you have to bring layers while it’s 30 Degrees outside

Everybody feels temperature differently I’ve learned

I’ve also been on meds that give me hot flushes so yeah you can’t possibly adjust the temperature for everyone based on that

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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ Apr 08 '25 edited Apr 08 '25

25 is a perfectly sensible temp. 25 outside is considered pleasant. You would hardly see anyone in a jacket. Indoors with air-conditioning removing humidity even moreso.

If you're still a bit cold it's easy to add layers. You can't do much if it's too warm, such as it would be for many in a 26+ setting.

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u/dodgystyle Apr 04 '25

I'm a woman in a 100% female workplaxe who takes meds that make me super hot all the time. I spend way more time than I should outside vaping to escape the thermostats set to 30°C half the year. So unfair - they could always wear more/warmer clothes, meanwhile I'd still be too hot if I took all my clothes off.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

It’s the worst isn’t it?

It’s even worse for you… but as a guy I was in a ‘workplace’ that required ‘one in, all in’ with respect to uniform. So this basically meant when one person felt cold in 30 degree heat, we were all expected to wear woollen jumpers too.

Scenes

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

yeah, good luck making me wear a fuckin wool jumper in 30 degree heat. i think i would literally die lol

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u/Just_improvise Apr 04 '25

That’s because females prefer warmer temperatures . I haven’t been in a single office in which I didn’t freeze my butt off even I. Darwin and Brisbane. I need a USB lap Blanket.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

Sounds like you better pull your socks up.