Undecided voters, once again, I plead with you: if you can dress yourself in the morning, surely you must be able to make up your minds by now.

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There are explicit implicit agreements about when to show up, how to dress, how to conduct yourself, what will be paid, and what will be grounds for terminating the job.

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This approach can equally be used to excuse yourself for sporting a Lanvin cocktail dress to the office, when you are merely showing off ("I have a party later and can't be bothered to change").

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Franki Brandt-Pethtel, the Director of Operations for Bond Jewelers in the Tampa Bay Area, thinks maintaining a proper dress code shows respect for your employer, clients and yourself.

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In the inn setting, you can consider yourself respectably attired for such a dignified supper if you dress in the cotton kimono provided in your room (bonus: you are dressed in what is essentially a bathrobe and can loosen the sash if you find that the meal was five courses longer than you expected).

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