At the faculty and staff orientation last week, our new principal and assistant principal announced that faculty and staff could wear the uniform polos and khaki pants on Fridays and the school would be providing us with the first polo! I was really excited about this. One less day I have to stand staring aimlessly into my closet in the morning, when my brain isn't functioning well anyway, while I try to decide what to wear that day. I was so excited that I went and paid the $20 to buy a second polo (in my favorite aqua blue) so that I could rotate between the two polos each Friday.
Today we had a pep rally at the school so we were allowed to wear our polos on Thursday (in addition to tomorrow). When I woke up this morning, there was no time wasted on figuring out what to wear. I was excited! That is, until I got dressed. When I was looking at myself in the mirror with my polo shirt tucked into my khakis, something just didn't feel right but I couldn't quite put my finger on what it was. I'm sure it had something to do with the fact that my shirt was tucked in. I just haven't reached the age where I'm quite comfortable with that.
When I arrived to work this morning, the first co-worker I ran into said "Aww, you look cute in your uniform." Then it hit me. I looked like I was wearing a uniform, not a faculty/staff dress down day outfit! I had just gotten past all the "you look like you could be a student here" comments and then I go and dress just like a student. The day went downhill from there. We had a fire drill and a teacher mistook me for a student and started to ask me why I wasn't standing with the rest of the students. It became a running joke all day. The principal threatened to give me a detention for talking (then I REALLY felt like I was in high school again), another teacher told me I was violating the dress code because I didn't have socks on, etc.
I can take a joke as good as the next guy (no comments from the peanut gallery) and especially when it comes to jokes about my age I should be getting quite used to it! But when I asked people who were picking on me, what grade I looked like I was in and most of them said a freshman or sophomore, I quit thinking it was funny! I can't help it that my face is round and my cheeks are chubby. I have tried dying my hair brown and I look albino and unnatural. What do you want from me, people?
So what do you think? How old do I look in my "uniform?" And if you were me, would you try to get your money back on the above polo and never participate in faculty dress down day again?
Today we had a pep rally at the school so we were allowed to wear our polos on Thursday (in addition to tomorrow). When I woke up this morning, there was no time wasted on figuring out what to wear. I was excited! That is, until I got dressed. When I was looking at myself in the mirror with my polo shirt tucked into my khakis, something just didn't feel right but I couldn't quite put my finger on what it was. I'm sure it had something to do with the fact that my shirt was tucked in. I just haven't reached the age where I'm quite comfortable with that.
When I arrived to work this morning, the first co-worker I ran into said "Aww, you look cute in your uniform." Then it hit me. I looked like I was wearing a uniform, not a faculty/staff dress down day outfit! I had just gotten past all the "you look like you could be a student here" comments and then I go and dress just like a student. The day went downhill from there. We had a fire drill and a teacher mistook me for a student and started to ask me why I wasn't standing with the rest of the students. It became a running joke all day. The principal threatened to give me a detention for talking (then I REALLY felt like I was in high school again), another teacher told me I was violating the dress code because I didn't have socks on, etc. I can take a joke as good as the next guy (no comments from the peanut gallery) and especially when it comes to jokes about my age I should be getting quite used to it! But when I asked people who were picking on me, what grade I looked like I was in and most of them said a freshman or sophomore, I quit thinking it was funny! I can't help it that my face is round and my cheeks are chubby. I have tried dying my hair brown and I look albino and unnatural. What do you want from me, people?
So what do you think? How old do I look in my "uniform?" And if you were me, would you try to get your money back on the above polo and never participate in faculty dress down day again?
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However, I do think you look young. (don't worry, I won't tease you about it) I guess I wouldn't like people telling I was beginning to look my age, so maybe it goes both ways. Love, Kathy Y
Be thankful!