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Author Topic: What are you wearing? Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-23-2003 02:04 PM                     A sweat band? My old theater also wore maroon polo shirts and black pants...staff and management. Management had a cream trim on the collar staff was just all maroon. Crimson (Maroon Basically) and Cream are the cities school colors.  |  IP: Logged Andy Muirhead Master Film Handler Posts: 323 From: Galashiels, Scotland Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-23-2003 07:00 PM                     Good topic, and for me, very topical! My cinema has just remined the staff of the official dress code as it has been slipping lately. It should be company polo shirt or jumper and black trousers and black shoes - no trainers or running shoes. Since sometimes I am on my feet and running about for 11 hour shifts, I got sick of the constriction of dress trousers and shoes, so last December I purchased some baggy pants and a pair of Vans - I love Vans, outside work I have several pairs of Vans trainers which feel as comfy and light as slippers although the pair I got for work are not as comfortable and are heavy because I tried to get a more 'dress code friendly' pair! Anyway due to the tightening of the dress code rules I'll have to buy new shoes for work, so I want to find a pair of shoes that are as comfortable and light as my Vans trainers, but still conforming to the code of black shoes, no trainer blah! It seems like an impossible task, Any ideas?! Even though I'm senior projectionist, I am in the public eye a lot of the time so I don't disagree with the dress code, I just wish I could find a way of looking smart/conforming with the dress code YET feeling comfortable! By the way the amount I spend on foot care products is unbelievable, surely I'm not the only one in this industry that suffers from being on their feet all day?!  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-23-2003 08:32 PM                     Sorry Rachel, but I've got to disagree with you. In regards to uniform, men get screwed and women can (note I said "can", not "do") get away with murder. With men you HAVE to wear the tie. With women, you do not, but you can. I've worked with a LOT of women managers and they were always presentable and professional, but when you compare what they wore to the mandatory "you are a male so you must wear this", they got away with a MUCH more comfortable and cool attire. The whole damn thing is sexist. If a company is going to force their employees to wear an exact uniform, gender should NOT affect it. I hope one of these days some guy files a lawsuit with a major chain over this and wins. It IS sexist. Let me put it another way. How would you feel if you were a female employee and were told that you couldn't be an usher or projectionist "because those are guy jobs"? Would you find that comment sexist, even though that is what the majority of ushers and projectionists are? You know what, that IS sexist! (Not to mention complete bullshit.) However the way I see things like this is cut and dry. This example is just as sexist as permitting females to wear whatever they want so long it is looks presentable while the males have no choice in the matter. Are men incapable of looking presentable in clothing other than a suit? I assume you would like to see all women treated equally just like I do, right? Well with that answer, then they should be treated equally to men...which includes, shirt, tie and suit jacket. You can't have it both ways and be truly treated equally. Seriously, sooner or later someone WILL initiate a lawsuit over this, I just know it. "Equal rights and treatment" works both ways, not just in the favor of the minority.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-23-2003 08:38 PM                     i the booth i wear a white lab coat and shirt and tie  |  IP: Logged Paul Goulet Master Film Handler Posts: 347 From: Rhode Island Registered: Jan 2000 posted 03-23-2003 08:47 PM                        "What am i wearing?"..... Blue shirt, Dirty black pants, wig,turtle neck in the winter... (right laurence?)  |  IP: Logged Manuel Francisco Valencia Expert Film Handler Posts: 151 From: Oklahoma City, OK, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-23-2003 08:56 PM                     The men vs women dress code battle is a little screwed up. Men can only wear a suit at my theatre and it does get plain. WOmen however have a lot of opinionated rules when it comes to their dress so they can come in with what they would usually wear on their days off. I do not wear a tie on my day off, so that goes to show you the conformity of it all. Not to mention the long hair is okay for women but not men fued. Earrings, jewelry, etc. We men are getting over!  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 03-23-2003 11:33 PM                     So, what about tatoos, piercings, spiked hair, studded dog collars used as wrist bands and neckwear, purple, green, orange, etc. colored hair, does it fly with management??  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-23-2003 11:39 PM                     I would have to say definitely no to that one Bill. My stance is equal treatment to everyone, regardless of gender, race and whatnot. It has nothing to do with permitting an unprofessional appearance.  |  IP: Logged Don Bruechert Mmmmmmmmm, bird! Posts: 340 From: Manitowoc, WI, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-24-2003 12:11 AM                        We have some piercings that seem "tasteful" and we let them go by. Hair has showed up in different colors on occasion too, but never anything really dramatic. On the subject of Shoes, I have been picky about my work shoes, not just for projection, but for my Engineering hob at the hospital as well. I didn't feel like wearing those uncomfortable dress shoes, so I complained to my doctor my feet hurt and he wrote my a prescription for "supportive walking shoes". Our employee health department at the hospital will not deny anyone anything that might get them a workers comp suit, so they let me be. I have been buying black reebok walking shoes for about 5 years now and I find them quite comfortable. The soles are also non-marking and relatively non-slip. They cost around $65, but we have a department store chain that sells shoes at half-off once a year and I can buy 2 pairs at that price then.  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 03-24-2003 12:25 AM                        I wear a shirt and tie, I wear a jacket on the weekends/holidays. Most of the time I lose the tie as soon as I get uncomfortable.  |  IP: Logged Nicholas Roznovsky Expert Film Handler Posts: 156 From: College Station, TX, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-24-2003 12:44 AM                        For managers, it's our company policy that all GMs and AMs (male or female or otherwise ) are supposed to wear light blue oxford shirts, khaki slacks, dress shoes, and a tie. Now, compliance with that policy varies from theater to theater, but my staff has always been in complete uniform. I care more about presenting a professional image than personal expression. My female AMs complained at first about the ties, but it hasn't been a problem for quite some time now. Booth personnel are allowed to wear pretty much whatever they want as long as its within reason. My bosses aren't liberal enough to allow T-shirts or shorts in the booth, so jeans and a company polo are the usual choice of my proj. guys. Sneakers are perfectly fine in the booth. It's been my experience that the theaters that are the most anal about projectionist's clothes are the ones that let them hang out downstairs after they've started the films. If a projectionist is upstairs doing what needs to be done beyond threading and starting, it's rarely an issue.  |  IP: Logged William Leland III Master Film Handler Posts: 336 From: Charleston, SC, Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-24-2003 11:15 AM                        I wear jeans and a T-shirt or polo shirt here at the IMAX. Aslong we look presentable it is ok for projectionist. The floor wears blue IMAX shits and white pants. When I worked for Regal, we had the white shirt,black pants, vest and tie. I liked the get up. I worked both floor and projection. When I went worked at Carmike, I was the only person other than our 2 managers to wear a tie and nice cloths. Projection only When I worked for Consolidated I wore the same white shirt, nice tie and pants black or white. I was asked by our District Manger if I was a new manager she never met. Projection only. When I worked for General Cinema, the female managers had to buy black dress or suits from Genral Cinema and men had the blue blazer and tie. Floor and projection.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-25-2003 12:50 AM                     I've never worked anywhere where the booth person was allowed to wear something other than the stupid uniforms the floor staff wears. Dress pants, white dress shirt, tie, vest... BLAH! You could cook a turkey at the temperatures your body got running around in all that with 18 screens! quote: When a projectionist crosses the lobby to get to another booth or use the bathroom, they just look like a regular customer. When they are in uniform, they are stopped by customers and asked questions they frequently do not know how to answer. I agree with Brad 100% The company is SO CONCERNED with customers not being able to identify you as an employee that the fact doesn't don on them that there is NO REASON for them to need to identify you. "Uh oh! Some strange guy in plain clothes is starting the movie! How unprofessional!!" At my theater, the projectionist had to do checklists, bathrooms, ice, floors, sink, AND clean the popper -- leaving little if any time to concentrate on booth duties, and it showed. But that's how theaters run things these days, I guess. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-25-2003 07:38 AM                        I'm with the majority on this one: floor staff and managers should be "recognizable," which probably implies either uniforms or a dress code. Projectionists (and anyone else in a non-customer-facing position) should dress for comfort and safety (i.e. no ties), although I would agree that they should be expected to look neat and clean and possibly dress up a bit for "special" shows or planned booth tours. Attire that is obviously unprofessional or offensive should obviously not be permitted for anyone. This is how the theatres where I have worked have been run, although theatres that have floor staff and/or managers running the booth part-time will generally have them wear their normal floor staff/manager uniform (which is sub-optimal, but so is having a manager/usher-run booth in the first place).  |  IP: Logged Patrick McDonough Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Greenfield Ma. Registered: Jul 2002 posted 03-25-2003 08:07 AM                     our other projectionist has body pircings all over his face. The airport security would never let him on the plane.  |  IP: Logged

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