I wore shorts and sandals to work today, and will continue to do so until September.

Doesn't get more Swiss than that!

Tom

what's the big deal - everyone this days get's away with pyjamas and 4-days old shirt - real swiss is one that still has a suit and tie and drove for 45min in rounds until he got back to his home office complaining on traffic on the roundabout !

Umm, I drive 1/2 hour and work in an office?

Tom

just shorts and sandals tom?




i did say this thread is worthless w/o pics.

First it's bare feet, then it's "we put Geraniums on the balcony at this time of year" then it's a Swiss woman wouldn't wear that............ On and on and on. It's not about what others think, it's what they are thinking.



Been there, got the teeshirt, got the divorce.

People have put their smelly feet on the seat next to mine in the past. I found it rude, so I just changed seats. There is no black and white answer.

I think bare feet on the floor is as Swiss as it gets. Bare feet on any seat is a no-no for me, no exceptions. But that's just me. Many people do it, I detest it.

Depends. Did you wear socks in the sandals? Saw my first socks-in-sandal-guy for this season the other day.

That's nothing. Hell is when your foreign partner becomes all swissy!

I used to do that in my office in the U.K. Lots of people had bare feet too.

No.

Tom

Is this another one of your 'No' means 'Yes' posts?

Shall I post a photo?

If I wanted to wear socks, I'd be wearing shoes!

Tom

We call this "German pensioner look"


From May to October you can find those creatures all around Mediterranean, usually moving around in huge Wohnmobils.

Don't know, I've acquired a beach bum look during home office time. If I'd took a 12 hour flight to a nice beach, I'd just mingle with the locals......wait, I'm a local over there. Well, the point is short and sandals are not property of German pensioners.

Back to OP's topic, barbaric and uncultural? Those are words used by insecure people. Don't worry, as long as you don't place your feet on the seat I'd say no prob.

You changed out of your pyjamas?

No! The "German pensioner look" is a year-round suntan, socalled Rentnerfarbe.

Of course. T-shirt + shorts is my uniform Sometimes I wear shirts, pants or a suit, but it's for cold or fashion.

I used to do that quite regularly in summer when I was in full-time work, and I don't mean just when I was WFH. Our office building had no aircon and got stupidly hot in Summer, regularly getting over 30C, sometimes even starting that hot in the morning, due to Security coming round and closing all the office doors, plus the roller blinds on the sunny side going up automatically before anyone got there to close them again.

Surely that's Socks and Sandals?

yup. hopefully it will shut him up. then on the next boat trip you offer him another 100Fr. bet