What is the value of everything you are wearing (including items in your pockets) right now?

[clamum]

Shirt: $20
Undershirt: $3
Pants: $40?
Boxer-briefs: $3?
Socks: $.50? I dunno they come in 12 pack pairs or something
Shoes: $50
Belt: $10?
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Total: $126.50

 

[PrinceofWands]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
BTW, if you don't agree with me, please leave a note on what you do for work

My general opinions definitely do not apply to IT people, or people who work in manufacturing/construction/science

I've done a huge range of different things, but except for uniforms or safety equipment none have affected how I dress or groom. Soon I will be teaching, and I'll have to wear slightly nicer things (mostly just have to stop wearing shorts and sandals I suppose). Still would never consider spending any great amount on appearance...it just isn't important.

 

[thraashman]

$15 - Shirt
$35 - pants
$5 - socks and boxers
$0 - cell phone (free with contract)
$40 - flash drive
$20 - wallet
$10 - belt
$45 - shoes

Total - $170

now if we count the eyes since I had Lasik last year add $2400 or the teeth since I have several capped and false teeth add another $4000.

And while they're both sitting beside me on my desk right now, later I can add

Sunglasses - $70
Fedora - $35

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
BTW, if you don't agree with me, please leave a note on what you do for work

My general opinions definitely do not apply to IT people, or people who work in manufacturing/construction/science

heh i should have waited until i read this post before posting my last one. im an industrial pogrammer for the water/ wastewater industry. some of what i do is down and dirty, other times i have to deal with the upper echelon of those city organizations. i pitch new work, consult on multi million dollar contracts and propose upgrades/ improvements for full systems some days, others i could be found pulling cat5e into a server room. my garb doesnt change for either situation (other than no jewelry while im working with live electrical gear).

 

[destrekor]

right now?
boxers: 15
shorts: 20? mesh gym shorts from AE, don't really even remember buying them but probably did at some point
glasses: 200? frames + lenses ain't cheap

235 total... thats all I got on right now warm in my room

edit:
apparently I had something in my pocket:
$10 bill: approx. value $10

total value: 245

 

[NuroMancer]

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands

Originally posted by: NuroMancer

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
I can look all around downtown LA and it's significantly different than where you're at. I agree not everybody wears ties (esp. when they don't have to meet clients, OR if they work in a warehouse/manufacturing facility), but when they do IMHO it says alot (ie conservative style tie, outgoing, stripes, dots, flowers, etc). Same thing with a watch. Dunno about your specific watches/how I would respond to them, but you look at the watch: huge face, small face, leather, metal, does it match the rest of the outfit, how "busy" it is, etc.

I see a guy with a huge watch, flashy as balls, that says alot. I have a clean, "simple" watch and I feel it says alot about me (with matching conservative ties I suppose). Some people like old school clean watches, other people prefer more modern "hip" watches. And then I see some jackass wearing a gold watch with a silver belt and realize that he has no idea WTF he's doing.

Are you sure you weren't born a woman?

:thumbsup:

Seriously, I can't imagine ever having a thought about how I looked to someone else, or what something I had 'said about me'. The whole idea is utterly foreign to me.

Personal presentation can be the difference between getting a deal, and not getting a deal.

When it's part of your job, you have to look at things differently.

No, I'd just get a different job. Seriously, I am what I am...not gonna change that for a job (which I consider the least important aspect of a persons life).

Well, see you'd get a different job, I wouldn't. I am what I am too, and I'm not changing it for my job.

Paying attention to how you look isn't changing yourself or who you are.

Oh, I agree, a job isn't the most important aspect of life, it isn't in mine.

 

[GasX]

T-shirt: $3500
Watch: $1000
Belt $20
Jeans: $40
Underwear: $10?
Wedding Ring: $1000 (probably less)

Let's say $5K

and before you ask, the tshirt was free, but I got it as a giveaway at the end of a very expensive adventure vacation...

 

[FeuerFrei]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
$337 total

$80 sandals
$5 socks
$30 jeans
$7 underwear
$10 t-shirt
$35 watch
$170 glasses

comb & work keys not included

Good lord, you have some expensive sandals. My croc flip flops were $30.

Yeah, you're telling me. I thought they were overpriced when I bought them in May. And I supposedly got $10 off.
They're KEEN sandals. Basically these in "Bison" color without a toe. I was tired of the cheap $30-$40 stuff that doesn't wear well and these looked like quality so I took a chance. Too bad I ran across them at a local shoe store ... could've saved by buying online. Of course you shouldn't really do that with shoes unless you've bought the brand before and know your exact size.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Originally posted by: NuroMancer

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands

Originally posted by: NuroMancer

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
I can look all around downtown LA and it's significantly different than where you're at. I agree not everybody wears ties (esp. when they don't have to meet clients, OR if they work in a warehouse/manufacturing facility), but when they do IMHO it says alot (ie conservative style tie, outgoing, stripes, dots, flowers, etc). Same thing with a watch. Dunno about your specific watches/how I would respond to them, but you look at the watch: huge face, small face, leather, metal, does it match the rest of the outfit, how "busy" it is, etc.

I see a guy with a huge watch, flashy as balls, that says alot. I have a clean, "simple" watch and I feel it says alot about me (with matching conservative ties I suppose). Some people like old school clean watches, other people prefer more modern "hip" watches. And then I see some jackass wearing a gold watch with a silver belt and realize that he has no idea WTF he's doing.

Are you sure you weren't born a woman?

:thumbsup:

Seriously, I can't imagine ever having a thought about how I looked to someone else, or what something I had 'said about me'. The whole idea is utterly foreign to me.

Personal presentation can be the difference between getting a deal, and not getting a deal.

When it's part of your job, you have to look at things differently.

No, I'd just get a different job. Seriously, I am what I am...not gonna change that for a job (which I consider the least important aspect of a persons life).

Well, see you'd get a different job, I wouldn't. I am what I am too, and I'm not changing it for my job.

Paying attention to how you look isn't changing yourself or who you are.

Oh, I agree, a job isn't the most important aspect of life, it isn't in mine.

I wasn't trying to get down on you, sorry if it came across that way. You paying attention to how you look isn't changing yourself, because you care. For me it would be change because I don't. It's just a personality/opinion thing is all...there is no right or wrong. I think most people are somewhere between the two poles of obsessed and don't care. I just happen to be so extreme to one side that I can't even remotely relate.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
BTW, if you don't agree with me, please leave a note on what you do for work

My general opinions definitely do not apply to IT people, or people who work in manufacturing/construction/science

I've done a huge range of different things, but except for uniforms or safety equipment none have affected how I dress or groom. Soon I will be teaching, and I'll have to wear slightly nicer things (mostly just have to stop wearing shorts and sandals I suppose). Still would never consider spending any great amount on appearance...it just isn't important.

D@mn hippy

just kidding. I feel pretty much the same way. At work I wear khakis, a short-sleave polo, black socks and dress shoes. On Fridays we can wear jeans and more casual shirts, so I swap the khakis for bluejeans and the dress socks and shoes for normal white socks and my hiking boots. Still wear the polo shirt though - just doesn't seem right to me to wear a t-shirt to work, for some reason. On my off time it's t-shirt, shorts, and sandals in warm weather and jeans and boots in cold.

Nathan

 

[pyonir]

Probably about $20.

 

[NuroMancer]

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands

I wasn't trying to get down on you, sorry if it came across that way. You paying attention to how you look isn't changing yourself, because you care. For me it would be change because I don't. It's just a personality/opinion thing is all...there is no right or wrong. I think most people are somewhere between the two poles of obsessed and don't care. I just happen to be so extreme to one side that I can't even remotely relate.

100% fair, and in my personal life, I dress quite different, I just know in the industry I work, that impressions can mean alot.

Then again, I just got addicted to Puma's, what great casual shoes!

 

[Doodoo]

Shirt: $60
Slacks: $70
Shoes: $150
Belt $20
Chain: $700
Watch: $800
Phone: $300

So a little over 2000.

I like to look nice and the ladies in the office like it. I'm only 27 compared to everyone else in the company who are in their late 40's to mid 50's. I figured at first I had to look professional so they would take me seriously because of my age. No one would do that if i came into meetings and was the only one not in a dress shirt or tie. After being here for a few years i've earned their respect, but I still like to dress professionally.

People judge you on your appearance...whether you like it or not...that just how it is.

 

[AMCRambler]

Shirt-$20
Dockers-$35
Shoes-$50
Socks and Undies-$8
Wallet-$15

Posting inane crap noone cares about on ATOT-priceless

 

[Journer]

pants: 20
boxers: 5
shirt: 15
sandals: 60
keys/keychains: 30 (remote keyfob)
hat: 25
sunglasses: 180
watch: 150
cell phone: 600
belt: priceless to me but prolly worth 10
wallet: 10
contents of wallet: 40
total: 1145

thats on my person...counting the shit i bring to school

backback: priceless to me, but worth 30
laptop: 1500
books: 400 (at any given time)
ipod: 300
flash drive: 25
misc crap: 20

total: 2245

if someone mugged me and left me naked while i was walking to school: loss of 3390

i need some kind of insurance for these things O_O

 

[AMCRambler]

Originally posted by: Doodoo
Shirt: $60
Slacks: $70
Shoes: $150
Belt $20
Chain: $700
Watch: $800
Phone: $300

So a little over 2000.

I like to look nice and the ladies in the office like it. I'm only 27 compared to everyone else in the company who are in their late 40's to mid 50's. I figured at first I had to look professional so they would take me seriously because of my age. No one would do that if i came into meetings and was the only one not in a dress shirt or tie. After being here for a few years i've earned their respect, but I still like to dress professionally.

People judge you on your appearance...whether you like it or not...that just how it is.

Sup slacka! Pimpin' them old ladies over there?

 

[JohnAn2112]

Let's see...

Shirt - $20
Jeans - $25
Boxers - $10
Socks - $2 (roughly since I buy them in a Costco sized bag)
Shoes - $50
Wedding ring - $700
Watch - $1700
Wallet - $50
Cell Phone - $300
Total - $2857

 

[Nerva]

shirt - 50
pants - 65
wallet - 130
watch - 230
cellphone - 300
shoes - 130
boxers - 2
undershirt - 2
blackberry - 100?
belt - 40
total - 1049?

 

[NuroMancer]

Originally posted by: AMCRambler

Originally posted by: Doodoo
Shirt: $60
Slacks: $70
Shoes: $150
Belt $20
Chain: $700
Watch: $800
Phone: $300

So a little over 2000.

I like to look nice and the ladies in the office like it. I'm only 27 compared to everyone else in the company who are in their late 40's to mid 50's. I figured at first I had to look professional so they would take me seriously because of my age. No one would do that if i came into meetings and was the only one not in a dress shirt or tie. After being here for a few years i've earned their respect, but I still like to dress professionally.

People judge you on your appearance...whether you like it or not...that just how it is.

Sup slacka! Pimpin' them old ladies over there?

lol!

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Joseph Abboud dress shirt $98
Italian Super 100's wool slacks $150
Bobby Jones Calfskin Belt $120
Brass Boot casula dress shoes $180
Dress Socks $6
Kirkland White T $3
Jockey barely there boxer briefs $15
Polo eyeglass frames $250
Leather Wallet $20
Cell Phone $100

$942

I don't wear jewelry or watches.

Tomorrow I'll prolly be in a pair of $40 jeans, a $50 polo, and a pair of Jordans. All depends on if I have client meetings scheduled.

 

[Doodoo]

Originally posted by: AMCRambler

Originally posted by: Doodoo
Shirt: $60
Slacks: $70
Shoes: $150
Belt $20
Chain: $700
Watch: $800
Phone: $300

So a little over 2000.

I like to look nice and the ladies in the office like it. I'm only 27 compared to everyone else in the company who are in their late 40's to mid 50's. I figured at first I had to look professional so they would take me seriously because of my age. No one would do that if i came into meetings and was the only one not in a dress shirt or tie. After being here for a few years i've earned their respect, but I still like to dress professionally.

People judge you on your appearance...whether you like it or not...that just how it is.

Sup slacka! Pimpin' them old ladies over there?

I do what I can...as you know its slim pickings over here. I got some downtime while looping through some NMEA strings.

 

[deejayshakur]

just goes to show how overpriced everything is in america.

 

[Zolty]

Shirt + undershirt (sold as a package) $15
Pants (amazon) $20
Socks $8/6 = $1.333...
Shoes $40
Underwear $10/2 = $2
Phone $150 when I bought it
Wallet $15

203.333...

 

[NuroMancer]

Originally posted by: deejayshakur
just goes to show how overpriced everything is in america.

Right.... and your from?

 

[ViperVin2]

At home just in my boxers.

Total cost: $4.99