Have you had a man take off his shirt or go shirtless in the office?

[53116]

Wondering if a man ever came up with an excuse or created a situation where he could take his shirt off or even just show up shirtless in a work place office you were employed at?

 

[MickeyLee]

Well there have been a few of these stories in professional offices I have personally witnessed, and one at a wine bar right after work in a job sponsored get together "team building" and all. But those stories are for another time. (One of these was a telemarketing job so the reasons for keeping the job might vary from say a Fortune 500 skyscraper office setting).

As I said above the reasons for breastfeeding and a guy going topless couldn't be more different, but the prohibition against them always seem to be the same. Just an interesting observation that the responses have been so absolute.

Not looking for debate points, respecting everyones experience and opinion.

Thanks again for all the responses and hoping for many many more and please remember to provide details.

The only reason you don't see breastfeeding more often in the workplace is the general consensus that children don't come to the office with their parents. Most mothers with children of breastfeeding age will pump to provide for the baby during the day.

Hopefully, as employers start to see employees as real people, you will see women being able to bring a child into work during breastfeeding. Ideally, the baby would be in employer-provided daycare while the mother works. *Or, America will catch up to the rest of the world and get wise to family leave for parents of newborns*

 

[MickeyLee]

Women are breast-feeding ninjas. Most times you would think they were simply holding their baby.

Plus.. I can't think of many breast-feeding women who want their boobulas sexualized by randos.

 

[Tight_N_Juicy]

I have a Guard-Cat. He will attack people he doesn't like, in the face.

One time, way back in the day, weed man came over to hook me up with my meds (this was before medical marijuana was even a thing... Waaaaay back in the day) and my cat was checkin him out, giving him the scoop. Weed man didn't like cats. He looked at my cat and said "What you want, fool?"

His face got fucked up. My cat takes no shit.

He's polydactyl. 7 claws on each paw.

Don't piss off my cat.

 

[MickeyLee]

No. That would be very out of place in an office setting.

Dude:Opps.. I spilled coffee on my shirt
Dude: *cues up disco beat, takes off shirt*
Dude: My abs are totes jacked and soaked

 

[LaFemme]

Never. Not once. Not in all my decades of working in an office.

And my country provides 18 months of parental leave, so breastfeeding is a completely separate issue and no need for it to be done at the office. I see women do it, though and nary a breast seen. But if one was to peek out, it’s feeding time, not sexy time. Breasts are working. It’s their primary biological function.

 

[AlteredEgo]

As I said above the reasons for breastfeeding and a guy going topless couldn't be more different, but the prohibition against them always seem to be the same.

Um... No. The prohibition is not generally the same. Not even close!

 

[693987]

Breast feeding is feeding someone. Someone taking their clothing off arbitrarily in a place where it's not clothing optional is not appropriate. Locker rooms, nude beaches, other places that are clothing optional, it is complete appropriate. Go figure.

 

[LaFemme]

Um, women don’t go topless to breastfeed. Way too much work.

 

[Tight_N_Juicy]

No. I've never had a job where that would be considered remotely acceptable.

 

[MickeyLee]

You do see the difference between breastfeeding, a completely no sexual act, and men kitting off in an office for the sake of their personal fetish?

A woman just randomly whipping out a tittie for shits and giggles would not only be demoted, she'd probably face some form of criminal charge.

 

[LaFemme]

Women are breast-feeding ninjas. Most times you would think they were simply holding their baby.

Plus.. I can't think of many breast-feeding women who want their boobulas sexualized by randos.

I know a lot of moms. None who want to be serialized by randos. Actually, that’s kind of a general theme for women. Keep your creepy eyes off me.

 

[EllieP]

I wish you could. I wish it were allowed, and I wish no one would bother you for it.

At least I get to clean my house, patio and pool sans

Ellie, isn’t it common for construction guys to shed layers? I remember my brother getting some serious sunburns early in his couple years on construction sites. And he’s inclined to modesty, I’d never seen him shirtless aside from swimming.

It's definitely an age thing. The older works come in long-sleeved shirts. They know how brutal the sun and the heat can be, but they believe they are actually cooler in long sleeves. The younger guys sometimes wear the "wife-beater" undershirts or muscle shirts. When they're on the roof or pouring concrete they do tend to shed their tops.

I tried telling them once that they were going to hurt their bodies like that, but I began to sound like a momma hen.

I'm usually in a t-shirt, but I'm lathered in SPF 70. I saw SPF 100 the other day, but I said nah, I'd rather live dangerously.

 

[AlteredEgo]

I have a Guard-Cat. He will attack people he doesn't like, in the face.

One time, way back in the day, weed man came over to hook me up with my meds (this was before medical marijuana was even a thing... Waaaaay back in the day) and my cat was checkin him out, giving him the scoop. Weed man didn't like cats. He looked at my cat and said "What you want, fool?"

His face got fucked up. My cat takes no shit.

He's polydactyl. 7 claws on each paw.

Don't piss off my cat.

My friend was dating a really bad man who happened to deal. I needed her to cat-sit for me. Her terrible dude came over while she had my cat. To hear her tell it, my cat came in, scoped him out, then walked up and simply bit him in the dick, without provocation. Afterward, she simply turned and walked back into the room she'd claimed and took a nap. My friend knew that dude was no good, she just lacked the self-esteem to put him aside, even though he was abusive. She said my cat's instant assessment and reaction was comedy gold.

My cat has a long history of maiming bad-actors. She's my familiar, my friend, and my guard kitty. She's nice to me. She tolerates other good people. She is not to be fucked with, and anyone who means harm to me or mine gets got. She's gangsta.

 

[MickeyLee]

My killer kitteh is Peepsters. She weighs all of 6 pounds. She takes no poopoo. From anyone.

Bubbles lives in terror of a Peepsters mood swing.

I play Blanket Monster with the other kittehs. Using my hand to swish and tease them into playing. Peepsters felt the blanket monster crossed some line in the sand and fucked my hand up.

 

[MickeyLee]

What would be the desired result from the dude taking his shirt off in the office?

What does he hope to accomplish?

Even when I worked in a tattoo shop only the clients take off their shirts.

ETA: Thank you, @Fade. I can't see tags on my end... they do come in handy for certain threads.

 

[deleted924715]

What? No...

I have no words for how weird and massively inappropriate that would be in my office.

We're all fucking nuts and it would *still* be did-someone-slip-me-mushrooms-when-i-wasn't-looking weird.

 

[deleted924715]

Ugh. I hate when threads have an agenda

Oh well.

 

[693987]

I haven't said a single thing about breast feeding being inappropriate. Neither did @MickeyLee You're the only one in the thread so far to be saying anything about it being inappropriate, OP.

 

[rtg]

*smh*