Originally Posted by pompousjohn

I agree with you guys of course, however frequently (not so much since I started working in adult) I have had to schmooze with people who are very conscience of social rituals and all that bullshit and sometimes, it's more considerate to play along than to show up to a black tie event in cutoffs and flip flops. Even though I once said that I didn't care to ever be anywhere where jeans were inappropriate, I didn't take travelling abroad into account and being in places where its important to show respect by following all the unspoken (and sometimes spoken) rules of conduct and etiquette.