Wearing Shorts

[kpsheets0580]

How many of you are allowed to wear shorts to work when it gets this hot out? We get to wear them if we work on the weekends, but not through the week. I think once it gets above 90° you should be able to wear nice khaki shorts instead of those dark colored uniform pants that are so hot to wear. Whats your guy's opinions?

[markettech]

I'll keep the Carhartt logger dungarees thank you.;)

Rather sweat then tear/burn the hell out of my legs.......besides, I'd blind everyone in a 3 block radius with the reflective glare from my "albino white" legs.:D

[JBM1000]

If you saw my chicken white legs!!!! OMG, "The Horror" well thats enough besides after the family changed me into a dog with glasses. Nuff said. :D

[bb]

Too many skeeters and insulation. Besides, the tool belt may pull them down halfway down my arse. Then they would have call me Home-Boy A/C. :D

[lovecoldair]

Great idea if you are just running aroubd checking stuff , but for safety reasons ill stick to pants , and go sit by the pool on the weekends

[absrbrtek]

Never liked wearing shorts to work. To many ways to get injured, scraped cut, etc. Try climbing on a hot rooftop to change a CFM after the suns been beating on it for hours in shorts, it aint no fun. Our company policy is not shorts to boot.

[mcr]

If you're gonna wear shorts, please dont' wear them with your pink crocs!:D I just came off a tour boat. A guy was wearing them. At least they were blue and matched his shorts.

[sline-dawg]

Is that why James hasn't posted lately..??:confused: a cruise sounds about right.....:D

[BaldLoonie]

Some installers wore them even when they were banned. Now the boss will provide 3 in uniform colors but they have to be washed by the wearer. Only a couple of installers wear them.

[mark beiser]

I'll keep the Carhartt logger dungarees thank you.;)

Rather sweat then tear/burn the hell out of my legs.......besides, I'd blind everyone in a 3 block radius with the reflective glare from my "albino white" legs.:D

Same here, to much opportunity for injury, and my legs are so white, the glare would pose an aviation hazard. I do work within a few miles of DFW airport afterall. :D

I don't think I have even owned shorts for more than 5 years.
I don't go shirtless in the sun either, lol.
Since I got fat, I stay covered up out of courtesy to humankind, I wish more fat people would show the same courtesy. :rolleyes:

[t527ed]

my brother wears shorts all summer, i just can't do it.

to much time crawling around in attics and crawlspaces or kneeling down on a roof.

i save the shorts for when i'm not working.

[karsthuntr]

I have company issued shorts. I wear them all summer. I carry a pair of pants in the van for the commercial jobs that require them. I am very careful and only kneel on soft stuff or wear knee pads. Have not had a leg injury from wearing shorts, over 11 years doing this now. I did have a sunburn on my inner thighs when I was cutting some steel with stick welder, ouch. I was at home though.

[dutchcool]

I'll keep the Carhartt logger dungarees thank you.;)

Rather sweat then tear/burn the hell out of my legs.......besides, I'd blind everyone in a 3 block radius with the reflective glare from my "albino white" legs.:D
Albino white ? ...........they call me GLOW in the DARK !

:D

[AtticAce]

allowed.

[Green Mountain]

We are in Vermont so if it gets above 70 our company employees start wearing short. I'm the boss and I wear them even on sales calls. I guess we are just laid back up here.

When asked about the company policy on wearing shorts I said, " Just make sure that they ain't those short shorts like that guy on Reno 911." ;)

[dec]

I use to wear shorts when it was real hot . It was fine doing most bids and residental service calls on weekends being that was overtime and they should be dam glad I showed up on the weekend.

I havnt worn shorts for years tho being in all reality ..... its not practical. I found myself spending too much time trying to stay clean. Too easy getting burned , cut, or tryin to go thru insullation or a dirty crawl space.

No getting around shorts are great in some cases but more then not , I would rather be in Levis

[bustawrench1]

How many of you are allowed to wear shorts to work when it gets this hot out? We get to wear them if we work on the weekends, but not through the week. I think once it gets above 90° you should be able to wear nice khaki shorts instead of those dark colored uniform pants that are so hot to wear. Whats your guy's opinions?

I worked for ONE guy that let us were shorts, Summer of '01. It was great, till some jerk wad came to work wearing his gym shorts from 1978 that were about 3 sizes too small and while taking lunch and sunning himself on the lawn of the account (a local school no less), generated a call to the office (phones were answered by the bosses wife) from some little old lady, because his man junk was fully exposed to the entire world.:eek:

Shorts were banned the next morning and we had polyester uniforms with long sleeve shirts within two weeks. It's amazing that bonehead didn't have an "accident" before he got laid off in November.

Personally, I like the protection offered by long pants, but it sure was nice to see how the other half lives for a season.

[bittan]

When it hits 60-65 degrees I start wearing shorts. RTU's, attics, crawlspaces or bushes. Doesn't matter. I'd wear sandles if I could. I look like Cliff Claven with white sweatsocks and black sport loafers. Change my shirts if I sweat through, but sometimes shorts look as if I had an accident:rolleyes:

[DocHVAC]

My dress code says to wear what I want so when it's warm I wear shorts. I don't have white pasty chicken legs.

[James 3528]

Shorts or the crotch rot from hell here. Run into the guys at the supply house that are in the mandatory Dickies and the name tags and you fell like someone left them in the car with Fido and the windows up. Even UPS gets to wear shorts.

[mattm]

I like wearing thin tight white sorts with my black thong. Anyone want to see a picture ?

[jrbenny]

Ryan will be by with his Barat photos any time now. :rolleyes:

[ryan_the_furnace_guy]

Only a couple of installers wear them.
Do installers even own washing machines? :D :D :D

[ryan_the_furnace_guy]

Ryan will be by with his Barat photos any time now. :rolleyes:
What a disturbingly accurate prediction...:eek: :eek: :eek:

So hot...even the Rhinos are doin' it!

http://www.uwm.edu/People/picmack/thong.jpg

[nashobasales]

We can wear them if we want, some of the install team wears them when it is real hot. Most wear pants though, I think for safety. I choose not to wear shorts because I have tattoos on both legs and don't want a HO judging me because of them. Believe me I am the last one to care who judges me and outside of work if you want to say something about my tat's by all means bring it, but when it may affect my income because my customers are sometimes yuppy rich types then I'll pass on the shorts.

[Green Mountain]

I like wearing thin tight white sorts with my black thong. Anyone want to see a picture ?

Don't make me go back to the drawing board Matt. :D

[mattm]

Don't make me go back to the drawing board Matt. :D

Please don't. :D

[2hot2coolme]

I have several pair of carhart shorts, wear them till the mercury drops to the 60's. I was on a roof yesterday and as I was coming off I noticed my pantleg managed to slip around the top of the ladder, that coulda been a disaster...

[RoBoTeq]

When I was working in the field I put on shorts as soon as the temps hit 70 and wore them until the temps dropped below 50. I always wore white knee high support socks and most times steel toed low cut shoes. I hate having pants clinging to my legs when I am working.

[James 3528]

Gotta keep the junk cool.

[dutchcool]

Gotta keep the junk cool.



Welcome back James.

[Airmechanical]

i wear shorts all during summer here in tennessee, but you need to be extra carefull!

bottom line is if its your choice wear what you think you can stay safe for the surroundings that your working around!

in miami i wore shorts year round!

but payed the piper a few times, it is deffinately more dangerous in shorts!



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[James 3528]

Pants ain't gonna save you that much. If that were the case you would be wearing long sleeve shirts in August

[kpsheets0580]

Pants ain't gonna save you that much. If that were the case you would be wearing long sleeve shirts in August

That was my argument. How many of you have said "Man if I didnt have these thick pants on I might have cut my leg or got burnt."


After seven years of asking the boss we were finally able to wear shorts, but only when its going to be above 90°. I keep a pair of pants in the van and I also have a pair of coveralls. As far as attics go most around here a cellulose and it doesnt make me itch. I would much rather be in a hot attic with shorts than those stupid uniform pants.

[bittan]

My boss doesn't care if we wear shorts, jeans or sneakers. But he INSISTS that tatoos are covered. Doesn't affect me, but some guys have to wear long sleeves in real hot weather.

[dngtig]

I never wore shorts to work until last summer now I can't stand wearing long pants. Until the temperture gets below 68* I'm wearing shorts and I don't care what you think of my white legs.

[stonefly]

about 7 months out of the year but i do get cut & burned some. (like my hands & arms)

[RoBoTeq]

My boss doesn't care if we wear shorts, jeans or sneakers. But he INSISTS that tatoos are covered. Doesn't affect me, but some guys have to wear long sleeves in real hot weather.

Serves their dumb a$$es right for being so stupid:cool:

[Ammonianite]

I just wear a loin cloth when it gets as hot as it has been. I have heard a few utterances of disgust from time to time. But hey, no different than any other time when I enter a room wearing but a thong.

[gruntly]

Black pants, white shirt, sleeves rolled up and military oxfords. If I want to be taken as a professional, I'm gonna start by looking like one.

I won't wear shorts to cut the grass... but I do wear them on leisure time.

[James 3528]

That sounds like the Gestapo .

[magoo5150]

I hate to go against the grain but I would have to agree with Grutly. I believe in looking proffesional. I wear grey uniform pants with white and grey pinstipped shirt. I wouldnt want my lawyer, doctor, etc. lookin like Spicolli from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"


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[mattm]

I've been think of the loin cloth also. Great idea.

By the way Ammonianite. I just heard on the news you guys are in for some major cuts in the schools due to the levy's not passing. I'll bet the school board still goes on some nice "business" trips this year though.

[Green Mountain]

Black pants, white shirt, sleeves rolled up and military oxfords. If I want to be taken as a professional, I'm gonna start by looking like one.

I won't wear shorts to cut the grass... but I do wear them on leisure time.

My doctor doesn't wear a tie or white coat. I guess were you live has an effect on how you dress. We had an old WW2 VET that was a member of RSES with me. He would wear a dress shirt and tie when he went on service calls back in the 60's.

When I was a kid in the 50's attentants in the gas stations were required to wear uniforms with military type caps and leather bow ties.

Times change, clothes styles change, people change.

I believe you can be clean neat and professional and still wear shorts.

[mattm]

Don't everyone in Vermont wear tiedye ?

[billb7581]

I worked for ONE guy that let us were shorts, Summer of '01. It was great, till some jerk wad came to work wearing his gym shorts from 1978 that were about 3 sizes too small and while taking lunch and sunning himself on the lawn of the account (a local school no less), generated a call to the office (phones were answered by the bosses wife) from some little old lady, because his man junk was fully exposed to the entire world.:eek:

Shorts were banned the next morning and we had polyester uniforms with long sleeve shirts within two weeks. It's amazing that bonehead didn't have an "accident" before he got laid off in November.

Personally, I like the protection offered by long pants, but it sure was nice to see how the other half lives for a season.


ROFL. I'm sitting here as a homeowner trying to decide how I'd react if a dude came to work on my HVAC rockin' some old school silky nutter shorts. :p :eek:

If it was that hot, I probably wouldnt care. I would just want my AC fixed :o

[ar_hvac_man]

I wear them all summer long with the only exception being crawl jobs.
"Safety" is just a cop-out for you guys with chicken legs. I dont care if my legs looked like olive oils, its too damn hot here. 105 yesterday.
To the guys that claim long pants are safer: do you wear long sleeves too?

[ar_hvac_man]

Black pants, white shirt, sleeves rolled up and military oxfords. If I want to be taken as a professional, I'm gonna start by looking like one.

I won't wear shorts to cut the grass... but I do wear them on leisure time.

I bet your old. Step into the new millenium.
Hooray to bencool!!! You CAN look like a pro with shorts.

[James 3528]

My doctor doesn't wear a tie or white coat. I guess were you live has an effect on how you dress. We had an old WW2 VET that was a member of RSES with me. He would wear a dress shirt and tie when he went on service calls back in the 60's.

When I was a kid in the 50's attentants in the gas stations were required to wear uniforms with military type caps and leather bow ties.

Times change, clothes styles change, people change.

I believe you can be clean neat and professional and still wear shorts.

You got it. I would pay to see someone in HVAC wear black pants here. The impression you would leave on the locals here is that you are insane. They would get sued if they dress the prisoners at the jail that way.

[gevans]

For my daytime, on the clock service calls, I wear "the uniform" (Dickies). I charge top dollar and want to look like a pro. Perception is 9/10 of reality.

After hours, for close friends, and for customers I would rather piss off, whatever I'm wearing is what they get. I have gone to a few service calls in shorts and flip flops after hours. For those PITA customers, there is no better way to piss em off than to arrive in a personal vehicle looking like a slob, and charge top dollar for the job. You know the type job I am talking about... a late night weekend call to come thaw out the evaporator because they haven't changed the filter all year.

[billb7581]

I'm still cracking up about the guy wearing nut huggers to work at an HVAC job. Maybe he was a big fan of those Championship Celtics teams. :p

[Green Mountain]

You got it. I would pay to see someone in HVAC wear black pants here. The impression you would leave on the locals here is that you are insane. They would get sued if they dress the prisoners at the jail that way.

Don't worry James when come to work for you when I retire I will always look professional even in my shorts. To go with the professional theme I always wear steel-toed sandals and knee high support hosery. I will look SPIFFY !!!

[gruntly]

You got it. I would pay to see someone in HVAC wear black pants here. The impression you would leave on the locals here is that you are insane. They would get sued if they dress the prisoners at the jail that way.

First off, I'm strictly commercial/industrial except for 2 condos (400 units) I have to tear magicpaks out of sideways downtown. Shorts would not be a good idea for me to work in.

Yes, you can look professional in shorts given the right circumstance and as you guessed James, I don't live there. Sounds like a good thing since everyone judges you by what you wear:rolleyes: Gestapo, yeah, right. I wear what I'm comfortable with, I'm the O/O. I see shorts as a middle ground. Also, the tattered Ts and ripped jeans on service guys I see are a pile of crap, as I'm guessing you would agree.

I see guys around here in shorts, even nationals, but it isn't for me.


I bet your old. Step into the new millenium.
Hooray to bencool!!! You CAN look like a pro with shorts.

Define old, sport:p

:D

[James 3528]

Hey, you're way too sensitive today. Go curl up with a good book and a nice Cafe late. :p

[stevelmn]

How about these?
http://www.utilikilts.com/

[gruntly]

How about these?
http://www.utilikilts.com/

I'd ne'er be able to stop the old girls from tryin' to look up them!:eek:

:D

[Airmechanical]

i tell ya what looks professional, is when your done with the job and its cooling poperly

back in miami, one company i worked for had a no shorts rule, i remember i used to check in the shop with my long pants

and as soon as i got around the corner i would slap on my PRO SHORTS, them fuggers never found out!

on a side note, i was braggin to someone the other day about my shorts, went under a house today

and dragged my leg across a something under there, and had a big old scratch on my leg

but that scratch looks cool and it dont hurtl, so oh well!

it is too friggin hot not to wear shorts, 101 degrees today in tennessee!



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[jwc64]

I'm still cracking up about the guy wearing nut huggers to work at an HVAC job. Maybe he was a big fan of those Championship Celtics teams. :p


I'll bet he also had on those white athletic tube socks that came all the way up to his knees.

[Richard Kletty]

I have worn shorts for every company Ive worked for. Its just silly not to allowing the employees to do so. Granted they should be uniform type and all employees must wear the same.

I wear em now but hey.... Im the F'ing boss!

[gruntly]

Hey, you're way too sensitive today. Go curl up with a good book and a nice Cafe late. :p

Nice to see you're back.

:p

[stephy]

This used to drive me crazy when I was at a wholesaler........
How unprofessional........

Six years later, Put on the shorts in April till the first heating call......
I carry overhauls, and a pair of nice jeans..

This is like many things in our industry....

COMMON SENSE.....

:D
Stephen

[James 3528]

The nuts need the air.

[precision hvac]

I wear shorts nearly 365 days a year & have done so for more than 20 years.
White legs? Not here, not ever.
I carry pants for crawls.
As for injuries, my legs aren't cut up but my hands look like I was in a bar fight. I don't ever recall cutting or injuring my legs. Hands & arms are another story.
I'm not talking short-shorts. I'm talking cargo shorts to the knee. Those, with company polo shirt & work boots & I'm ready to make money.
Professional look? They just want their a/c working. We look professional even if our knees are showing. Funny- I don't ever reacll a customer telling me- "You know, we've been without a/c for 2 days now. But I think I'll wait a few more days, call out someone else who will have black pants, a white long sleeve shirt & "Smells Good"." :p

[ar_hvac_man]

The nuts need the air.

Yep...When you got heavy machinery like me you need plenty of cooling.:D

[spotts]

I buy all of my guys work clothes. Logo'd Denim Shirts year round. S.S. for summer, L.S. for winter. All of my employees choose blue jeans. I am wearing Carhart work shorts, with the cool phone pocket on the side. They wear Redwings year round also. I'm wearing Merrell Shoes. I have nice lookin legs. :cool:

[James 3528]

So lets review

In the land of the real man with the big nuts where things gets hot, shorts are in order.


In the land of the man with the pasty white legs and tiny nuts, keeping them cool isn't a big deal and pants are the thing. :p

[ar_hvac_man]

So lets review

In the land of the real man with the big nuts where things gets hot, shorts are in order.


In the land of the man with the pasty white legs and tiny nuts, keeping them cool isn't a big deal and pants are the thing. :p

Applause...

[gruntly]

So lets review

In the land of the real man with the big nuts where things gets hot, shorts are in order.


In the land of the man with the pasty white legs and tiny nuts, keeping them cool isn't a big deal and pants are the thing. :p

Let's be careful out there, guys! You know what to do.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/swollen-testicle/AN00895

[ar_hvac_man]

Let's be careful out there, guys! You know what to do.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/swollen-testicle/AN00895

LOL Gruntly. Can you find some info on why my other part keeps swelling?:D

[mattm]

Our company has a no shorts policy. It wasn't bad when I worked downtown since I was inside 99% of the time but now that I work in the suburbs shorts would be nice.

[secorp]

I did have a sunburn on my inner thighs when I was cutting some steel with stick welder, ouch. I was at home though.


You are never allowed to speak of your inner thighs ever again, unless it's about a woman, now your inside upper leg may be acceptable but I doubt it.

[secorp]

This thread is just plain nutty.

Pants for life for me, suns to hot here in Florida for to much exposed skin.

[bustawrench1]

I wear them all summer long with the only exception being crawl jobs.
"Safety" is just a cop-out for you guys with chicken legs. I dont care if my legs looked like olive oils, its too damn hot here. 105 yesterday.
To the guys that claim long pants are safer: do you wear long sleeves too?

Chicken legs?

I think not, I hit the gym on a regular basis and every Sunday I have off work I spend at the shore so I'm neither skinny nor pasty white.

I do however believe that when sweating copper lines, running a grinder, flame cutting steel or kneeling on a black rubber roof on a 100* day in the afternoon sun, you would be well advised to wear a pair of workpants instead of shorts.

[James 3528]

I was on a roof today sweating in a compressor and it was 100F. Chilling in my shorts. The nuts were happy.

[lolson]

short sleeves are ok but shorts are a no go for safety reasons. but you do what you wont as long as your foolish employer will allow it

[bustawrench1]

I was on a roof today sweating in a compressor and it was 100F. Chilling in my shorts. The nuts were happy.

LOL!

I hear ya, way down there in Dixie, I guess it would make alot more sense. In all honesty if I were allowed to wear them, I would, but I still think I'd be better off in long pants.

[James 3528]

The law of the jungle and nature does not take into an account the employer and cultural guide lines some stuffed shirt has imposed upon the work force . There is a reason the boys pull away from the body in the summer and draw up in the winter. This is the real first law of thermodynamics. Take care of the boys and they will take care of you.

[Airmechanical]

but you do what you wont as long as your foolish employer will allow it


so we have your permission? :rolleyes:



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