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The defending champion said he quit as a "matter of principle" after being told to change his jeans.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241229085023/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98lkrdkz70o

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fc98lkrdkz70o

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[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wearing the shirt backwards would have worked in a pinch, unless the back had a guillotine and said "Eat the Rich".

Here I am designing tshirts.

[–] Dashi@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I very well could have run to my room and change the shirt. But it was a call from my boss so I answered and he said we were hoping on a call to discuss this crisis and I said ok. It wasn't until I looked at my picture on zoom that I nice what I was wearing and at that point we were 20 minutes into the call. Anyone paying attention would have already seen the shirt and I figured it would be stranger for me to stop the camera and run and change the shirt.

[–] Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago

I still don't understand why it matters. Everyone in the call pays taxes and will die eventually, everyone in the call knows what a joke T-shirt is, and presumably they are all functioning adults who put aside their own quirks to pretend to be normal just like the rest of us. Them execs probably do some weird 50 shades stuff on the weekend.

It's probably because I'm a software dev, but my zoom call outfits/hair/background get zero of my attention. An interview, sure, but if I feel like my shirt affects my standing on the team at all then I've certainly lost faith in my performance and personality.

Am I trippin?