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Flip Flop Flap at the White House
July 26, 2007 1:39 PM
White House correspondent Ann Compton blogs:
Apparently VIP visitors to the West Wing of the White House have to dress up, even to see the empty Oval Office without the President around. A new sign -- banning jeans and flip flops -- cropped up for all to see at the northwest gate of the White House where staff, press, and appointments enter the West Wing.
In no-nonsense tones, it reminds guests expecting to be given a glimpse of the Cabinet Room or Roosevelt Room that they won't get in the door if they are wearing tank tops, shorts, or even sneakers.
West Wing Tour Dress Code
Those not appropriately dressed and wearing the following will not be allowed to tour the West Wing: jeans, sneakers, shorts, mini skirts, t-shirts, tank tops, flip flops
Summer tourists, who are usually decked out in exactly those items, don't get in at all. Public tours entering from the East gate were suspended after Sept 11th, although some lucky visitors can snag tickets to a self-guided walk-through from their Congressional representatives. For a look at the East Room and the state floor, there is no dress code in place.
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Of course not. Why should patriotic Americans get to see those rooms which are reserved for the Republican elite?
Posted by: bobby stickers | Jul 28, 2007 12:38:56 PM
The way you look and dress announces the outcome other people can expect from you. It also announces how you feel about yourself. White House staffers need to clean up their act and dress to reflect the seriousness of their job. Furthermore, university studies have proven that you are less productive in casual attire than in business attire. We might get more and better work from government employees if they didn't dress in such a careless manner. Visitors hurl an insult at our government and to the office of President of the United States when they dress so sloppily in hallowed premises.
Perhaps it is no coincidence that we are losing jobs to overseas firms. Our production decreases each year, while that of many foreign nations goes up.
Sandy Dumont
The Image Architect
Posted by: Sandy Dumont | Jul 29, 2007 9:51:37 PM
um, Sandy....this dress code is for visitors taking the tour, not the people working there...
Posted by: phillygirl64 | Jul 31, 2007 5:20:34 PM
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