Halloween costumes at work

[ilovelucyvv]

Because it amazes me that people take the initiative to dress up without someone telling/encouraging them to do so. I am not talking about teachers, daycare workers, bank tellers, store employees, etc. More so people in an office environment with less contact with the general public. 

[mommyatty]

I think it’s cute when the barista does it but I would speak to my secretary if she did.

[ilovelucyvv]

Ooops about putting my question as a voting option but I don't see how to edit it.

[xctsclrx]

I walked into my dentist office today and everyone was dressed up. It was nice and I appreciated it.

[xctsclrx]

I would do it at my office, but no one else would.

[waverly]

I am not dress up kind of person, but others can as long as it is appropriate for work.

[phdmomma]

I think that it's awesome. Our secretary dressed up today, and a great deal of the college students will. I have yet to see any of my co-workers dressed up.

[k3am]

Our company encourages it. They do awards for the best costume. Usually, my costume is “girl wearing jeans” but I can’t even do that this year.

[rere]

We used to encourage it, but our work environment is at an all time low in terms of fun. I think it should be encouraged since we are a health center that sees kids.

I had my donkey pjs/suit that would have been pretty comfy today.   

[sandandsea]

Our office had a party with awards too. It’s a serious competition and people are pretty creative. I like it.

[twinmomma]

We had about 75% of our office dress up today. We're a competitive crew and give out prizes for best group and best single costume, give candy to everyone, etc. Whole divisions plan group costumes around it.

But, we basically look for any excuse to have a party around here. Sales people are wild!

[2chatter]

I thought about dressing up but I prefer to spend $ on alcohol for the party and spend time getting ready for that.

I work from home so I could have been dressed all day. I love seeing pics from our offices - they have big time costume contests.

I think DS is like me - he could not be bothered to dress as a storybook character today.

[ECB]

Do you mean randomly, not an office sponsored "hey- let's all dress up!"?

Where I work, people don't dress up. Never seen it in 11 years. So, yes, if someone came to work in a costume, I'd find it really odd. I wouldn't care - to each their own - but I'd find it an odd thing to do.

If I was in an office where thats what people do- well then of course I wouldn't care. DOn't know that I would participate or not, but wouldn't think twice about others doing it.

[ilovelucyvv]

Oct 31, 2018 11:37:02 GMT -5 ECB said:

Do you mean randomly, not an office sponsored "hey- let's all dress up!"?

Where I work, people don't dress up. Never seen it in 11 years. So, yes, if someone came to work in a costume, I'd find it really odd. I wouldn't care - to each their own - but I'd find it an odd thing to do.

If I was in an office where thats what people do- well then of course I wouldn't care. DOn't know that I would participate or not, but wouldn't think twice about others doing it.

Yeah, I meant randomly. As far as I know there is nothing going on here such as a costume contest and I've seen several people dressed up.

I can't imagine my office environment having a Halloween costume contest unless it was tied to a fundraiser for charity.

[polecat8]

I've never worked at a place where they dressed up for Halloween. Engineers can be quite the boring bunch.
However, at my last company, we did a fundraiser around Halloween where you put money in the jar of the person that you wanted to wear a pig costume for the day. It was a lot of fun and it raised a lot of money because people really wanted a certain person to win. We donated the money to a local charity.
We also had a spooky themed Halloween pot luck luncheon so everyone could get a good look at the person in costume.

[akafred]

We don’t have a dress up thing as a company. Maybe some departments do as I saw more people dressed up in HR than anywhere else. But some people do. It doesn’t bother me. I think it’s fun when there is some kind of contest etc. But I wouldn’t do it without. A few years ago the “Generations” group had a “dress as your favorite decade” thing. I went as the 90s. Aka basically a slacker. I def got looks.

[traveltheworld]

I don't do it myself, but I like it when others do. My company neither encourages nor discourages it.

[mae0111]

No one ever dressed up at my old company. I think you would have been sent home to change. Old banks are stuffy.