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Woolworths has a big problem
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I still do. But i can't keep woolies afloat.
I despise this new trend of wearing casual clothes to work .not sure when companies started accepting it.
Was a shocker when I moved to durban to see guys coming to work in jeans and a t-shirt with slogans on it
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since covid
prior to that 5 days in the office - shirt and pant - would be regulary shopping at woolworths atleast buying shirts and pants
havent bought a shirt or pant since 2019...
and if theres me , theres probably alot more it adds up
add more for womens office clothing same scenario with the wife...
Few years before covid ,I threw out all my tshirts with names and prints on them.
The wife and myself started buying from woolies ,proper smart casual stuff.
When we go out now it's smart casual even if it's just to buy bread and milk.
Get alot of stares which was weird at first but if others want to dress slapgat that's their problem.
We spent a small fortune on clothes but we don't need anymore at the moment, aswel as it's too expensive nowadays to go out all the time and in turn the clothes get less wear and tear.
Shirt and pants not pant.
You don't get a pant. I see this in many places but it's incorrect. Sorry.
There are numerous English words which are always treated as plural: scissors, congratulations, outskirts, jitters, forceps, savings, suds, etc.— too many to cover in one answer. But if we limit it to clothes (itself always plural), I can suggest these guidelines:
- most garments for the lower body which cover the legs individually are always plural: trousers, shorts, overalls, breeches, chaps, bloomers, etc. Even a one-legged person would not wear "a" jodphur or sweatpant or boardshort; he or she wears jodphurs, sweatpants, or boardshorts. The explanation behind it is that tailors made them in two pieces, one for each leg, and so they always came to be referred to in the plural; a shirt or coat, in contrast, was made from a single piece of cloth.
Terms referring to specific types or expressions of those garments also take the plural: dungarees, chinos, bell bottoms, and so forth. Indeed, even derivates and brand name uses follow this pattern, whether in the name itself (e.g. Dockers®) or by synecdoche: what comes between me and my Calvins? (i.e. my Calvin Klein jeans).
In contrast, items which come as a pair of separate pieces follow regular pluralization: one mitten, one pair of mittens, two mittens. - suspenders / braces. In AmE, braces when referring to the orthodontic devices are also always plural; I'm not sure about BrE.
- pajamas (AmE) / pyjamas (BrE) and derived nicknames like jammies, PJs, or jim-jams.
- some lower body undergarments with legs or where a separate gap is provided for each leg: pants (BrE) / panties (AmE), boxers, drawers, long johns, jockies, knickers, briefs (inc. "tighty-whities"), tights, thermals— but not, for example, pantyhose, a jockstrap, or a thong.
- eye and ear accessories consisting of single piece but with a separate component for each eye— [eye]glasses, binoculars, bifocals, contacts, shades, etc.— or each ear— earmuffs, headphones, cans. In contrast, you can have a singular monocle, eyepatch, or scope; one earring or one earbud. Headset is an exception.
"I'm wearing a red PANT." or "I'm wearing a red PANTS."
Is correct to use "Pant" or is "Pants" better? Here the phrase below: I'm wearing a red pants.
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