Hot at Work

In a recent installment to the Garden I mentioned that one of the positive things about my job was that I essentially wore jeans and a t-shirt everyday. (see Lucky Day, Thursday, June 24) I don’t really want to contradict myself, but today was not a good day to be wearing jeans or, well, any shirt at all. We were working in a machine shop that has no air-conditioning. At 2:47 p.m. our temperature gage (that’s the official name for a thermometer) read 85.1 degrees. It was at that point my partner and I decided that tomorrow we would be introducing the company muumuu.

A muumuu is a traditional Hawaiian dress, normally worn by women but often worn by large men. It is known that the late, great Marlon Brando spent many a day wearing a muumuu. And if I were to happen to drop by the house of, say, Dom Delouise, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him come to the door in a muumuu. I know of at least one good friend that would live in a muumuu. He’s not a large person; he just wants to be comfortable. And I don’t blame him.

Right now there are 109 items found on ebay by searching for muumuu.

In recent times the muumuu has been most notably worn by Homer Simpson. He found out that if he was really overweight he could claim he was disabled and work from home. And if you’re going to stay at home all day you may as well be comfortable. So along with a very cool hat, Homer spent his days wearing a muumuu. Until, of course, he nearly blew up the nuclear plant. But that really wasn’t the fault of the muumuu.



To make sure I am towing the company line, I’ll have the company logo embroidered on our muumuus just above the heart. I’ll also pick out a muumuu that has a simple, non-flamboyant Hawaiian flower pattern and it will be as close to ‘company red’ as possible. Unfortunately the rules of the shop require that we wear steel-toed boots, but that’s okay. Underwear is optional.




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