iron city idiots

i can understand a little town/team pride, but what i'm witnessing this morning is borderline insane. my office has about 175 people. i've been here for about half an hour thus far and seen the regulars that i see by this time, which amounts to about 25 people. all but 2 - me of course being one of them - are wearing steeler crap.

correction - it is insane. not to show a little pride. especially in a typical agency environment where everyone is pretty much left to their own to interpret biz casual as they see fit. but what's fucked in the head is how people try to pull it off. i've seen....

- my boss (who is actually a few months younger than me, but 2 titles higher than me) who is wearing a nice pair of slacks (a term that i reserve for idiots who've acquiesced to living in the adult world), a button down shirt and tie underneath his big ben #7. it is the lamest excuse of dressing up since the hereford bulls pulled off this same tactic on game days.

- some kind of assistant who is wearing the ever popular pink jersey. what the fuck? i can see you're a girl by the tits and shapely hips. i don't need to see your gender in the color of your football jersey. either wear something that's at least closer to legit, hell even a sweatshirt or something, or just don't play at all.

- a media buyer/planner actually has his fucking face painted.

- another media buyer that has one of her husband's t-shirts on. its huge on her and almost looks like its a nightshirt. wait....that's probably a good thing because she's a chunky one.

- a production manager with a steeler themed jester hat. this is actually the least offensive to me. it says..."you know what - i may not realize it for myself, but at least you have the opportunity to see how much of a fucking joke i am."

what a great way to start my day.