Thread: shirts or skins?

Shirts....and if it gets dirty sweaty torn whatever, I carry at least one spare clean one in my bag. New T shirts are available for about $3 in qty, so why look like a low life slob if you do not have to. Not to mention sun screen value in these days of depleted ozone.

It depends on the job. Commercial work, never w/o a shirt. Certain homeowners, yes, others no. I've done lots of work where the homeowner is wearing shorts only and so is his neighbors, but I live on a Pacific island where going shirtless is much more accepted than I'm sure a lot of other places. Here you see a lot of homeowners shirtless. So are a lot of joggers, walkers, guys driving around with surfboards, bicyclists and just guys working in their yards or lounging around at home. Some can be rather disgusting to look at.

Best one I came across was two beautiful and built females in their twenties who spent about 4 hours lounging around their pool wearing only a skimpy thong bottom while we were working in their neighbor's backyard. Needless to say, a 2 hour job ended up taking 5 hours to complete.

Bottom line is going shirtless, I am all for it, male or female, if the body is at least average or better.

When its hot out you just gotta take that shirt off, who really wants to end up with a farmers tan anyway???

I always get more sh!t for the ink rather than the skin.

WEnt shirtless 3 hrs today; estate job with just the owners there. worked through a short shower then glorious sunshine; comon summer I'm ready!

If my shirt gets covered in saw dust I`ll discreetly walk behind the truck to take it off, snap it a few times to shed the sawdust and put it back on. I keep a clean shirt in the truck to change into at the end of the day. "shirtless" is too "trailer park" for the properties I work on. Plus most of the properties I work at I`m either dealing with the gardener or the 60+ year old house wife. Professional tree services usually have rules forbiding going shirtless and for good reason. As for impressing the ladies I`m sure they have a good idea whats " under the hood " with the shirt still on. Shirtless looks trashy anytime its below 95 degrees F.

Glenn

After reading Koa`s post I see that shirtless might be OK in FL, HI or other hot climates but not in in my area.

G

i go with a long sleve and a t untill it gets about 80 so no one even would think to ask i do not want to see a dude shirtless
inztrees

Redentially speaking, non commercial..we show up looking proffesionial with the shirts on. entire crew will meet and greet customer. we get to work. if one of my guys gets hot and wants to work without a shirt, as long as he is working in a proffesional manner, I could care less . Afterall, I want my employees to be as comfortable as can be on a hot summer day and they will perform better. My customers understand its a hot sweaty job and people that work outside have the need to let some heat escape.

My job completion shows off how proffesional we are and operate. My trucks/equipment show how squared away we keep things. My cleanup shows how much we care. Do you honestly think you wont get a job because they saw your crew down the street without a shirt on? Maybe so, but Id rather not work for people like that. Those are the people who wont let you use their bathroom or offer you a drink a water. This is not a fashion show. It's a dirty job and sometimes the sweaty shirtless man has to do it. Be comfortable out there guys. This work is hard enough that you dont have to torture yourself just because someone may percieve you as being unproffesional without a shirt.

no shirts can raise a red flag when the OSHA inspector drives by, but I suspect the hardhats and harnesses are in the truck with the shirts. At least you can run better in sneakers!