Bishop's Storehouse Attire?

[Jason_J]

Hey all, so I'm supposed to be working at the bishop's storehouse soon, and I was wondering...what should i wear? I think we'll be doing stocking (after unloading the new shipments), etc. I assume I'm not wearing church clothes for this .

Thanks!

[annewandering]

decent work clothes.

[Just_A_Guy]

Yep - work clothes. Bring a heavy coat and work gloves, too; that way you can stock the frozen foods as well if they need you to.

[beefche]

I love working at the storehouse! It's alot of fun. Wear comfortable clothes because you'll be doing heavy lifting, stocking, etc.

[Jason_J]

thanks everyone, but perhaps you can dumb it down for me, "work clothes"/"comfortable clothes", meaning...? T-shirt, jeans? Thanks!

[beefche]

Yep, Tshirt, jeans, comfortable shoes (you will be walking the whole time). You can wear a ball cap or dew rag if you want. Other than normal dress standards for modesty (meaning, no tank tops or shorts above your knee), you dress for comfort.

[mnn727]

I've always worn 'business casual': nice pants (dress pants or Dockers) and nice shirt golf type or button down style, no tie,

hard shoes, no tennis shoes in case you drop something.

Sorry but I'd never show up in a t-shirt and jeans, to me that's inappropriate for any church function other than perhaps landscaping work.

Edited March 22, 2012 by mnn727

[beefche]

I've always worn 'business casual': nice pants (dress pants or Dockers) and nice shirt golf type or button down style, no tie,

hard shoes, no tennis shoes in case you drop something.

Sorry but I'd never show up in a t-shirt and jeans, to me that's inappropriate for any church function other than perhaps landscaping work.

Yeah, I'm sure glad that my mission president didn't require that when we did service on my mission. Wearing a dress while on my hands and knees cleaning floors would be a great way for people to get a good impression of the church.

And I'm glad my bishop doesn't require it when I'm cleaning the building as bending over to clean a toilet and getting cleaner or gross toilet water on me.

And I'm glad the Area Authorities and First Presidency don't require that when providing humanitarian service to affected areas--even for those who don't do the landscaping/yard type work.

[HEthePrimate]

The Bishop's Storehouse is sacred ground, and helping the needy is a holy calling. You should dress as though you were attending the temple.

[Just_A_Guy]

I've always worn 'business casual': nice pants (dress pants or Dockers) and nice shirt golf type or button down style, no tie,

hard shoes, no tennis shoes in case you drop something.

Sorry but I'd never show up in a t-shirt and jeans, to me that's inappropriate for any church function other than perhaps landscaping work.

I understand the sentiment; but you'll be working (at least part of the time) in a warehouse environment. Especially if you're unloading new shipments off a truck, I'd just be worried that that kind of thing would be too hard on regular dress pants.

[john doe]

Sorry but I'd never show up in a t-shirt and jeans, to me that's inappropriate for any church function other than perhaps landscaping work.

I've always worn a t-short and jeans on activity night unless we were having a formal meeting in the chapel. The idea is to dress appropriately for the activity you are going to be doing. No way I'm playing Scatter or basketball in dress pants and a button-down shirt.

[mnn727]

No way I'm playing Scatter or basketball in dress pants and a button-down shirt.

I don't play either, so no problem.

In fact I've never heard of scatter, what is it, some kind of dodge ball?

Edited March 23, 2012 by mnn727

[mnn727]

I understand the sentiment; but you'll be working (at least part of the time) in a warehouse environment. Especially if you're unloading new shipments off a truck, I'd just be worried that that kind of thing would be too hard on regular dress pants.

I wear regular dress pants everywhere: gardening, shopping, cleaning, moving, etc never had an issue.