I've really been trying to get in the habit of dressing professionally for work, but on Friday of last week I really felt like wearing jeans. I justified my decision by noting that many of my coworkers of the same age wear jeans to the office occasionally. Sure, they have paid positions, and I am just a lowly intern at the bottom of the heap who needs to work her way up but that shouldn't matter. So I wore my jeans, a snazzy purple top, and bright orange sandals. I looked quite good, but after arriving at work, I quickly realized my wardrobe error when I refreshed my inbox and noticed a message stating that interns were supposed to meet with a really important person that morning. There would be a photo taken. Now, I'd received emails about this event for awhile, and I'd stupidly neglected to RSVP for this meeting. So Friday morning I just consigned myself to not going, and berated myself for neglecting to take advantage of awesome opportunities.
One of my co-interns asked me whether I "could just not be bothered to attend the meeting".
I really appreciated her question because she sort of gave me the benefit of the doubt and assumed that maybe I am just too busy to meet with really important people. This is definitely not the case. I just felt inappropriately underdressed.
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