Shortly after Joseph sat down, he saw all of the women around him turn almost in unison towards the screens. He knew that Rebecca must have sent out the email that she said she would. He turned to read it himself.
To All Staff
As some of you may be aware Joseph is taking part in a challenge to raise money for charity. He has been preparing for this challenge. As of tomorrow, the challenge will begin in earnest. This challenge has the full backing of myself and all senior members of staff.
From tomorrow Joseph will be following the dress code the applies to all of our female staff outlined in attachment one. While this challenge is ongoing Joseph is to be treated with the same amount of respect as he had before and any members of staff that fail to do so may face disciplinary action.
To all of the Administrative Assistants who are currently sitting in the administrative section outside of my office please be aware that as discussed yesterday you have until the close of business today to inform me of the charity that you wish the funds raised by Joseph to be donated to. The charity that has the most nominations will be the one chosen.
Please find attached a copy of the sponsorship form for all members of staff who wish to sponsor Joseph with his endeavour. Please reply to this mail with the amount you wish to sponsor him by.
Yours sincerely
Rebecca ....(MD)
Joseph opened the first of the two attachments to find that it was a copy of the information that Rebecca had given him in her office.
All Employees are required to follow a Business Formal Dress Code which is as follows. …..
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Dress Code for Female Employees
Tailored skirt suits or pantsuits for women in dark colours like navy, black, or charcoal
Skirts: If wearing a skirt, it should be knee-length or longer and never too tight.
Collared button-down shirts or blouses
Shoes: Closed-toe dress shoes with low to medium heels
Neat, professional hairstyles
Accessories: Keep jewellery minimal and refined.
He could see that she had only sent out the relevant information that would pertain to Joseph from the next day. He looked around at the women sitting nearby and he could see the small and not-so-small grins that began to appear on their faces. He knew that they would have a lot of questions for him at lunchtime. Maybe he could sneak out without them seeing him.
He opened the second attachment to find that it was a sponsorship form. On this people could do a one-off donation of an amount of their choosing or they could sponsor him for the length of time that he would last.
How had things gotten this far he wondered? This had all started as a bet with his sister. Now, if things had gone the way he thought they would at the start of this then no one would have known but then Lilly had gotten involved. She had made it impossible to hide what was going on. Now the whole office knew what was happening.
Within a few minutes, several emails started to arrive in his inbox most of them with the same heading. Dress Code No time to read them right now he thought and settled down to work, thinking I will look at them later if I have the time.
