People Working From Home Are Taking Part In 'Dress Up Friday'

We're living in topsy-turvy times: people are working from home, socialising in isolation and exercising without going anywhere.

As such, it's only fitting really that 'dress down Fridays' have been supplanted by 'dress up Fridays'.

Ordinarily, some 'fun' offices allow employees to not dress up smart on the last day of the week, but people have become all too familiar with working from home in their PJs/underwear and have decided to flip the paradigm on its head and revert back to normal work attire on Fridays:

This teacher went one further and took part while also sharing another challenge - the big trend-setter:

But as tends to be the case with all such viral trends, it's quite tricky to identify the genesis of #DressUpFriday, and it seems people have very different interpretations of what it means.

For while many people are whipping out their usual work clothes to finish off the week, others are 'dressing up' as though they were going to a fancy dress party, not work. Indeed, lots of people would probably land themselves in a disciplinary meeting if they rocked up at the office in their get-up of choice:

Next I propose switching around the structure of the working week, with it commencing on Saturday and finishing Sunday, leaving Monday to Friday as the weekend. I also propose that this switch commences as of Monday. We'll call it #WeekSwap.

Who's in?

Let's all bring some positivity, support and fun to anyone who might find themselves in isolation as a result of the coronavirus spread. Need some entertainment? Join Isolation Nation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/coronasupport/

Topics: Viral, Awesome, Coronavirus, Community

Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

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