I have this purple shirt.
A solid-colored, long-sleeved, button-down purple dress shirt. I love this shirt and think I look great in it. I like wearing it un-tucked over bulejeans with black dressy shoes. With that outfit on I feel special-sporty.
Problem is, everyone makes fun of my purple shirt. No, not like some kind of bullying that’s serious – but that all-in-good-fun ribbing that you get from your coworkers. People walk into my cubicle and feign shock and say things like, “Whoa, what’s up purple shirt?”
I laugh, because it’s funny; but maybe, just maybe, my purple shirt ain’t doing quite as much for me as I like to think it is. I find this hard to believe. Again, this shirt basically makes me into a paramount of fashion, I know this for a fact in my own mind. Yet, still, people look at my shirt and take verbal jabs.
Come to think of it, I don’t see a lot of other men wearing purple. I think I might be the only guy at the office who even owns a purple shirt. But on the other hand that just means it’s all the more awesome.
No wonder people are making fun of it, they are clearly jealous. As I stride around in the color of kings they weep.
That’s got to be it.
Oh hey, before I go, I stumbled upon this Wikipedia link the other day and felt extremely validated.
Goodnight.
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The purple shirt is why management looks so favorably on you. Keep it up and you will go places!
If the shirt looks so good why don’t you get one in blue?
But then it wouldn’t be purple Kerry.
a true test is if any of your respected lady co-workers have given you a genuine compliment on it. if so, the purple shirt effect is real.
Cynbiosis!