Lady Divides the Web with Her ‘Brief Shorts’ After Getting a Criticism at Work (Unique)

A pair of shorts are sparking a web-based debate about office costume codes.

Alejandra Carreño, an worker at an inexpensive housing non-profit in northern California, confirmed up at work sporting a black prime, quick heels and jean shorts that ended halfway down her thighs. When she arrived, she recalled just a few of her co-workers making feedback concerning the outfit, poking enjoyable at her exhibiting a little bit of pores and skin, she tells PEOPLE, however in any other case there did not appear to be a lot of an issue.

Later within the day, Carreño stayed after a crew assembly to debate a presentation along with her supervisor, who raised the problem of her outfit.

 “Oh, earlier than I overlook, I do need to let you know that somebody talked about a grievance about your shorts. Brief shorts aren’t allowed,” Carreño recalled her supervisor saying. “To me, they appeared fantastic. I didn’t see something incorrect with them. I feel you look good, however sadly I do must let you already know we are able to’t put on quick shorts or quick skirts.”

Carreño responded affirmatively that she would not put on them to work once more. However her office’s costume code, outlined within the worker handbook, would not really ban quick shorts.

“Clothes needs to be clear, unstained, untorn, correctly fitted, and freed from inappropriate or suggestive content material. Undergarments shouldn’t be seen, and overly tight or revealing garments should not allowed,” the coverage reads, in accordance with Carreño.

So Carreño took to TikTok to settle the talk. Commenters argued her outfit positively would not be acceptable for a company place, however Carreño tells PEOPLE there’s a variety of outfits occurring at her office: denims, cargo shorts and trainers, to button-ups, polos and slacks.

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Others instructed shorts generally aren’t acceptable for the office, and Carreño’s shorts aren’t revealing or inappropriate in some other context. Nonetheless others argued that her style decisions had no bearing on her capacity to finish her job capabilities, and costume codes have been contentious for years now for that motive.

“It is made me assume extra critically about how costume codes could be each essential and limiting relying on how they’re utilized,” she tells PEOPLE.

Carreño did not anticipate her video to go viral, she tells PEOPLE, and some individuals at her office have caught wind of it. Nonetheless, there’s been no formal acknowledgement from HR about her outfit, however she admits all of this has opened her eyes to how “extensively” office apparel differs.