I have a flight tomorrow morning at 6am. Terrible; I have to get up at 4.
I'm going to Qatar. Very interesting; it's my first visit to the Arab world (except a day on the beach in Tunis, which doesn't really count).
I'm going to a pretty big conference. It's not the first time. I've been to many conferences before, in Europe and America.
However, this time is special. BigOil (that's my company) has a stand in the exhibition hall, and then the propaganda department gets involved. They want BigOil to appear better and prettier than HugeOil and MonsterOil and DirtyOil and HorrorOil.
Some days ago I got a mail with various information, including this: Dresscode is black suit, white shirt and tie.
What the Hell; I never wear a tie, and I only have black shirts.
It's only the guys who work in finance and law who wear suit and tie at work. I'm working with technical stuff and science. We always dress like vagabonds.
So what should I do? I need to run to some store to buy a couple of white shirt. If they want me to wear a tie, they should give me one.
My presentation is next Tuesday. I have plenty of time to get properly dressed >:)
(I downloaded the picture above from the Internet. It's the famous national-romantic painting by Tiedemann and Gude. That's the way they want us to appear, I guess)
