Casual Friday

This week's Casual Friday theme at my 'day job' was "Wear a rock t-shirt" and it was interesting seeing all the different shirts people were wearing. 

Everyone was taking the time to stop and talk to each other about the shirts they were wearing. 

It was entertaining listening to the girl in the Cher shirt tell the girl in the Madonna shirt why Cher was a better performer. 

I realized I incorrectly stereotype the guy from accounting as boring and bland when I saw him in his Amon Amarth t-shirt. 

Sure..there were the girls wearing the glittery Guns N’ Roses t-shirts they obvious paid WAY too much for in the trendiest store in the mall and probably couldn't even name a GN'R song, but there was also some people wearing old school AC/DC and Rolling Stones shirts that they got at an actual concert. A concert they were more than willing to talk about and share their how awesome it was. 

I hear a lot of people in the music industry, both musicians and other industry roles, complaining that people don’t care about music anymore. 

What I witnessed at the rock t-shirt themed casual Friday I think was proof that they’re wrong. 

People do still care about music. They care about THEIR music. 

The music that reached out and touched them, the music that was important to them, the music that help to identify who they are and thanks to this casual Friday theme, gave them an opportunity to show their co-workers another side of themselves they may not have normally seen. 

We all got to know each other just a little bit better thanks to this casual Friday theme, where we shared our love of music expressed through our t-shirts.