I’m a receptionist at a luxury car dealership – I wear jeans to work every day, it annoys strangers but I don’t care
WHEN one employee of a luxury brand chooses her outfit every day, she doesn’t have to break out the designer duds.
Even though she works at a high-end dealership, she shows up to work in jeans – without breaking dress code.
On her TikTok account, Grace (@gtigrace) posts lots of content aimed at her fellow car enthusiasts.
She loves the automotive industry and works as a receptionist at a Porsche dealership in her Maryland hometown.
When Grace posted snapshots showing off her full week of work outfits, she expected some pushback.
To start her week, she wore a pink T-shirt, with a neat grey jacket at the ready if the weather turned.
She wore a black T-shirt the next day, with a statement tote to accessorize.
She rounded out her four-day work week with a black blazer over a pale pink shirt, then a blue tank top the next day.
The one thing every outfit had in common was a pair of crisp blue jeans.
Grace explained her daily jeans habit annoys strangers, alluding to their ire in the video’s caption.
“Let’s see who I piss off this week while still following my dress code,” she wrote, adding a devilish smiling emoji.
Her viewers were shocked by the seemingly-lax dress code, and others in the industry were jealous.
“When I worked for Porsche we were business formal,” one commenter remembered. “Everyone had dress pants and tucked-in shirts.”
“Love the fact that you get to wear jeans,” the envious commenter added.
Not all dealerships were the same, though. Another woman said her workplace’s rules were more in line with Grace’s.
“Everyone gets so pressed we’re allowed to have colorful hair, too,” she added.
One man regretted his decision to turn down a job offer at a Porsche dealership in the past.
“I shoulda never passed up the sales position for them,” he lamented.
Another woman in the auto industry took a hard stance in support of Grace’s workplace.
“I feel like women who look too formal don’t seem like they know s**t,” she said.
Then again, her opinion could be a result of her environment, she said, adding, “I work in a parts store that’s older than me.”
Grace responded, and revealed the dress code was actually established with their clientele in mind.
“It’s just not necessary to be all dressed up in a dealership,” she wrote. “Our customers prefer us being dressed like them, which is leisurely.”