Vadodara: No matter how important your job is, you will not be allowed to enter if you are not wearing ‘proper’ clothes pension payment office In Kuber Bhawan, Vadodara. Here the visitors are wearing Bermuda Pants or half pants are not allowed in the office.
A notice in Gujarati language hangs at the entrance of the state government office, “Atreni kacheri ni mulkat letta sarve pensionero and mulkatio ne janwanu ke kacheri ni mulkat vakhat Bermudo ke half pant peheri kacheri ma pravesh karvao nahi (Pensioners and visitors hereby are informed that they should not enter the office wearing Bermuda or Half Pants).
IT professional Tushar Teredesai learned it the hard way when he formally visited the pension office on Thursday Shorts. “I was out of work when my father, a former employee of MS University, called me and said that there were some problems with his monthly pension. I had gone to the pension office in Kuber Bhawan to inquire about it,” Teredesai said.
“When I was inquiring about the issue, one of the employees came up to me and said that wearing shorts is not allowed in the office. At first I thought he was joking so I just gave a casual smile. But the staff kept insisting that inappropriate dressing is not allowed in their office,” Teredesai told TOI.
Teredesai then went to another room as he was looking for the concerned officer to resolve the issue. “The employee followed me to another room and reiterated that wearing shorts is not allowed to enter his office. Then he asked me to read the notice at the entrance of the Pension Office. I read it and I was surprised,” he said.
An upset Teredesai left the pension office without resolving the issue. “What’s indecent in wearing shorts? And if a visitor or a pensioner walks in wearing shorts, won’t his issues be addressed in a government office?” Teredesai inquired.
“This signboard was put up several months back to ensure that people do not walk in shorts,” said an employee of the Pension Payments Office. The younger generation will not mind this but there are elderly people working in the office and they will not like to walk wearing shorts. Visitors or pensioners come to this office for some work. They should not dress as if they are going on a picnic. ”
A notice in Gujarati language hangs at the entrance of the state government office, “Atreni kacheri ni mulkat letta sarve pensionero and mulkatio ne janwanu ke kacheri ni mulkat vakhat Bermudo ke half pant peheri kacheri ma pravesh karvao nahi (Pensioners and visitors hereby are informed that they should not enter the office wearing Bermuda or Half Pants).
IT professional Tushar Teredesai learned it the hard way when he formally visited the pension office on Thursday Shorts. “I was out of work when my father, a former employee of MS University, called me and said that there were some problems with his monthly pension. I had gone to the pension office in Kuber Bhawan to inquire about it,” Teredesai said.
“When I was inquiring about the issue, one of the employees came up to me and said that wearing shorts is not allowed in the office. At first I thought he was joking so I just gave a casual smile. But the staff kept insisting that inappropriate dressing is not allowed in their office,” Teredesai told TOI.
Teredesai then went to another room as he was looking for the concerned officer to resolve the issue. “The employee followed me to another room and reiterated that wearing shorts is not allowed to enter his office. Then he asked me to read the notice at the entrance of the Pension Office. I read it and I was surprised,” he said.
An upset Teredesai left the pension office without resolving the issue. “What’s indecent in wearing shorts? And if a visitor or a pensioner walks in wearing shorts, won’t his issues be addressed in a government office?” Teredesai inquired.
“This signboard was put up several months back to ensure that people do not walk in shorts,” said an employee of the Pension Payments Office. The younger generation will not mind this but there are elderly people working in the office and they will not like to walk wearing shorts. Visitors or pensioners come to this office for some work. They should not dress as if they are going on a picnic. ”
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