Does the Team think?

[Andy Bennett]

I think looking at the early decades of the last century there were relatively few jobs that didn't come with an expectation that men would wear a suit or at least a formal shirt/wastecoat/jacket, even if it was last year's Sunday best.
It wasn't that long ago that police and ambulance drivers (as appose to today's paramedics) wore a shirt and tie, albeit quick release ones in case someone tried to grab them.
I think it was the early 90s when we (as an engineering firm) 'went casual' with the staff no longer having to wear full suits unless expecting visitors and the hourly paid were more formally told that they didn't need to wear ties.

With all that not really surprising that these workers are sporting ties.