Crack down on lax uniform policy.

[Kintsugi]

34 minutes ago, Marlon Phoenix said:

What sucks is dansemacaber is completely correct. By our setting on a private research station we would have a uniform policy. What we really need is to just become a civilian station and living place.

Rimworld NBT when?

[BurgerBB]

It's interesting playing paradise and then this server sometimes. People are somehow in uniform more often in paradise than they are on Aurora, probably because they have more interesting departmental customization options.

And yes, It's hard to tell who is who at a glance. Everyone isn't really wearing uniforms.

 

[BRAINOS]

2 hours ago, Marlon Phoenix said:

What sucks is dansemacaber is completely correct. By our setting on a private research station we would have a uniform policy. What we really need is to just become a civilian station and living place.

people who have worked at actual private research stations have confirmed that there is no uniform policy because the company operating them understands that they hired adults with degrees who are capable of dressing themselves. @Resilynn's post on this sums it up.

 

6 minutes ago, BurgerBB said:

It's interesting playing paradise and then this server sometimes. People are somehow in uniform more often in paradise than they are on Aurora, 

probably because paradise is medium RP with less incentive to invest time in your character's appearance or personal styling. the lower RP a server is, the more likely you'll see people choose a crewcut and say "cool, that's Chuck Dennis right there, he's a chemist," and roll with the default jumpsuit you spawn in with.

the only 3 departments that absolutely need to be identifiable within a split second with life or death consequences are sec, med, and MAYBE engineering... and for the most part, they handle their clothing fine. the ONLY additional "cracking down" that we could do is a PPE policy for science when it is relevant.

the cases which we see someone blatantly fuck around with the wrong clothing for the job are few and far enough between to be glaringly obvious. this is not a widespread problem with an official policy needing to be implemented.

the rest is forcing some arbitrary idea of "realism" onto people, some of which have done it for real and know better.

[BurgerBB]

Uniforms are also a security issue. Uniforms are designed to separate workers from other people so things like sabotage and theft don't occur as easily, especially if it's a large workplace that has frequent visitors.

[BRAINOS]

2 minutes ago, BurgerBB said:

Uniforms are also a security issue. Uniforms are designed to separate workers from other people so things like sabotage and theft don't occur as easily, especially if it's a large workplace that has frequent visitors.

that's why we have a mandatory ID policy. if someone looks out of place, scope the ID real quick.

resilynn's old place of work, which was an isolated research station, had more visitors than staff on a weekly basis and the issue of any potential sabotage or theft or vandalism was solved literally by an ID policy.

[BurgerBB]

Just now, BRAINOS said:

that's why we have a mandatory ID policy. if someone looks out of place, scope the ID real quick.

resilynn's old place of work, which was an isolated research station, had more visitors than staff on a weekly basis and the issue of any potential sabotage or theft or vandalism was solved literally by an ID policy.

I don't know what they research, but it probably isn't guns, dangerous alien lifeforms, bombs, dangerous alien gas, alien artifacts, and combat mechs.

Again, uniforms are a security issue. I'd agree with you if we're researching things like cures for viruses but this is a space station is space which contains various dangerous devices that can kill or seriously injure people that many factions (See: Syndicate) would like their hands on, You can't read IDs at a distance IRL so uniforms help with identification.

[AmoryBlaine]

The setting we have, has a very strong corporate culture. To the point that these entities are essentially pseudo-states with their own armies with massive control economically. It is reasonable that corporate uniforms are a thing, more so than currently. But I already worded how I think- ideally- things ought to be.

[Carver]

4 hours ago, BRAINOS said:

people who have worked at actual private research stations have confirmed that there is no uniform policy because the company operating them understands that they hired adults with degrees who are capable of dressing themselves. @Resilynn's post on this sums it up.

Uniform policy becomes more firm of a concept in cases where there are significant working hazards that require protective apparel; as per all of Engineering, Robotics, certain Scientist roles (Xenobiology, Xenobotany, Chemistry and operating the Lathe) and many more positions.

Adults with degrees should understand that uniforms aren't for looks (Discounting that high-visibility apparel is in a sense) but rather to protect them.

[Arrow768]

Given that this has been retracted by the OP I´ll move it to Rejected Policy.