Uniforms

I avoided it for over 12 months, but I've finally been caught. I'm in uniform. I work for St John Ambulance Australia NSW as a first aid trainer, and they have a corporate uniform. I have no objections to the uniform, it's quite spiffy really, except that my favourite wind/rain/cold jacket doesn't go with it. At all. In fact, it's purple (jacaranda colour, love it) and the uniform is red. Firetruck red. Need I say more?

But someone finally noticed last week, and I've been issued with a uniform. So I guess I'll just have to start using an umbrella like everyone else does. Oh well.

I'm also a volunteer for St John, and the uniform for that is black-and-white. Of course, I can't wear my favourite jacket with that either, because although it makes me fairly easy to see on the football field, it does not make me recognisable as a St John Ambulance Officer. Rather the opposite in fact. But at least when I'm heading home from supporting an event, wearing my jacket over the top of my uniform just makes me look off-duty, rather than making me look like I have incredibly bad colour sense.

Oh well. I'll just have to cough up to get a proper uniform jacket which will hopefully match both the corporate and the volunteer uniform. Unfortunately I suspect that it will just clash horribly with both. Still, at least I'll look professional :).