Aw crap... and here all this time I thought it was "Soup Kitchen" - alluding to the fact that he's poor.  We'll if it's a soup chicken then we probably should just buy him something like this to wear next time:



And for what it's worth... I wear a t-shirt and shorts to work almost every day - but if I'm having a meeting with a client I wear a shirt and tie (unless we've previously discussed a casual attire for the meeting, or it's being held outside at a hotel property pool).  I think the thing that people should be made aware of is that in cities where tourism is 90% of the income, there's a very different perception of casual dress than there is in a city like LA, London, NYC, etc.

Here in Las Vegas, I've gone out to a symphony and a ~$300/plate gourmet restaurant... and both times I've seen people in 'beach wear'.  I'm not saying I liked it (I was wearing a suit both times), but at the same time - in tourist cities it kinda goes with the territory.  We even have attorneys and some other business owners in this town that have done advertisements in shorts and a t-shirt that are on TV... and they still seem to get plenty of business!  Whether or not they get any respect on the other hand, is totally debatable.