No Jeans? Are you kidding me?

Every time a senior executive visits, we are reminded to dress better, clear desk, etc... and no Jeans was mentioned this time.. Are you kidding me?

If jeans are only not allowed when senior executives are around, then why are they allowed at all? Is there something unprofessional about wearing jeans that we should not let our senior executives know about? Are we hiding something from our executives and has to hide this from him when he is here? If they think it's not good for senior executives to know that we wear jeans everyday, then may be we should just ban jeans at all times. And let's show our professional look every day.

Why paint a pretty picture for our executives? IMHO, they want to know what we do everyday, not what we do when they are here.

Do senior executives concern about the desk, and how we dress? Is that something they are obliged to observe when they visit a department? Is it a reflection on HR or the staff in the department if the desks are not tidy and people dress like bums? I am interested to know what's going on in the executives' mind as they visit a department.

My 2.2 cents, I think we should dress as professionally, tidy up our desks every day whether anyone will be observing or not. And at the same time, we should not assume that our executives would mind seeing us wearing jeans, if that's what you would wear everyday anyway.