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Today I forgot to bring in a new shirt for work, but I have found a balled up one at the bottom of my bag from Tuesday. It smells fine, but is creased to buggery. Any idea how I can iron it in the office without the use of an actual iron? Am already considering trying to use the photocopier as a kind of trouser press.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 8:49 am
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Is there someone fat and sweaty who could sit on it - the warmth and moisture will have the creases out in a jiffy.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 8:50 am
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Go out and buy a new shirt?


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 8:52 am
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Got showers? Hang it in there, turn the shower on as hot as it will go, steam the creases out


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 8:52 am
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You could do what I do, and stop giving a shit?


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 8:52 am
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If there is a kettle available steam it with that. Not while wearing it.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 8:54 am
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Got showers? Hang it in there, turn the shower on as hot as it will go, steam the creases out

This works really well if it's a "easy iron" shirt.

Previously I've had to do mad dashes to Tesco Extras to buy a shirt when I've forgotten one. Better that than sitting around looking like a tramp.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 8:56 am
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as above, steam


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 8:57 am
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Steam is an option but I'm intrigued at the photocopier trouser press idea. You've got to try that purely in the name of science!


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 9:01 am
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Go out and buy a new shirt?

have done that in the past, primark is five minutes away...

Today I'm mainly doing

You could do what I do, and stop giving a shit?

and

sitting around looking like a tramp.

however am still considering suggestions. I've made myself a brew and tried to stand as close as I could get to the kettle without actually needing first aid but it hasn't helped much.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 9:03 am
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Cougar: You could do what I do, and stop giving a shit?

If ever there was a sign of those on STW that work in an IT dept… 😆

edit - for the record I’m currently in t-shirt & jeans so not one to judge

Rachel


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 9:56 am
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When I used to do lakes to Warrington a lot I had a dodgy washing machine, Tuesday morning was normally via the M&S by Ikea for 3 shirts, pants and socks, occasionally trousers. About 5 years later I was shocked when I next needed to buy work wear


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:00 am
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Local Dry cleaners?


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:02 am
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You could do what I do, and stop giving a shirt?

FIFY. 😀

Only solution is go buy one of these:
[img] http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=26130307 [/img]


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:05 am
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Update. I tried the photocopier trouserpress method. So I set it to 50 copies initially to get it warmed up. It did warm up. My previous assertion that

It smells fine,
may have been wrong in hindsight, the warmth and light seems to awoken a beast. The photocopier smells funny.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:10 am
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Hot air hand drier works surprisingly well


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:13 am
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Keep a jumper in the bottom drawer for exactly this purpose. As long as collars and cuffs are good, you can forget what's in between.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:20 am
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If there is a kettle available steam it with that

best option...

Or go to Robert Dyas and buy a steamer and leave it in the desk for future times when you do this again.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:20 am
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Amateur...

This is what jumpers are for!


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:20 am
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As long as collars and cuffs are good, you can forget what's in between.

Good advice for life generally, that.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:28 am
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*looks at crumpled T-shirt in bag*

*puts on t-shirt*

*gives zero tosses at others opinions*

*continues day at work*

Hurrah for academia!


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:36 am
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sudocrem


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:42 am