Office chat: Belt Direction

**daveholja** · 12th February 2018, 23:04

Right chaps,

My day was very slow and I had noticed some slight dress-related oddities around the office which got me wondering: which way do you wear your belt?

I think I am in the minority here - I feed my belt through to the right so the excess is pointing to my right. Incidentally (and potentially related?) I am left handed and wear my watch on my right wrist.

So, 3 random questions for you all:

1. Which way do you wear your belt (excess to the left or right?)
2. Dominant hand?
3. Which wrist do you wear your watch?

I shall use the results as the basis for a very scientific paper.

**Taylor** · 12th February 2018, 23:05

1. Left
2. Right
3. Left

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**Chris_in_the_UK** · 12th February 2018, 23:06

I would seek a more worthwhile career TBH.

**number2** · 13th February 2018, 02:53

Originally Posted by Chris_in_the_UK

I would seek a more worthwhile career TBH.

^^^^This, OP do you work in an 'auto spares' shop?

**Claret67** · 13th February 2018, 04:07

I wear braces.
Or Suspenders, to you if you’re from across the mighty pond..

**snowman** · 13th February 2018, 15:04

Originally Posted by Claret67

I wear braces.
Or Suspenders, to you if you’re from across the mighty pond..

Claret67 on a trip to the US?

M

**Backward point** · 13th February 2018, 14:44

Originally Posted by number2

^^^^This, OP do you work in an 'auto spares' shop?

Well played!

**David_D** · 12th February 2018, 23:08

Originally Posted by Taylor

1. Left
2. Right
3. Left

#Metoo

**Gurmot** · 12th February 2018, 23:13

Left
Left
Left

#southpaw

**Captain Morgan** · 12th February 2018, 23:17

Red
Kate Bush
Sea lions

**snowman** · 13th February 2018, 10:57

God, it was a slow day wasn't it!

Originally Posted by Gurmot

Left
Left
Left

#southpaw

Ditto.

M

**robcuk** · 14th February 2018, 22:09

Originally Posted by Gurmot

Left
Left
Left

#southpaw

+1

**FULL TIMER** · 12th February 2018, 23:15

Same as the others,L R L. if i wore some of my belts with excess to the right as you do the buckle would be upside down

**daveholja** · 12th February 2018, 23:19

Originally Posted by FULL TIMER

Same as the others,L R L. if i wore some of my belts with excess to the right as you do the buckle would be upside down

Correct; add it to the list of minor annoyances for left handers..

**Miocene** · 12th February 2018, 23:16

Originally Posted by Taylor

1. Left
2. Right
3. Left

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This.

**paulpsz008** · 13th February 2018, 11:04

Originally Posted by Taylor

1. Left
2. Right
3. Left

The correct way.

**Glamdring** · 13th February 2018, 18:22

Originally Posted by Taylor

1. Left
2. Right
3. Left

Snap.

**eletos** · 12th February 2018, 23:25

To answer the question LRL.

What I find troubling are those people who do not wear a belt.

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**jammie*dodger** · 12th February 2018, 23:29

Left
Right
Right

Not sure why I wear my watch on my dominant hand. Just always have.

**Ashtennisguru** · 13th February 2018, 09:31

Originally Posted by jammie*dodger

Left
Right
Right

Not sure why I wear my watch on my dominant hand. Just always have.

Hooray, was beginning to think I was the only one!

**JGJG** · 14th February 2018, 22:53

Originally Posted by jammie*dodger

Left
Right
Right

Not sure why I wear my watch on my dominant hand. Just always have.

Same as this.

**Brighty** · 12th February 2018, 23:29

Right, left, right
Used to be left for the watch, but switched to right when I started my first job using cad with mouse in left and kept catching the bracelet on edge of the desk. Curiously, 12yrs later, a trapped nerve knackered my left arm so had to switch mouse to right hand, but never had a problem. Arm got better but I've stuck to mouse in the right as I find it easier to mouse right, type left for the last 8yrs

**draftsmann** · 12th February 2018, 23:32

Right
Right
Left.

Hmmm...

**Tifa** · 12th February 2018, 23:39

L
R
L

Do I get a prize?

**geran** · 12th February 2018, 23:44

Originally Posted by Tifa

L
R
L

Do I get a prize?

No, but you could be a potential drill instructor.

**Kingstepper** · 13th February 2018, 09:29

Originally Posted by draftsmann

Right
Right
Left.

Hmmm...

Me too.

Think belt should be like shirts/jackets and left over right.

**daveholja** · 12th February 2018, 23:39

Originally Posted by Brighty

Right, left, right

**boris9** · 14th February 2018, 22:42

Originally Posted by eletos

To answer the question LRL.

What I find troubling are those people who do not wear a belt.

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This.

And that.

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**Mulligrub** · 12th February 2018, 23:40

Left.
Right.
Left.

**Cyclone** · 12th February 2018, 23:40

Three lefts here

**Velorum** · 12th February 2018, 23:42

Originally Posted by Cyclone

Three lefts here

Three lefts dont make a right

**Gurmot** · 12th February 2018, 23:55

Originally Posted by Cyclone

Three lefts here

Must be something in the air down here.

**phil h** · 12th February 2018, 23:58

Have any of the people in your office noticed you checking out their trouser area?

**Toddy** · 13th February 2018, 00:41

Originally Posted by phil h

Have any of the people in your office noticed you checking out their trouser area?

😂😂

Left
Right
Right
For what it's worth.

**yumma** · 12th February 2018, 23:48

Left
Right
Left

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**Nogbad The Bad** · 13th February 2018, 00:53

Originally Posted by daveholja

1. Which way do you wear your belt (excess to the left or right?)
2. Dominant hand?
3. Which wrist do you wear your watch?

Right then Left when the belt is taken off, stretches the belt evenly

Right

Left

**markrlondon** · 13th February 2018, 02:27

1. Right
2. Left
3. Right

**BillyCasper** · 13th February 2018, 08:53

If suit trousers:

A gentleman should never wear a belt with a suit.

(A suit should have side adjusters)

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**Kingstepper** · 13th February 2018, 09:43

Originally Posted by BillyCasper

If suit trousers:

A gentleman should never wear a belt with a suit.

(A suit should have side adjusters)

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Who do (most) suit trousers have belt loops?

**redmonaco** · 13th February 2018, 09:55

Originally Posted by Kingstepper

Who do (most) suit trousers have belt loops?

Surely they only have them if you ask your tailor for them??

**ernestrome** · 13th February 2018, 10:29

Originally Posted by redmonaco

Surely they only have them if you ask your tailor for them??

Lol.

**JasonM** · 13th February 2018, 10:18

Originally Posted by Kingstepper

Who do (most) suit trousers have belt loops?

To clip your key ring bunch to it

**walkerwek1958** · 13th February 2018, 15:17

Originally Posted by Kingstepper

Who do (most) suit trousers have belt loops?

For a belt?

As for 'suspenders', it really does depend which side of the pond you live on.

A bloke wearing suspenders in my part of the world would be treated with caution.

A long-standing friend of mine has started dressing as a bloody woman recently and started doing just this, bumped into him (her?) last week and it almost put me off my beer. He was definitely wearing suspenders to keep his stockings up, his skimpy mini-skirt didn`t cover as much as perhaps it ought to. A very strange encounter, whilst he sipped his pint through a straw he was bragging about being able to get into a size 14 skirt..........you couldn`t make it up.

Paul

**Omegamanic** · 13th February 2018, 17:33

Originally Posted by walkerwek1958

For a belt?

As for 'suspenders', it really does depend which side of the pond you live on.

A bloke wearing suspenders in my part of the world would be treated with caution.

A long-standing friend of mine has started dressing as a bloody woman recently and started doing just this, bumped into him (her?) last week and it almost put me off my beer. He was definitely wearing suspenders to keep his stockings up, his skimpy mini-skirt didn`t cover as much as perhaps it ought to. A very strange encounter, whilst he sipped his pint through a straw he was bragging about being able to get into a size 14 skirt..........you couldn`t make it up.

Paul

To be fair that's some achievement - I haven't tried but I doubt I could get into a size 14 skirt! That said, I've had enough trouble trying to get into size 8-12 skirts when they've been worn by various members of the opposite sex too!

**andy tims** · 13th February 2018, 21:18

Left, right, left

**draftsmann** · 13th February 2018, 21:51

Originally Posted by Omegamanic

To be fair that's some achievement - I haven't tried but I doubt I could get into a size 14 skirt! That said, I've had enough trouble trying to get into size 8-12 skirts when they've been worn by various members of the opposite sex too!

You’ll find size 16-20 skirts worn by members of the opposite sex generally easier to get into Scott.

This advice comes at no fee...

**Mr Nuttington** · 13th February 2018, 20:10

Right
Mostly left, although for my golfing efforts it's right for some reason - maybe that's why I play off 28!
Right

**Mr Tetley** · 13th February 2018, 20:53

Left
Right
Right

That’s the only correct way. :-)

**daveholja** · 13th February 2018, 22:47

Originally Posted by Mr Nuttington

Right
Mostly left, although for my golfing efforts it's right for some reason - maybe that's why I play off 28!
Right

I'm not the only one!

**jukeboxs** · 13th February 2018, 21:17

Right, right, left.

I’m assuming all those early responders misread Q1 as I don’t believe so many right-handers have their belt excess on the left.

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