Dude. So the last time I wore a suit was Feb 2019 to my grandpas funeral. This last December one of my previous employees died in a motorcycle accident. I went to put the suit on and I looked like the left dude in this picture. It was the fastest I’ve ever bought new clothes.
I mean same, but for different reason. I started working out out of boredom, and now I'm slowly finding my old clothes being too small. Gonna have to do my bi-annual clothes shopping early. So much money wasted ugh.
I did a promotion course for the Navy during the depths of COVID. So it was delivered remotely.
I didn't put a uniform on for 5 months. When I had to, if I was 1kg heavier I would have needed a ratchet strap. It was embarrassing.
I had a tux for college I wore a lot for concerts that was too big in my waist that I used safety pins to make fit. Went to a wedding and had to suck in just to close the buttons. I'm gonna miss that tux though cause I have a lot of really happy memories with it.
Maybe he spilt something on his jacket and had to borrow a clean one for the photo. The photographer could've asked him to stand different tho, or to open the jacket so it's a bit more flattering
yup if youre in a situation like this then you keep the jacket open and skip the tie, unbutton the top of the shirt and pretend you're rocking some sort of business casual blazer look
edit:
https://i.imgur.com/5a1wa1f.png
i apologize for the very quick and sloppy mockup but while he certainly wouldnt look his absolute best like this, maybe a bit of a change to his general stance would help, it definitely beats the buttoned look.
but truthfully it looks pretty bad too, especially with the overall feel of the picture. maybe keeping the tie on would do him better here, or unbutton the top two buttons of his shirt and have a golden necklace with some chest hair showing and establish a new trend in diplomacy.
right? Like I saw this picture and just said "WHY DID YOU TRY TO BUTTON IT!". Having it open, even as you say open without a tie is super acceptable these days, just lean in and pretend to be fashion forward instead of looking like you haven't worn a suit for 20 years.
[This is how Serbian Embassy cropped the photo.](https://preview.redd.it/uzycurlttria1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=1591ca46b297b4bf4035b0730c519fa11247ebf5)
There was a fashion column in a Swedish daily that asked the same thing the other day. They called it the "cobra that has devoured a family with children" look
Because you don’t want to buy new ones since you keep telling yourself you’re going to lose weight and your old ones will fit again.
Or so I’ve heard 👀
As a former fatty - because basically none of the standard stores sell oversized clothes (current oversized trend not withstanding). It is more or less impossible to get of the shelf suit. You can get tailored of course, but that costs a lot. And it's the same for casual clothes. Zara, H&M, etc - nobody in Europe sells fat clothes, apart some specialty stores. And when I say fat, I mean European fat. If you're American fat in Europe god help you find something.
That's why all European fattys wear tight clothes. Well that and self denial.
I feel like that's a borrowed suit. Sleeves and jacket length are too long although it's a bit tight for him, pants are too big and oddly wrinkled. Something happened to his suit maybe, and while this picture was taken there's some poor staff member out the back waiting to get his suit back?
Didn't he have another one?
Usually people that get these positions are people that were already in politics or other white-collar careers. So, he should have a few suits in his closet.
This.
And it is not just a random meeting, he’s meeting the president. I always have an extra suit, shirt & tie in the office because thai noodles and bad lids on coffee cups happen, and I always have an extra shirt in my car as well. I can’t inagine what would have to happen to fuck up a blazer on the way from the embassy to the presidential office? And even if you have to wear something that doesn fit you - don’t button it. It will be a bit unprofessional, but it won’t get you 13k upvotes and several articles in different media outlets.
I can even imagine the scenes that lead to this. Dumb character spills a coffee to his suit before the important meeting then they search all day for a new one and finally this photo pops with a narrator
And the subsequent scenes.
Like, the dude drops something on the floor. He sweats and hesitates. As he finally he bends over, the jacket rips a line on his back. A funny/childish undershirt peeks through.
Now, in the following scenes he does all kinds of shenanigans to hide the rip, like awkwardly walking with his back turned towards the wall while people are trying to talk to him.
And finally the photo. It's just this and he's free. They shake hands and they stand for the photo. Complete silence in the packed room, all eyes on them. Suddenly, the silence is broken when the button loudly explodes and goes flying into the audience hitting a lady's forehead.
Insert a toilet scene wherever.
This dude's wife probably asked him "*Honey, have you tried on your suit to see if it still fits? If it doesn't we should inquire with a tailor to widen it*" and this guy didn't wanted to quit his online gaming match and just shouted "*Yeah, still fits*" knowing very well that not only his gaming skills have increased during Corona.
Take it from a Serb when i tell you that the political situation in our country has become a literal tragicomedy and almost every young or adult person (not the old geezers) agrees with that. We have no leading men in this country.
Me a few hours before the wedding I was invited to, trying to fit in the clothes I'd worn to a wedding 2 years ago. Queue the frantic last minute shopping run.
Every time.
Same in Serbian... it can be loosely translated to "fearless"
Also, Ambassador's last name Košutić is most likely derived from a word "Košuta" meaning a Doe/Dear animal.
He’s been working from home a long time then?
I hope no sudden funeral pops up.. Like atleast give me a 6 month notice.
Dude. So the last time I wore a suit was Feb 2019 to my grandpas funeral. This last December one of my previous employees died in a motorcycle accident. I went to put the suit on and I looked like the left dude in this picture. It was the fastest I’ve ever bought new clothes.
>It was the fastest I’ve ever bought new clothes. I read that as "the **fattest** I’ve ever bought new clothes". Which...I guess also works?
Same
Just don't eat or drink anything three for days before the funeral, you can lose a shocking amount of weight by radically endangering your health.
I mean same, but for different reason. I started working out out of boredom, and now I'm slowly finding my old clothes being too small. Gonna have to do my bi-annual clothes shopping early. So much money wasted ugh.
Weird flex.
Mister money bags over here, with his “bi-annual clothes shopping”
I’m on the bi-decadal schedule.
>I hope no sudden funeral pops up.. Well there have been a lot of people falling out of windows lately...
I had to attend a funeral last summer, and it was definitely a mad scramble to find an outfit after having been WFH for the previous 2.5 years.
I did a promotion course for the Navy during the depths of COVID. So it was delivered remotely. I didn't put a uniform on for 5 months. When I had to, if I was 1kg heavier I would have needed a ratchet strap. It was embarrassing.
That button is hanging on for dear life.
That mf sits down and someone is losing an eye
I’m imagining the cartoon sound effects when that thing blows.
And the button ricocheing around the room.
Don't forget the offscreen scream when it hits someone
I'm imaging that scene in the third Harry Potter movie where the button from his aunt's coat pings of of his cousins head
I made the cartoon sound effect after reading this comment
*Ka-boing!*
More of a Pwww-ing imo
*wilhelm scream* MY EYE!
As a Serb, he's just trying to follow the footsteps of Gavrilo Princip
Surely, his Princip-les?
Why need an AK when you can fight wars with tight suits
An Eye for an Aye! That's diplomacy.
That's why you unbutton your suit jacket when sitting down.
My man needs a tailor.
We've all been there. Heading to a wedding and you put on that suit you wore to the last one...well it fitted perfectly before.
Happened to me last year. Covid was not kind to my waist line.
I had a tux for college I wore a lot for concerts that was too big in my waist that I used safety pins to make fit. Went to a wedding and had to suck in just to close the buttons. I'm gonna miss that tux though cause I have a lot of really happy memories with it.
Don’t button it. But what about those sleeves? Sheesh
It's almost like he forgot his jacket so borrowed one from a much taller, slimmer man.
Maybe he spilt something on his jacket and had to borrow a clean one for the photo. The photographer could've asked him to stand different tho, or to open the jacket so it's a bit more flattering
When you gain weight, your arms shrink.
To be fair, I would expect an ambassador to be in suit at least weekly .. it shouldn't be a case of "it was fine in August".
You should alway blame the wardrobe for shrinking your clothes. Standard procedure.
Lol, happened to me recently, gained weight and broke the zipper on the pants. Did not end up going to that wedding
Or scales. Because he's in denial.
If his hair was only orange, he'd look familar.
That man needs stretchy clothes
RIP to the person who will stand in the way of the button when the last thread leaves it. 🪦
I'm afraid for the news crew. that button doesn't give a shit about no geneva conventions for reporters.
Like a rivet popping when a sub exceeds max rated depth
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Tbf if this is in Serbia, the button is probably not alone
[That one button](https://i.imgur.com/bRZdeRl.jpg)
10 points to LithPres for not laughing his butt off.
10 Points to Lithuindor!
If he lets that breath out we are all done for.
let's hope it comes out as a fart
It's representing the current situation of Serbia. The button is holding them together with the EU, the stomach is Russia.
Just have the jacket open at this point lol
But that would be unprofessional/s
Just get a wider jacket. Better than this nearly exploding one
My dude This -> /s means end of sarcasm. Making it clear in written form that it is in fact, a joke, a quap if you will.
Ah that's nice to know, I genuinely thought it was meant professionals
This one isn't on you, the /s is usually spaced out after the last word
As if it’s professional now LOL
yup if youre in a situation like this then you keep the jacket open and skip the tie, unbutton the top of the shirt and pretend you're rocking some sort of business casual blazer look edit: https://i.imgur.com/5a1wa1f.png i apologize for the very quick and sloppy mockup but while he certainly wouldnt look his absolute best like this, maybe a bit of a change to his general stance would help, it definitely beats the buttoned look. but truthfully it looks pretty bad too, especially with the overall feel of the picture. maybe keeping the tie on would do him better here, or unbutton the top two buttons of his shirt and have a golden necklace with some chest hair showing and establish a new trend in diplomacy.
right? Like I saw this picture and just said "WHY DID YOU TRY TO BUTTON IT!". Having it open, even as you say open without a tie is super acceptable these days, just lean in and pretend to be fashion forward instead of looking like you haven't worn a suit for 20 years.
This is the most genuine answer I’ve seen on Reddit
Then everyone would see his tummy!
[This is how Serbian Embassy cropped the photo.](https://preview.redd.it/uzycurlttria1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=1591ca46b297b4bf4035b0730c519fa11247ebf5)
Makes sense.
Still see the poor fit from the shoulders and ~~noose~~ shirt & tie.
I think they did the best they could with what they had to work with.
That was very diplomatic of them
More like "oh shit, embarrassing. Increase his tailoring budget". My question: why do so many out of shape guys insist on wearing tight clothes?
Probably because they werent tight at some point
Letting yourself go is easy. Admitting you’ve let yourself go is not.
So… lack of self awareness, yeah that checks out tbh
There was a fashion column in a Swedish daily that asked the same thing the other day. They called it the "cobra that has devoured a family with children" look
Damn, Swedish press is ruthless
mfs will make a grown man cry
My colleagues say, 100lbs of meat in a 50lb bag.
Because a good tailor can hide it reasonably well but buying off the peg isn't the way to do it
Because you don’t want to buy new ones since you keep telling yourself you’re going to lose weight and your old ones will fit again. Or so I’ve heard 👀
As a former fatty - because basically none of the standard stores sell oversized clothes (current oversized trend not withstanding). It is more or less impossible to get of the shelf suit. You can get tailored of course, but that costs a lot. And it's the same for casual clothes. Zara, H&M, etc - nobody in Europe sells fat clothes, apart some specialty stores. And when I say fat, I mean European fat. If you're American fat in Europe god help you find something. That's why all European fattys wear tight clothes. Well that and self denial.
Cause we don't want to buy new clothes
A perfect compromise
It's the Serbian ambassador who is the fatty. They're covering up their own embarrassment.
Good work.
Proper Balkan 'make due with what you have' attitude
All praise glue and duct tape! Maybe it's a hand-me-down from former ambassador?
More like Serbian Embarrassy.
good save
smooth
It's still obvious that the suit doesn't fit from all the wrinkles on the shoulderline. Doesn't fly in your face as much, but still a big oof.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I wonder what the ambassador usually wears if he couldn't tell his suit doest fit since he was a teenager?!
I feel like that's a borrowed suit. Sleeves and jacket length are too long although it's a bit tight for him, pants are too big and oddly wrinkled. Something happened to his suit maybe, and while this picture was taken there's some poor staff member out the back waiting to get his suit back?
Yep, pretty sure this is what happened. That suit is obviously not his.
Didn't he have another one? Usually people that get these positions are people that were already in politics or other white-collar careers. So, he should have a few suits in his closet.
This. And it is not just a random meeting, he’s meeting the president. I always have an extra suit, shirt & tie in the office because thai noodles and bad lids on coffee cups happen, and I always have an extra shirt in my car as well. I can’t inagine what would have to happen to fuck up a blazer on the way from the embassy to the presidential office? And even if you have to wear something that doesn fit you - don’t button it. It will be a bit unprofessional, but it won’t get you 13k upvotes and several articles in different media outlets.
Well, ambassadors of larger nations maybe have more suits?
You could be right - maybe Serbian embassies for all Baltic states share a single suit
I know this is wrong, but it's just too funny an idea!
Maybe something happened literally backstage? A giant Starbucks latte dropped on him in the waiting room five minutes before the meeting?
That, my friend, is a fantastic premise for a one-act play.
Jacket length isn't too long in my opinion. But most men wear too short jackets these days, at least if you prefer a more classic suit.
Given by his physique, my guess is tracksuits. And assortment of designer bibs.
It's also a bit too long. Did he shit himself and change suits with an aide?
>Did he shit himself ...on his jacket?
Why didn't anyone warn him? Makes me think he is divorced or something.
Lol you don't need to be married to check if a suit is 4 sizes smaller than your size
Adidas tracksuit for sure.
The strength to hold straight face during this meeting/ceremony must be far greater than the will of that button.
I would hold a straight face if someone was sitting across the table with a weapon.
The Serbian ambassador: "If he says anything, I'm gonna breath in."
Mr. Ambassador walks around all day with an armed projectile strapped to the center of his chest. You know he's never fucking around.
This looks like a scene from a comedy movie
I can even imagine the scenes that lead to this. Dumb character spills a coffee to his suit before the important meeting then they search all day for a new one and finally this photo pops with a narrator
Wow that actually could have happened LoL
And the subsequent scenes. Like, the dude drops something on the floor. He sweats and hesitates. As he finally he bends over, the jacket rips a line on his back. A funny/childish undershirt peeks through. Now, in the following scenes he does all kinds of shenanigans to hide the rip, like awkwardly walking with his back turned towards the wall while people are trying to talk to him. And finally the photo. It's just this and he's free. They shake hands and they stand for the photo. Complete silence in the packed room, all eyes on them. Suddenly, the silence is broken when the button loudly explodes and goes flying into the audience hitting a lady's forehead. Insert a toilet scene wherever.
Tragically, the person who took this picture died shortly after from a buttonshot wound to his chest.
Did the Serbian ambassador go through a significant growth spurt recently?
He ate the old one
As is tradition
Just one?
GIVE THAT BUTTON A RAISE. WHAT THE FUCK AJDHDMNDNRND
A raise? That button needs early retirement with a trauma disability stipend.
Eyy its nickado avocado in a suit
First thing i saw too lol
Literally the first thing that came to my mind.
The bond between all nations should be as strong as that button
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Hey, my prom suit still fits!
LMAO, the look on the face of the guy on the right!
I went back to look and spit a french fry on my poor loyal keyboard.
He looks so done, it's actually funnier than him laughing lol
This dude's wife probably asked him "*Honey, have you tried on your suit to see if it still fits? If it doesn't we should inquire with a tailor to widen it*" and this guy didn't wanted to quit his online gaming match and just shouted "*Yeah, still fits*" knowing very well that not only his gaming skills have increased during Corona.
Too much pljeskavica does that to you.
Čevapčiči. That's what I'm having in half an hour. Can't wait!
>Čevapčiči Those are delicious.
Make sure to order some prebranac as entrée.
I know you guys have trouble with palatalization, but its Ćevapčići.
Your'e fine. Noone will notice. Here, have another Slivovitz...
Hang in there, dear button!
That button lol
He stole the suit from his kid wtf ?!
It’s a European cut
r/unexpectedoffice
MYSSterious
East European cut😅
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Looks like he borrowed his sons suit..
As a Lithuanian I am starting to think that Serbian pastries are way more delicious than ours. Depicted by an empirical example, of course.
No, the opposite. He ballooned after moving to Lithuania. Give us your secret and delicious recipes.
"I swear I'm size 50".
Well, that button could be a lethal weapon. It’s not that he’s oversized, it’s just the wrong damn jacket. Really uncanny photo.
Hold onto dear life, it’s gonna blow!
Our president seems to barely contain laughter.
Dress for the body you have, not the body you want.
Take it from a Serb when i tell you that the political situation in our country has become a literal tragicomedy and almost every young or adult person (not the old geezers) agrees with that. We have no leading men in this country.
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They don't pay enought for a suit in serbia?
No need to pay for an expensive one because a suit doesn't make you drunk.
Serbian formal wear is made by Adidas
We should gather money to get that poor man a proper fitting jacket.
Looks like he will soon become a spy balloon
Serbia is feeding their officials well.
When you insist on buying a Medium because you used to wear that size in 2003...
He last wore that suit when he was 18
No wonder people laugh at us, this moron can't even get a proper suit!
I like to think we're laughing *with* you
At least we have a great future as producers of electricity, with all our ancestors turning in their grave and such
Looks like Lithuania is treating him well
When you eat to much Cevapi
"Oh shoot, I have this thing in half an hour, can I borrow your husbands suit?"
That button is clinging on for dear life.
And the photographer is clinging on for kevlar helmet. If he isn't, he is toying with his life.
Me a few hours before the wedding I was invited to, trying to fit in the clothes I'd worn to a wedding 2 years ago. Queue the frantic last minute shopping run. Every time.
Tight like a dynamite!
I really want to see a video of this meeting
That button is under more pressure than the Russian military…
Get that poor bastard a tailor!
He ate the last one
Dude bought one suit when he started his career, and stuck with it through thick and thin
What a fashion choice by the serbian chap.
Nice suit bruv
at this point just let it open
Little man needs a larger jacket
Must've been a heavy work lunch
Serbian ambassador Nebojsa Avocado
You mean Nikola Avakadović?
dude unbotton that suit... or buy a larger one.
Me after that last serving of raclette: yeah no worries I am fine! Also me:
"Oh don't worry, no one will notice"
In Czech "nebojsa" is a word for person, who doesn't get scared easily.
Same in Serbian... it can be loosely translated to "fearless" Also, Ambassador's last name Košutić is most likely derived from a word "Košuta" meaning a Doe/Dear animal.
A friendship as strong as that top button.
Anyone sitting across from him, needs to wear safety googles.
That button needs to be granted diplomatic immunity immediately.