I've been dinged over the years for a few uniform "boo-boos"... Wearing my sneakers (My boots had gotten bloodied up on a previous call and were not bloodborne pathogen or waterproof... this was in 1983, when AIDS was freaking everyone out) Wearing "faded" BDUs (They had been washed ONCE... they weren't faded at all - the guy was just being an a## looking to write up anyone) I had a cop just recently ask why we don't have button down shirts (We wear a grey tshirt with the company name and logo, our rank (EMT), navy BDUs, and black boots). "Sir, I am working at an outdoor event, and I am extricating people from bushes, ravines, and roads. This IS my uniform, and it serves us extremely well for what we do."