This is so true! I just had to buy new jeans for hubby for work.Work pants? Bite your tongue. Levi's are dress up pants that we wear to work. Carhartt or Wrangler are strictly work. Unless they're new....Then they can be worn to 'hi end' functions .
Side note: cargo shorts or parachute pants are the approved dress for the cereal isle.
I did take the old pairs and I'm in the middle of finish a blue jean quilt out of them.