Mia wore her favorite denim shorts everywhere—school, the grocery store, even to a job interview.

 Mia wore her favorite denim shorts everywhere—school, the grocery store, even to a job interview.

The interviewer glanced at them. “You know, we usually expect something a little more formal.”

Mia nodded. “Absolutely. I brought a blazer.”

She pulled one out of her bag and put it on over her T-shirt. The interviewer looked impressed—until Mia stood up and the blazer turned out to be a tiny doll’s jacket.

“I’m dressed for the job,” Mia said. “The jacket is just here for moral support.”

She didn’t get the job, but she did get a call from the interviewer later.

“Could you come back?” he asked. “We need someone who can make the office laugh.”

Mia showed up in the same shorts.

“Perfect,” he said. “You’re hired.”

And that’s how Mia became the company’s first employee with a dress code—and a tiny jacket in her bag.