I spend a great deal of time making sure I'm providing my readers with useful information, so I was a bit taken aback by his comments. Since I'm well-aware there are many types of work environments, I wanted to make sure I hadn't done anything silly like tell everyone they had to wear a suit to work. That might be appropriate for an accounting firm, but boy would that be weird if you worked in a flower shop.
As far as proper workplace behavior, I don't see anything particularly wrong with advising my readers, regardless of the environment in which they work, not to offend their co-workers or boss or embarrass themselves. That's pretty much one-size-fits-all advice as it should be.
Ironically, the reader is taking the advice I would have given him had he asked what he should do if he was stuck in a work environment that was unsuitable for him, for example one that required employees to dress in a certain way or even act a certain way. I would, however, remind him that civil behavior is important regardless of where he works: "The office is one of the only workplaces that tries to keep this ancient practice up and is exactly why I'm about to leave and go back to a normal working environment of the studio, where I can actually concentrate on the work I am producing and not how I'm dressed."
Congratulations, I say to him. You are doing the right thing. Two of the most important questions one should ask him or herself when considering a job offer are "Will I Be Comfortable in This Office Environment?" and "Is The Corporate Culture In Line With My Own Values, Attitudes, And Goals?"