Tie pool

I work in an office where men are expected to wear ties. Every man who works in the office has invested in a small collection of ties. Also, I happen to own an identical tie as a colleague leading to our looking a bit silly when we both wear these ties on the same day.

These problems of everyone having to fund their own collection of ties and of tie duplication could be solved with a tie pool. Individuals would supply one or two ties to the pool which would be checked for uniqueness. When you get to work you would be able to choose a tie, replacing it in the pool at the end of the day or the following morning. This would ensure no duplicate ties are worn, it would allow for a much lower average expenditure on ties (e.g. 30 ties might give sufficient choice for an office of 20 men), and it would encourage people to get to the office early (if you want the gorgeous hand-woven silk tie).