Comments on: No Underwear, No Deodorant, No Job?

Florida City Enacts Dress Code For Workers Stressing "Strict Personal Hygiene"

[TheMasses0003]

No Underwear, No Deodorant, No Job?
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When has this NOT been the case?
CBS suks.

[PostalOneToo]

by mrs_trepidatious June 18, 2009 8:29 AM PDT
I am in favor of this. Christian appropriate attire should be worn in public.


"Christian" like the preacher who spent his money on hookers?

[makemyday2day]

onesword - this has NOTHING to do with Africa or tribes. Why even bring it up?

[gramto8]

I have never heard of a nose piercing being race or religion required, but I will be the first to admit that I am not well versed in all the world's religions. There is NO race that REQUIRES a nose ring.

I may have missed it in the article, but I didn't see anything about them watching to see if anyone was not wearing underwear. They didn't want to SEE people's underwear because of the person's outerwear being worn hanging too low. I FULLY agree with this! It is called UNDERwear for a reason..... to be worn UNDER other clothing, not to show itself.

As far as your last comment, why should the lawmakers of one town on the west coast of the state be held liable for all that you find wrong with the whole state? Also, do you not think that these same things are going wrong in ALL states? Not one is immune.

[batcomp]

Don't get me wrong, I don't like the whole "jeans to my knees" style either but let me ask you this? How would you feel if your place of work enforced a dress code that followed a different set of religions beliefs? I'm pretty sure that if an Islamic dress code were enforced you would have a serious problem with it. You can't uphold the concept of "The Land of the Free" while saying, "You must follow my beliefs."

[gravyboat3000]

I still want to know how they're gonna confirm that all employees are wearing underwear.

I was a manager, with 15 employees. If you lined them up, and stared at them, ya couldn't tell if they had underwear on or not. And what difference does it make?

I did let go of a temp girl for repeatedly exposing too much cleavage, to show off a tattoo. I didn't get sued though, her lawyer was too busy working a lawsuit against her last employer.

[mensarino]

Mrs Trep------Will sackcloth and ashes suffice?

[smitvict]

I agree that Christian attire should be an expectation. An excellent example would be the proponent of traditional marriage, Carrie Prejean.

[batcomp]

Once again lawmakers have found a way to not only avoid the bigger issues, but to increase the incomes of their lawyer friends. First will be the freedom of speech and discrimination lawsuits . . . "My nose piercing or the way I dress is connected to my faith or my race," let alone the "profiling" of every young person in this country. Next comes the crap about, "So I can get fired for not wearing deodorant but that one can bathe in overpowering perfume?" Then they'll have to create an entirely new government agency of overpaid directors and inspectors to sniff and strip search you once you've passed through the metal detectors that had to be upgraded so they can detect the metals used for body jewelry. Trust me, I have never been stopped at an airport security check because my nipple ring sent off the metal detector . . . not to mention you can't even tell I have it unless I take my shirt off! Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see the boxers or thong of some teenage employee when I go to the store, but I have the option to go to another store or better yet address my complaints to the store manager who can either choose to address the problem or ignore it and in turn keep or lose my business. And last but not least will come the issue of, "I'm some kind of pedophile because I can't stop staring at some underage child's butt crack that has been forced in my face."

In short, shouldn't the Florida lawmakers be a bit more worried about things like healthcare, the homeless and all the children that their own Dept. of Child Services can't find?!?

[gramto8]

I have never heard of a nose piercing being race or religion required, but I will be the first to admit that I am not well versed in all the world's religions. There is NO race that REQUIRES a nose ring.

I may have missed it in the article, but I didn't see anything about them watching to see if anyone was not wearing underwear. They didn't want to SEE people's underwear because of the person's outerwear being worn hanging too low. I FULLY agree with this! It is called UNDERwear for a reason..... to be worn UNDER other clothing, not to show itself.

As far as your last comment, why should the lawmakers of one town on the west coast of the state be held liable for all that you find wrong with the whole state? Also, do you not think that these same things are going wrong in ALL states? Not one is immune.

[batcomp]

First - I said, "My nose piercing or the way I dress is connected to my faith or my race." In other words, piercing goes with religion and dress goes with race. And you might also want to think about the simple fact that not everybody in your community follows the same belief system as you. Heck, you may even want to learn a little bit more about other cultures and beliefs.

Second - The title of the article is, "No UNDERWEAR, No Deodorant, No Job?" and the first sentence of the article is, "A Florida city is cleaning up with a new dress code that REQUIRES city workers to WEAR UNDERWEAR and use deodorant." Are you simply picking out the parts of the article that fit within your belief system or are you just not paying attention?

And last but not least - My final comment was in regards to the simple fact that this entire country has much bigger issues than telling people how to look and dress. Even here in VA a Virginia Beach member off the house tried to get a law passed outlawing baggy pants though out the entire state . . . and I'm sorry, but I have a problem really big problem with him trying to ban baggy pants while beach goers in his own district can run around in bathing suits that leave absolutely nothing to the imagination. In other words, clean up your own house before you start complaining about the rest of the neighborhood.

[blog_fever2]

Wow. I am for people looking their best especially in public, but to enforce laws over the will of the people? That seems a litte much.....