Pull up those jeans!

SparkyTech

Dublin Bus please take note. Wearing your bottoms below your actual bottom is now outlawed, and rightly so, in the state of Texas :eek:

Saggy trousers may be fashionable among urban youth but they won't be allowed on some buses in the state of Texas.

"Pull 'em up or find another ride," reads signs on city buses in Ft. Worth.
The signs went up after the Ft. Worth Transportation Authority, known as "The T," implemented a new policy that prohibits any passenger from boarding a bus with saggy trousers that expose the person's underwear.

"Riders don't want to see a person dressed like that on a public bus," Joan Hunter, communications manager for The T, told Reuters. "Our customers think it's disrespectful."

The saggy trousers look has been around for more than a decade, tracing its roots to prison attire because inmates are not issued belts. It spread to the rap and hip-hop music community, and from there became a popular symbol of freedom and cultural awareness for many young people.

Hunter said the saggy trousers policy is an extension of the dress code that The T has had for years, which has long required shirts and shoes.

"A lot of different people ride the bus," she said. "And many of them told us it's not a good idea to have your pants below your buttocks."
She said the decision on whether a potential rider's pants are inappropriate is up to the discretion of the bus driver.

The first day the policy was in place about 50 people were removed for improper trousers, Hunter said, adding the overall reaction has been positive.

Following this rule is actually easier than following any other clothing policy we have," she said. "All you need to do is pull your pants up before you get onto the bus. You don't have to go home and get a shirt or get a pair of shoes. Then, after you get off the bus, you can dress however you want."

D1stant

Texas. The beacon of humanity.

Do they get the death sentence for it?

My name is URL

Land of the free, lol

Black Leather

I just love wearing my low cut jeans and nobody is going to tell me how to dress. What's wrong with a bit of underwear or a some butt crack on show?

Kevin Duffy

Ah Texas, where a senator reputedly once said, when discussing language education, "If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for our schools".

ejmaztec

D1stant wrote: »

Texas. The beacon of humanity.

Do they get the death sentence for it?

Death by lethal wedgie.

strokemyclover

Well at least you can see the flawed logic behind the decision - weight gain in Texas is mandatory therefore no one's trousers should be so loose as to be deemed falling down.

That's a paddlin'!

Overheal

My name is URL wrote: »

Land of the free, lol

Asinine comment, dragging freedom to it's extreme. You have a 1st Amendment right to free speech and yet there are still protected categories, times and locations where you are not free to speak as you like. Such as yelling "Bomb!" in an airplane just for cheap thrills; or similar laws involving Hatecrime.

Similarly being asked to pull your pants up when you sit down on a public transport is hardly a threat to freedom and democracy. If anything it's a threat to the spread of bacteria. Pick something else to mock, because on this you don't know your ass from your elbow.

orourkeda

good looking women should be made pull them down all the way

stupidusername

ah that's a bit much. I mean people that do ridiculously stupid things like that annoy me probably more than the next person but that's just bollix telling people they can't wear what they want. and if you're trying to use the hygiene argument how about girls with 'skelts' :rolleyes:

Sonics2k

My name is URL wrote: »

Land of the free, lol

Terrible comment. Really, just terrible.

Dravokivich

so... now i dont get to see any ass

slavetothegrind

that there law is agin builders MMMMMHMMMM!

stupidusername

Dravokivich wrote: »

so... now i dont get to see any ass

Do you want to see young boy ass?

My name is URL

Overheal wrote: »

Asinine comment, dragging freedom to it's extreme. You have a 1st Amendment right to free speech and yet there are still protected categories, times and locations where you are not free to speak as you like. Such as yelling "Bomb!" in an airplane just for cheap thrills; or similar laws involving Hatecrime.

Similarly being asked to pull your pants up when you sit down on a public transport is hardly a threat to freedom and democracy. If anything it's a threat to the spread of bacteria. Pick something else to mock, because on this you don't know your ass from your elbow.

Yeah, my comment was asinine. Your comparing of it to yelling "Bomb!" on an aeroplane however is most rational.

Being told to sit down on a bus is a matter of safety, not personal taste. And as for the spread of bacteria.. a thousand times more bacteria comes from your mouth than your ass-crack.

They're bringing in the rule simply because the style is not appreciated by the majority.

Dravokivich

stupidusername wrote: »

Do you want to see young boy ass?

i've noticed wimmins do it too

stupidusername

Dravokivich wrote: »

i've noticed wimmins do it too

really? oh i've never seen that. hmm.

Seachmall

Most of us have no problem putting our bare arse on a seat where others have had their bare arse, and even urinated on, but don't want to sit on a seat where someone, who was presumably wearing underwear, has sat despite the fact we're fully clothed.

Maybe it's not about germs (your arse has only a fraction of the germs as your hands, unless you use your arse in fascinating ways) but the image? Maybe they should ban tilted baseball caps too, or baggy T-shirts, or do-rags.

Matthew23

I sometimes wear my jeans hanging down just abit , its becase its more comfortabel. i dont think its bad.

Dravokivich

stupidusername wrote: »

really? oh i've never seen that. hmm.

true story, FACT!

My name is URL

It's actually illegal in some places..

http://www.flintexpats.com/2008/07/baggy-pants-guidelines.html

a warning if your underwear is visible at all.. indecent exposure if even the slightest bit of your crack is showing.

sollar

Those convicted should be made wear their jeans like simon cowell.... pulled up extra high.

WindSock

It's coz they's black. & Hispanic.

Overheal

My name is URL wrote: »

They're bringing in the rule simply because the style is not appreciated by the majority.

Neither is nudity.

But as the article already clearly states, it's only a matter of pulling up your pants when you get on the mass transit. You can do whatever you like to your pants when you get back off.