Abercrombie "Banishes" Girl With Prosthetic Arm To Storeroom

dan719 · 16-06-2009 08:46PM

What's the problem? Companies hire on the basis of intelligence, experience and so on.
Looks are another trait on which companies discriminate. And it is not only those companies which have a stated 'looks policy'. Even in interview situations, how one looks has an impact on success rates.

A&F is dependent on selling a look or a lifestyle, and it's stores (including staff) are part of this. Get over it.

Hamiltonion · 16-06-2009 08:48PM

In fairness its up to the company, if you're not happy work elsewhere. You wouldnt sue a model agency if they didnt deem you attractive enough to hire/use for a certain shoot

Ps A and F is utter tat, the badge of an arrogant, trust fund fueled, chest waxing twat

Blazer · 16-06-2009 08:50PM

super_furry wrote: »

I like their clothes though, they're kind of like a twat badge so you know that anyone wearing them is usually someone you don't want to talk to.

lol...my housemate every week buys them when over there...gonna have some laugh at him now..the big dickhead..:D

on the serious side I'm glad I didn't buy anything from the fcukers...an won't be in future..

ScumLord · 16-06-2009 09:03PM

I've never even heard of that shop.

Red Alert · 16-06-2009 09:28PM

Pity, some of their clothes are gorgeous but I think it's an awful shabby way to treat someone. Especially someone like her who seemed to be a good 'fit' for the company. Wonder what they do if someone gets pregnant?

BlackWizard · 16-06-2009 09:45PM

I like their clothes.

partyatmygaff · 16-06-2009 09:48PM

I don't like their clothes.

Saying people who wear Abercrombie drive Audis is just plain stupid. Audis are classy sporty cars.

You must be thinking of BMW.

Mossy Monk · 16-06-2009 09:57PM

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Audis are classy sporty cars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7ouasWbKMs

Bob Z · 17-06-2009 02:45AM

i hope she gave them the cold shoulder

The Walsho · 17-06-2009 03:13AM

Loving the puns in here.

I don't get why A&F didn't just say it was because she was really good in the stockroom. Like when playing football as a kid and you'd convince the worst player that he always had to go in goal because he was just such a good keeper.

And yer wan is suing them now? She's going out on a limb there.

Morlar · 17-06-2009 03:27AM

The Walsho wrote: »

And yer wan is suing them now? She's going out on a limb there.

On the other hand there is a good chance she will win.

davyjose · 17-06-2009 07:55AM

This is all very humerus.

Nodin · 17-06-2009 08:24AM

dan719 wrote: »

What's the problem? Companies hire on the basis of intelligence, experience and so on.
Looks are another trait on which companies discriminate..

Then why did they hire her for a job on the floor, then later decide she needed to cover herself, then banish her to the stockroom, which wasn't what she signed on for?

johnny_knoxvile · 17-06-2009 08:54AM

They didnt need to put her in the stock room... She could have gone in the window as a manaquin.

0ubliette · 17-06-2009 09:47AM

i was over in Utah a few weeks ago, one my girlfriends in laws works in A&F, and told us tht the people who work there arent called 'cashiers' or 'staff' or whatever, theyre called 'models'. Like seriously, the job title of the guy at the register is 'model'. :facepalm:

Mossy Monk · 17-06-2009 09:53AM

Sound like a shop only an idiot would shop at.

johnny_knoxvile · 17-06-2009 10:02AM

0ubliette wrote: »

i was over in Utah a few weeks ago, one my girlfriends in laws works in A&F, and told us tht the people who work there arent called 'cashiers' or 'staff' or whatever, theyre called 'models'. Like seriously, the job title of the guy at the register is 'model'. :facepalm:

well after his paintings, we might call Biffo a model too!

BraziliaNZ · 17-06-2009 10:07AM

why are Irish "omigod" types so obsessed with this label? From what i can see it seem people from "The Hills" and wannabe American D4 accent Irish people are the only people in the world that wear the stuff. How did this fascination start?

MaxFlower · 17-06-2009 10:10AM

I blame the girl for all this - it has simply gone too far. She should never have worn that cardigan in the first place.

Didn't she know that A&F are a US company and as such the laws of that country apply therefore (as stated in the second amendment) she had the right to bare arms!

johnny_knoxvile · 17-06-2009 10:13AM

It started when some one from D4 wanted an alternative to polo shirt but didnt want to as extreme as wear their PJs, and so the A&F craze was born.

AnonoBoy · 17-06-2009 10:14AM

Red Alert wrote: »

Wonder what they do if someone gets pregnant?

Stylish and well manicured abortions for all!

davyjose · 17-06-2009 10:14AM

TBF, unless you don't buy any branded items, and buy all your clothes on the cheap, you can't really point the finger at someone who buys that, or any, particular brand.
They do some (not all) nice stuff, yeah it's a bit samey, and I wouldn't buy all my stuff there. But to me there's no difference between buying a pair of levi's or an abercrombie Polo, at least in terms of snobbery (real, or inverted )

latenia · 17-06-2009 10:15AM

NH

wudangclan · 17-06-2009 10:18AM

latenia wrote: »

NH

'no hand' ??

davyjose · 17-06-2009 10:20AM

In fairness, the stock room is a handy number

Porkpie · 17-06-2009 10:24AM

As long as people like the look of A&F clothing they will continue to purchase, regardless of the company's lack of ethical work practises. Personally I don't see what the appeal is and wouldn't dress a dog in their clothes.

wudangclan · 17-06-2009 10:29AM

i much prefer this label

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ShooterSF · 17-06-2009 10:47AM

MaxFlower wrote: »

I blame the girl for all this - it has simply gone too far. She should never have worn that cardigan in the first place.

Didn't she know that A&F are a US company and as such the laws of that country apply therefore (as stated in the second amendment) she had the right to bare arms!

That's not what the law was intended for. It meant that she has the right to have a bear arm grafted on in place of her old one.
It was written at a time when human arms were in rare supply but there was an abundance of bear arms.

Porkpie · 17-06-2009 11:00AM

Ha ha I just saw an Abercrombie ad on the top right of this screen, anyone else see it?

davyjose · 17-06-2009 11:13AM

Porkpie wrote: »

Ha ha I just saw an Abercrombie ad on the top right of this screen, anyone else see it?

Mine says "25% sale on Bear Arms"

Abercrombie "Banishes" Girl With Prosthetic Arm To Storeroom

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