Dunnes Stores - nice merchandise...(?)

The Sweeper · 11-11-2013 09:33PM #1

Also know as the 'wtf was your buyer thinking?' thread.

Snapped in Dunnes this week:

Tigger99 · 11-11-2013 09:58PM

Or wtf are you thinking putting that daft t-shirt in this forum?

Amirani · 11-11-2013 10:02PM

Tigger99 wrote: »

Or wtf are you thinking putting that daft t-shirt in this forum?

If you have a problem with a post Tigger99, please use the report post function.

The Sweeper · 11-11-2013 11:04PM

Tigger99 wrote: »

Or wtf are you thinking putting that daft t-shirt in this forum?

Well that's the point, isn't it? I believe someone has already complained about this T-shirt, only to be told by Dunnes that seeing as they are the only complainant, Dunnes would not be removing the merchandise.

I can't imagine what reaction someone wearing that t-shirt would hope to provoke...

Sauve · 11-11-2013 11:08PM

The Sweeper wrote: »

I can't imagine what reaction someone wearing that t-shirt would hope to provoke...

It sure as heck wouldn't be pretty

The Sweeper · 11-11-2013 11:20PM

Stephens Green shopping centre, if anyone would like to join me in contacting them?

ted1 · 11-11-2013 11:51PM

The Sweeper wrote: »

Stephens Green shopping centre, if anyone would like to join me in contacting them?

What would be the basis of the complaint?

Tigger99 · 11-11-2013 11:52PM

I completely misread the first post, apologies The Sweeper. I had a brain fart!

The Sweeper · 11-11-2013 11:54PM

ted1 wrote: »

What would be the basis of the complaint?

Your t-shirt is sexist and unfunny. I'd like you to stop stocking it, and suggest you think twice about stocking such blatantly sexist material. If you choose to ignore my complaint that's fine, I'll choose not to spend my money with you. Chrstxbye.

ted1 · 12-11-2013 12:06AM

The Sweeper wrote: »

Your t-shirt is sexist and unfunny. I'd like you to stop stocking it, and suggest you think twice about stocking such blatantly sexist material. If you choose to ignore my complaint that's fine, I'll choose not to spend my money with you. Chrstxbye.

Each to their own. Personally I think its daft to complain about something like this as it tends to dilute real issues that should be complained about.
Any idea what the factory and working conditions are like in the factories that make there clothes?

Sauve · 12-11-2013 12:11AM

Mod

Ted1 - don't try to drag the thread off-topic. If you don't like the topic then don't post.
Sauve.

meeeeh · 12-11-2013 12:15AM

There are three types of t shirts I can't stand. Sports jerseys outside sporting events, work tshirts outside work and idiotic slogan t shirts. The last ones are especially stupid and usually portray very poor picture of the people wearing them. I don't think this one is any worse than stuff that is already around.

ted1 · 12-11-2013 12:16AM

Sauve wrote: »

Mod

Ted1 - don't try to drag the thread off-topic. If you don't like the topic then don't post.
Sauve.

I wouldn't say I'm pulling it off topic. Simply putting a different perspective and opinion on it.
This is a discussion board.

12-11-2013 12:20AM

I think it's a bit daft and immature but I wouldn't call it sexist

krankykitty · 12-11-2013 12:23AM

These tshirts serve as a really useful idiot filter, can just avoid those who wear them!

Oryx · 12-11-2013 12:33AM

I think a teeshirt like that serves a very useful purpose. It identifies the wearer as a jerk before you even have to talk to them.

The Sweeper · 12-11-2013 01:45AM

ted1 wrote: »

Each to their own. Personally I think its daft to complain about something like this as it tends to dilute real issues that should be complained about.

'The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.'

ShiverinEskimo · 12-11-2013 10:10AM

The tshirt is showing how an abused boyfriend/husband reacts to verbal abuse from his partner/spouse by remaining calm and avoiding escalation, ignoring the abuse and removing the chance for the bully to inflict further insult.

The Sweeper · 12-11-2013 11:16AM

bluewolf wrote: »

I think it's a bit daft and immature but I wouldn't call it sexist

Given that sexism includes stereotyping gender roles (nagging woman) and can include the implication that one sex is better than the other (clever man solves 'problem' of nagging woman) I think it's pretty much the poster t-shirt for sexism.

This sort of idle, random, opportunistic crap is precisely what bolsters greater sexist attitudes, normalising them and broadcasting them far and wide. It's even more frustrating because it's so utterly unnecessary - don't choose this, from the thousands of options for a t-shirt; don't buy a range of it in for your stores, don't stock it, don't sell it.

So the person who took the photograph complained to the manager at Dunnes, who apparently replied that given she was the only person to complain about it, they wouldn't be doing anything.

...so I'm going to use this form on their website http://www.dunnesstores.com/faqs-contact-us/content/fcp-content to just register the fact that I think it's a cheap shot and unnecessary.

12-11-2013 11:49AM

I think it's a stupid tshirt that happens to have a smug idiot who is male avoiding a female. I don't think it's playing into stereotypes

But I mean if you & other people have a problem with it and complain, okay

Dolbert · 12-11-2013 12:02PM

I'd put it in the same category as those 'if found, return to the pub' T-shirts - inane and stupid but I wouldn't be particularly offended by a guy wearing it (I may, however, instantly assume that he is an idiot).

wallycharlo · 12-11-2013 12:23PM

It shows a female character blowing her top, in a very agressive looking manner, while the male character seeks relief from the confrontation through music.

Why on earth would someone want to try and reason / converse with someone who is being aggressive like that? Morale that I would take from this is lose your temper, lose the argument.

kylith · 12-11-2013 12:30PM

I used to wear a t-shirt that read "Boys are stupid. Throw rocks at them". Is that also sexist and deserving of complaint, or do we sometimes need to remember that sometimes people wear clothes with stupid, unfunny jokes on them?

Sleepy · 13-11-2013 02:50PM

Does nobody see the irony in the OP posting to a female orientated forum seeking to raise a group to nag a company for stereotyping women as being nags?

IvyTheTerrible · 13-11-2013 04:41PM

Sleepy wrote: »

Does nobody see the irony in the OP posting to a female orientated forum seeking to raise a group to nag a company for stereotyping women as being nags?

Is raising a complaint about something you perceive as sexist nagging?

ShiverinEskimo · 13-11-2013 04:46PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Is raising a complaint about something you perceive as sexist nagging?

Let's not get into definitions. Complaining/harrassing/nagging are all sides of the same die. And all things that should be avoided unless absolutely necessary on the basis that life is simply far too short.

Having said that, in one of life's beautiful little coincidences I think The Sweeper may have a bigger fish to fry than Dunnes Stores.

Check out Google's own example of the usage of the word 'nagging'. You couldn't make it up.

RoscommonTom · 13-11-2013 05:45PM

It's harmless enough, theres far worse out there

Sleepy · 13-11-2013 06:28PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Is raising a complaint about something you perceive as sexist nagging?

I didn't say the OP was wrong, I just found it ironic...

Hazys · 13-11-2013 06:49PM

The Sweeper wrote: »

Given that sexism includes stereotyping gender roles (nagging woman) and can include the implication that one sex is better than the other (clever man solves 'problem' of nagging woman) I think it's pretty much the poster t-shirt for sexism.

This sort of idle, random, opportunistic crap is precisely what bolsters greater sexist attitudes, normalising them and broadcasting them far and wide. It's even more frustrating because it's so utterly unnecessary - don't choose this, from the thousands of options for a t-shirt; don't buy a range of it in for your stores, don't stock it, don't sell it.

So the person who took the photograph complained to the manager at Dunnes, who apparently replied that given she was the only person to complain about it, they wouldn't be doing anything.

...so I'm going to use this form on their website http://www.dunnesstores.com/faqs-contact-us/content/fcp-content to just register the fact that I think it's a cheap shot and unnecessary.

*puts on headphones*

Little Acorn · 13-11-2013 06:55PM

At first glance I thought the lady was puking on the other person, and then was confused as to why headphones would help this situation.
It's been a long day.........

Hazys · 13-11-2013 07:06PM

Being serious, isn't there a million ads on TV where the men are portray as dopey and cannot complete the most simple of tasks till the wife intervenes. Like where the dopey husband can't find the paracetamol but the smart wife can in an instant.

The vast majority are harmless, yes some are worth fighting for but the T-shirt in Dunnes is at the bottom of the harmless spectrum. Thank god the OP hasn't googled tshirthell :eek:

Dunnes Stores - nice merchandise...(?)

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