Dress code for a coffee shop?

Birneybau · 27-08-2015 01:38PM

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Exactly which part of her body was offending the server (dont be giving me that barista shite). Is it arms she finds unacceptable? Shoulders? Perhaps stomachs are what will bring about the downfall of civilisation?

Coffee shops are wanker palaces anyway

Especially when there are women in tight pants and bras.

languagenerd · 27-08-2015 01:38PM

That whole article is just free advertising for her business (and her chest, judging by the photos). She wasn't even asked to leave, she was asked not to sit there in just her bra.

Idiot. If she'd spilled the coffee and scalded her uncovered stomach she'd probably have blamed them and sued for compensation...

NachoBusiness · 27-08-2015 01:42PM

languagenerd wrote: »

That whole article is just free advertising for her business (and her chest, judging by the photos).

The article linked was just picked up on from a local paper.
All the pics have been taken off Twitter.

She wasn't even asked to leave, she was asked not to sit there in just her bra.

Essentially she was asked to leave tbf as she had no other clothing with her.

Shenshen · 27-08-2015 01:45PM

When I read "Sports Bra" I pictured one of the ones that would look like a tight top but leaving the tummy free.
Then I clicked the link - that's just a bra. The woman walked into a coffee shop just wearing a bra and people don't get why that's not appropriate attire?

The Backwards Man · 27-08-2015 01:46PM

I can't see how the actual bra is the problem. I bet if she wore it as a balaclava she would have got whatever she wanted.

Ash.J.Williams · 27-08-2015 01:49PM

Jogathon wrote: »

I exercise loads, and often wear my gym gear (Lycra) to coffee/lunch places. I always wear a top over my sports bra though. I wouldn't go for coffee in my normal bra...why is a sports bra different?

it is different.

Sports bra "oh there's a woman after an oul jog, fair play to her"
Bra "oh there's a woman with no top on ....how odd...."

meeeeh · 27-08-2015 01:51PM

While I wouldn't be overly bothered for modesty reasons but I do wish people would stop wearing gym outfits to lunch. Nobody goes to gym after lunch so you are either giving impression that you are just pretending to work out or that you stink.

kylith · 27-08-2015 01:55PM

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

it is different.

Sports bra "oh there's a woman after an oul jog, fair play to her"
Bra "oh there's a woman with no top on ....how odd...."

Bikini top "oh there's a woman after an auld swim", but she probably still wouldn't get served in it.

I worked in gyms for years and I don't think I ever saw anyone wear just a sports bra in the café in the gym, let alone outside.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 27-08-2015 01:58PM

Brought to you by Starbucks and Nandos...

So either she just worked out in that bra, in which case WHY would she not have changed out of it, or she put it on especially to go to the coffee shop. Again, WHY? She's obviously put the work into her body and she's proud of it and wants to show it off, but even in Costa?

Also, I'm not a gym person or a busty person (:(), but she looks like she's too busty for that thing even to give her enough support for when she's exercising?

Potatoeman · 27-08-2015 01:58PM

If she had just finished ninja skills training she should have dropped her smoke bomb and disappeared.

Son Of A Vidic · 27-08-2015 02:00PM

There's no better promotion than a bit of self-promotion. Well played Ms Ward.

Diamond Doll · 27-08-2015 02:08PM

I'd find it very strange if I walked into a coffee shop and saw someone there in a bra and leggings.

For anyone who thinks it's OK ... how would you feel if you walked into a coffee shop and saw a hairy overweight man wearing only his Speedos, would it make it OK because he was "just back from a swim"?

I don't think wearing underwear is acceptable attire for any normal coffee shop, to be honest, and I can see why it would make staff and customers uncomfortable.

BattleCorp · 27-08-2015 02:09PM

I think she looks nice enough in the pics.

Nice free bit of advertising for her business.

I can't see much wrong with wearing sports gear if you are popping into the coffee shop on the way too or from the gym.

Yes, it might be a bit revealing but no more so than you'd see people in the street on a fine day. Or in a nightclub for that matter.

Ash.J.Williams · 27-08-2015 02:10PM

This little piggy wrote: »

I'd find it very strange if I walked into a coffee shop and saw someone there in a bra and leggings.

For anyone who thinks it's OK ... how would you feel if you walked into a coffee shop and saw a hairy overweight man wearing only his Speedos, would it make it OK because he was "just back from a swim"?

I don't think wearing underwear is acceptable attire for any normal coffee shop, to be honest, and I can see why it would make staff and customers uncomfortable.

to be honest i thought it was normal enough occurrence until now. (the women bit not the speedos)

Boom_Bap · 27-08-2015 02:10PM

I was in Potsdam last week and was at the lake, this boat arrived that sold ice cream, beer, pommes, bratwurst....somewhat like a ice cream van except a boat.
People where lining up in their nip to get served. Not one person was turned away.
We should adopt the German appraoch and just be in our nip all the time. What is this thread about again?

Crooked Jack · 27-08-2015 02:11PM

kylith wrote: »

I've actual bras bigger than what she was wearing, and I wouldn't expect it to be ok to walk into a café wearing only one of them.

Shenshen wrote: »

When I read "Sports Bra" I pictured one of the ones that would look like a tight top but leaving the tummy free.
Then I clicked the link - that's just a bra. The woman walked into a coffee shop just wearing a bra and people don't get why that's not appropriate attire?

Nowhere in the article does it say that what she's wearing in the pictures is what she was wearing at the time. I'd be very wary of taking anything form a Mail article that was "implied" rather than explicitly stated.

Wizard! · 27-08-2015 02:13PM

Attention junkies...

Crooked Jack · 27-08-2015 02:13PM

Lawson Nice Firefly wrote: »

Brought to you by Starbucks and Nandos...

So either she just worked out in that bra, in which case WHY would she not have changed out of it, or she put it on especially to go to the coffee shop. Again, WHY? She's obviously put the work into her body and she's proud of it and wants to show it off, but even in Costa?

Also, I'm not a gym person or a busty person (:(), but she looks like she's too busty for that thing even to give her enough support for when she's exercising?

shes's not a "gym person" she works there as a personal trainer. I take a bootcamp class in the mornings and the guy who takes it spends his whole day in his gym gear. could you be arsed changing every time you wanted to leave the place for 10 minutes?

kylith · 27-08-2015 02:13PM

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Nowhere in the article does it say that what she's wearing in the pictures is what she was wearing at the time. I'd be very wary of taking anything form a Mail article that was "implied" rather than explicitly stated.

I bet that I still have bigger bras than anything she was wearing.

Crooked Jack · 27-08-2015 02:14PM

kylith wrote: »

I bet that I still have bigger bras than anything she was wearing.

well far be it from me to comment on your own personal dimensions, kylith

kylith · 27-08-2015 02:15PM

Crooked Jack wrote: »

shes's not a "gym person" she works there as a personal trainer. I take a bootcamp class in the mornings and the guy who takes it spends his whole day in his gym gear. could you be arsed changing every time you wanted to leave the place for 10 minutes?

She could have just slung on a t-shirt or zip-up top. She wouldn't even have needed to stop walking.

BattleCorp · 27-08-2015 02:15PM

This little piggy wrote: »

... how would you feel if you walked into a coffee shop and saw a hairy overweight man wearing only his Speedos, would it make it OK because he was "just back from a swim"?

I don't think wearing underwear is acceptable attire for any normal coffee shop, to be honest, and I can see why it would make staff and customers uncomfortable.

To be fair, she's pretty far from being a hairy overwieght man. She's a fit woman with a savage figure.

Those sports tops are designed to be visible when worn. Nearly every female athlete wears them while doing their sport. They are designed to be seen, so not technically underwear that should only be viewed in private.

Are we really a nation of prudes who expect women to cover up?

Crooked Jack · 27-08-2015 02:16PM

kylith wrote: »

She could have just slung on a t-shirt or zip-up top. She wouldn't even have needed to stop walking.

maybe. maybe not. we dont know. All im saying is that none of those pictures say that's what she was wearing at the time, theyre just giving that impression. i've seen some very modest sports bras before

Crooked Jack · 27-08-2015 02:22PM

BattleCorp wrote: »

To be fair, she's pretty far from being a hairy overwieght man. She's a fit woman with a savage figure.

Those sports tops are designed to be visible when worn. Nearly every female athlete wears them while doing their sport. They are designed to be seen, so not technically underwear that should only be viewed in private.

Are we really a nation of prudes who expect women to cover up?

Perhaps im just reading to much Vice magazine but im slightly taken aback by some of the responses from female posters here. Every time i go online there's some bullshit "empowering" article from the Free The Nipple campaign, or topless protesters marching in some city or calls for a campaign against instagram banning nipples etc... Yet here we have women pillorying this one for walking into a coffee shop with a sports bra on

Shenshen · 27-08-2015 02:24PM

BattleCorp wrote: »

To be fair, she's pretty far from being a hairy overwieght man. She's a fit woman with a savage figure.

Those sports tops are designed to be visible when worn. Nearly every female athlete wears them while doing their sport. They are designed to be seen, so not technically underwear that should only be viewed in private.

Are we really a nation of prudes who expect women to cover up?

So you expect only hairy and fat people to cover up? What's her looks got to do with anything?

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 27-08-2015 02:26PM

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Perhaps im just reading to much Vice magazine but im slightly taken aback by some of the responses from female posters here. Every time i go online there's some bullshit "empowering" article from the Free The Nipple campaign, or topless protesters marching in some city or calls for a campaign against instagram banning nipples etc... Yet here we have women pillorying this one for walking into a coffee shop with a sports bra on

It's not like a man sitting there in a crop top would have got a different reaction though, according to the barista. Would I have asked her to leave? No. Do I give a shít that she was quietly asked to put something on over her bra? No.

Crooked Jack · 27-08-2015 02:29PM

Lawson Nice Firefly wrote: »

It's not like a man sitting there in a crop top would have got a different reaction though, according to the barista. Would I have asked her to leave? No. Do I give a shít that she was quietly asked to put something on over her bra? No.

Still waiting for someone to explain to me what's so offensive about shoulders arms and tummies.
Would she have asked someone in a backless, or shoulderless, or low cut or bellytop to leave? Where is the offence?

Christ can you imagine the outrage if a woman in a low cut top had been asked to leave. Same thing though

meeeeh · 27-08-2015 02:32PM

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Perhaps im just reading to much Vice magazine but im slightly taken aback by some of the responses from female posters here. Every time i go online there's some bullshit "empowering" article from the Free The Nipple campaign, or topless protesters marching in some city or calls for a campaign against instagram banning nipples etc... Yet here we have women pillorying this one for walking into a coffee shop with a sports bra on

Oh come on. I will happily seat in restaurant on the beach wearing a bra and shorts. I have no problem with nudist camps where people do everything in the nip. I don't like wearing any type of gym clothing when going for coffee (although in fairness this is work uniform), it's just out of place.

I remember how embarrassed my friend was when her ex showed up in tracksuit to go to opera just to make a point.

BattleCorp · 27-08-2015 02:36PM

Shenshen wrote: »

So you expect only hairy and fat people to cover up? What's her looks got to do with anything?

Don't try and put words in my mouth. That's not what I said. Go back and read the post that I was replying to and put my comment into context.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 27-08-2015 02:37PM

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Still waiting for someone to explain to me what's so offensive about shoulders arms and tummies.
Would she have asked someone in a backless, or shoulderless, or low cut or bellytop to leave? Where is the offence?

Christ can you imagine the outrage if a woman in a low cut top had been asked to leave. Same thing though

She might have asked loads of women in backless tops to leave for all we know, they just didn't have the sense to use it to promote their backless top business! I'd imagine if a man in a very revealing lycra outfit had been asked to leave the response would be the same as it was on this thread

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