How would you feel if your employer rolled out this new uniform?

[Liberal_in_LA]

A new miniskirt stewardess uniform for a Japanese airline that 'barely covers' female airline staff has been condemned by a cabin crew union.

Skymark's royal blue outfit was launched last week and the length of the dress has drawn criticism with the Japan Federation of Cabin Attendants saying it is unsuitable for the work performed by cabin attendants, which includes stretching high up and kneeling down.

The uniform was introduced to mark the airline's announcement that it would begin fly 10 Airbus A330-300s for the first time on its Haneda-Fukuoka flights this spring.

Comments posted on the union’s website said attendants would not carry out their duties effectively owing to fears about leering stares or customers shooting pictures up their skirts with a mobile phone.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2578369/New-miniskirt-stewardess-uniform-condemned-cabin-crew-union.html#ixzz2vmMyoxJx

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	I would refuse to wear that short-ass shit
	17 (100%)
	I would wear it without complaint
	0 (0%)
	Cabin crews have no right to protest uniforms
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[hobbit709]

1. I think the guy should wear it first.

[KamaAina]

9. Amen to that!

[MADem]

59. That was my first thought as well--let Tubby in the Middle wear that get-up and let's check out HIS

"gams!"

Good grief, it's like the sixties--only with people who should know better....

[itsrobert]

2. Looks very conservative compared to what the High School girls are wearing down here

in San Diego.


However, not appropriate in the workplace.

[phylny]

45. High school girls aren't responsible for the lives of passengers.

And I'm sure required uniforms aren't that short.

[itsrobert]

48. that's why I wrote, "However, not appropriate in the workplace."

Did you miss that?

[djean111]

53. How does a short skirt endanger the lives of the passengers?

By distracting the pilot?

I used to wear skirts like that, a loooong time ago.
Having worked in Japan - I would not wear a miniskirt in Japan, even if I was a lot younger. Especially on the subway, at night!

[dsc]

57. by causing people who don't want to be oogled by customers

to refuse to work for the airline.

[hedgehog]

3. I'd be objecting to the high heels, myself.

Those would cripple you!

[Cleita]

6. My thoughts exactly. Those would be a much bigger problem for me. You can wear shorts under

the skirt, which is what many of us did back in the sixties when we did waitress jobs that required short skirted uniforms. Mine were polka-dotted.

[KamaAina]

8. And be a safety hazard in the cabin

[FarCenter]

11. I wouldn't wear his shoes either -- weird toes...

[TlalocW]

4. A yellow tie?

Forget it!

Oh, you weren't talking about the dude in the center.

TlalocW

[Cleita]

5. Not much shorter than the old PSA uniforms back in the sixties. At least they didn't

have to wear high heeled shoes with them back then. I notice none of the women appear to be over 25 years old either. Somehow back to the future comes to mind. If those women have a union they should get them to protest. If not then they should get a union although according to the article they do.

However, what if they want to wear short skirts? We had the opposite problem in the bank I worked in back in the sixties. They had a rule about our skirts being no shorter than our knees, yet most of us wanted to wear mini-skirts or pants and had to fight management about that.

[tammywammy]

7. Short skirt, ridiculous heels and that freaking tie thing?

I'd be looking for employment elsewhere.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. Not as bad as these.

[jberryhill]

12. Needs boots

[one_voice]

13. The heels would bother me more than the...

short skirts.

They are a little on the short side. I think they're opening themselves up for a lawsuit.

[RobinA]

14. Pretty Old

I used to look great in that sort of thing. 40 years later....not so much.

[TeeYiYi]

15. My complaint would be more with the shoes...

...unless they're not allowed to wear anything underneath the dress, in which case...it would depend on where I was working and what my job entailed.



I would probably wear matching shorts under my new uniform.

TYY

[quinnox]

16. Well, to me that looks great

I love that blue color, and think it looks really good, and with the yellow contrast.

[TeeYiYi]

32. That color of blue...

... is not for me. I'd prefer a little black dress...

TYY

[Seeking Serenity]

17. Anyone remember Southwest Airlines back in the 70s?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nutsaboutsouthwest/4617577632/in/photostream/

[jaysunb]

63. Yes indeed !

"We really move our tails for you."

[flamingdem]

18. This is par for the course

I worked for a Japanese company and the office workers had to wear short skirts and they weren't given set workstations so they'd have to move around the office more. All that and they weren't supposed to show their teeth when they smiled.

It was funny for me trying to remember not to show my teeth too much when smiling at management since I tend to grin rather widely.

[MineralMan]

19. I wouldn't wear it. I look like crap in a dress.

[leftyohiolib]

20. now that's funny, thanks eom

[JimDandy]

21. And it would detract from your beard!

[MineralMan]

22. But it would show off my leg hair.

Maybe I should rethink...

[JimDandy]

25. I LIKE guys with

leg and chest hair! Don't understand the current trend for guys to shave it off. But then I'm a female baby boomer who grew up with images of sexy, hairy chested men. So show it off MineralMan!

[MineralMan]

28. Well, I live in Minnesota, so it'll be a while before I break out

the shorts. Until then, that leg hair will have to go unseen. But during our two weeks of summer here, my legs will be bare despite being as white as the belly of a fish. Come visit Minnesota in the Summer. I'll let you know when it starts, but you'll have to make your flight plans quickly.

[Brigid]

43. Pictures. Must have pictures.

[MineralMan]

55. I don't dare.

My wife doesn't like it when dozens of women drive slowly by our house in hopes of catching a glimpse.

[jmowreader]

23. If my employer was Hooters, okay

If part of my job included forcing 400 people off an airplane in a minute and a half before it blew up, or bending over to pick a tray of "food," not okay.

And how many bobby pins will it take to attach that little blue thing to your head? Will they set off metal detectors?

[csziggy]

24. If they'd gone with knee high boots, the outfits would look like Star Trek uniforms!

http://www.target.com/p/women-s-star-trek-starfleet-uniform-deluxe-dress-costume/-/A-11317926?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=Google_PLA_df&LNM=|11218964&CPNG=Seasonal&kpid=11218964&LID=PA&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=11218964&gclid=CKeghbnrjb0CFYc7Ogod7WkAFw

[unblock]

26. i would quit if they made me wear that yellow tie!

but the suit is fine. what's the problem

[quinnox]

27. lol

Agree, that tie is hideous!

[MineralMan]

29. I like the jaunty hats!

[tridim]

30. I see evil skin again!!!11

Sigh... Is DU really against the mini-skirt?

Meh, whatever. I'm trashing this thread.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

64. No.

This is about women in the workplace being asked -- once again -- to be eye candy for a company, and not simply the professional cabin crew that they are.

Women worked too fucking damned hard for decades to move beyond this bullshit. Sorry of you can't handle that.

[Warren DeMontague]

33. I would wear it without complaint.

That's not to say everyone else wouldn't complain.

[alp227]

34. expect these types to start flying more often

[1000words]

36. Animated drawings depicting grotesque caricatures of human behavior?

Say hello to Roger Rabbit for me, mkay?

[Chan790]

66. Airline pilots?

I should hope so.

[KansDem]

35. Reminds me of the "Fly Me" ads from the early 1970s

But then, it wasn't the first time sex was used to sell something. Won't be the last, either...

[Arkana]

37. Nauseated. Japan's attitude towards women hasn't changed since...well, ever, I see.

[PowerToThePeople]

38. I voted - I would wear it without complaint

but, anyone looking at me would likely complain a lot.

I have seen similar uniforms on lounge waitress staff in resorts and stuff. Didn't some judge recently say that upskirt pictures were not illegal? I thought I read that somewhere here.

I really want to punch the guy who thought this was a good thing to do in his nads.

[treestar]

39. Looks uncomfortable

given the job one has to do. Stupid, half the flyers are female anyway, so why do they wish to do that?

[pipi_k]

40. Like some of the others said

I would have a HUGE issue with the shoes.

As for the dress itself...no worse than what I wore back in the late 1960s to 1980s.

Even without really trying, as my legs were very long (they have mysteriously shortened in the past few years) and no matter what I bought, skirts and dresses were always short.


However, at this stage, 61 years old and overweight, if someone actually made me wear something like that, I figure he would deserve whatever horrible things he would see.

[Codeine]

41. I'd immediately look for a very snug jockstrap.

Then I'd go out and rock that shit like a pro.

[dipsydoodle]

42. I'd look silly in a dress

.

[Brigid]

44. That getup is ridiculous.

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I'd be looking for another job. Couldn't get my work as a flight attendant done properly anyway in that, especially those shoes. What, we're supposed to let our employers cripple us now? I think not.

[pipi_k]

46. And this...

especially those shoes. What, we're supposed to let our employers cripple us now? I think not.

Is definitely not an exaggeration, that's for sure. "Cripple" is the right word.

My feet are absolutely ruined from years of wearing bad shoes (i.e. tight, narrow toe box, high heels)

Many older ladies I know are really sorry now for trying to be "fashionable" in their youth.

[Nye Bevan]

47. Surely one of the worst parts would be fending off the creepy businessmen.

Japanese guys tend to be quite susceptible to alcohol and some of them are somewhat weird sexually (I don't think any other country has vending machines that dispense used schoolgirls' panties).

OTOH, this dude would probably approve:

[Brigid]

49. Vending machines that dispense what?!

Are you serious?

[Nye Bevan]

50. Unfortunately it's true. Even Snopes concurs.

http://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.asp

[3catwoman3]

65. That is one of...

... the most perveerted things I have EVER heard of - eewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[JJChambers]

51. I wouldn't care as long as it wasn't mandatory...

Allow women to choose whether they prefer the miniskirt or slacks and shirt.

[SummerSnow]

52. Hope they don't drop anything

[Rex]

54. As a 300 pound man with LOTS of...erm...bodyhair

I would have to say PASS...no WAY could I wear/walk in those pumps!

[Fla_Democrat]

56. Not sure OSHA

would approve that for a construction site.

[LostOne4Ever]

58. I would seriously question him on his lack of fashion and taste

I mean talk about ugly.

Then demand he wear those shoes for a day and see what he thinks.

[Prophet 451]

60. I don't really have the legs for it

Yeah, it's a stupid uniform.

[Auntie Bush]

61. I'd quit!

That hat! That hat!

[quakerboy]

62. As long as the guys have the same uniform, its cool by me

Actually, not. I dislike uniforms, as a category of things. It would make me happy if we could do away with them completely, i think.