No shoes, No shirt, No service. These three girls wore some very inappropriate clothes. Their actions cause conflict. I think what they did was very wrong. My reasons are: People shouldn't wear a swimsuit in a store, They should respect stores dress codes, and people can focus. The girls shouldn't have did what they did, Who wears a swimsuit in a grocery store. I never saw or heard of girls wearing a swimsuit in a store, In my opinion that's not good manners. These girls must have wanted attention. They were very ill-mannered, and fallacious for not covering up their physiques. However people shouldn't wear a swimsuit is a store, they also should respect dress codes. Dress code is a very important policy, That all people should follow. The
The two different types of people is what makes up the story. The people judge the girls for wearing bikinis
The plot of the story deals with three girls who come into the store dressed only in bathing suits. They make their entrance in the very first sentence, and they complicate Sammy's life. At first, Sammy, his older friend Stokesie, and McMahon the butcher all look at the girls lustfully. But of them all, only Sammy enjoys the entertainment the girls bring. The other shoppers crash their carts, look stunned, and are suddenly jarred out of their everyday routine. Sammy, who seems bored with his job, finds the change amusing. He even begins to feel sorry for the girls when everyone else stares at them lustfully. The plot's major conflict occurs late in the story when Lengel, the manager, comes in and scolds the girls. Sammy knows that they are on their way out of the store, but Lengel has to yell at them and make them feel bad.
After reading the article, “Why 62,000 Abercrombie & Fitch Employees Are Suing The Company,” there were two different problems that were brought to attention regarding Abercrombie & Fitch’s business ethics. The two problems were the mistreatment of their employees, and how their business marketing strategy is not well developed throughout their company. Abercrombie & Fitch is a company that has always been concerned about their image, which leads us to their, “look policy.” A “look policy” is a policy that relates to a certain look every employee has to follow to be eligible to work there. The company is facing a high-profile lawsuit over its, “look policy” (Greenhouse, 2015). Each employee is forced to purchase the company’s clothes to wear to work, each time a new sales guide comes out (Greenhouse, 2015). This is known as compelled purchases, which is a violation of the state’s labor codes (Greenhouse, 2015). They force the “look policy,” way too strong upon their employees, which developed into a huge problem. The company is facing a high-profile lawsuit
Clothing in general is an important symbol for rebellion in “A & P”. But, in the girls’ case, they are rebelling by ignoring the unwritten rule of wearing clothes and shoes in stores. “…The women generally put on a shirt or shorts or something before they get out of the car into the street” (193). To Sammy, the bikinis represent freedom because the girls seem to be free of the rules that society forces on everyone—the girls are independent. Although the bikinis represent freedom to Sammy, to Lengel, the girls’ clothing, or lack thereof, represents disobedience. ““We want you decently dressed when you come in here”” (194). The girls are not conforming to the store’s dress code. Sammy’s own clothing becomes symbolic when he quits at the end of the story. “I pull the bow at the back of my apron and start shrugging it off my shoulders… I fold the apron, “Sammy” stitched in red on the pocket, and out it on the counter, and drop the bow tie on top of it. The bow tie is theirs…” (195). By removing the uniform, he is removing the conformity that is forced on him. He is becoming his own
Multiple reports are taken from females who experience the shorter end of the stick due to increased fashion interests and sexist mindsets of their school staff. An individual’s choice of dress is a reflection of themselves, a form of identity. Officials conclude that clothing choices increase the risk of bullying. Punishment for those who violate the strictly enforced rules consist of in-school suspension until someone from home can bring replacment clothes, humiliating “shame suits” , or any other creative punishment the school decides such as detention, etc. Shame suits are humiliating outfits that those who broke the rules must wear as a form of punishment, most of the time these consist of extremely unflattering clothes that have written phrases on them indicating that their appearance is due to their violation of the school rules. Punishments indicated place risk on the violators education caused by missed classes. Few in society do approve of the dress code as it controls female students’ modesty, banishes a distraction, and preserves the professional atmosphere inside a school. Issues involving the apparel enforcements include sexism, repressed self- identity, and punishment issues will be discussed within this
Heald dress code policy is professional attire as the students all know. The dress code can be very hard at times to obey by for some students. Students can also say it is unreasonable for such structure in an a college atmosphere.With this being said , Heald College should make a compromise with the students by changing some of the rules to better suit students life styles and needs. A change for the dress code would greatly improve some of its student’s lives. If there is no change made to the student dress code, than the school must enforce every rule of the dress conduct to every student and staff member.
Lengel, the manager of the store, spots the girls and gives them a hard time about their dress in the store. He tells them, “Girls, this isn’t the beach.” He says that they are not dressed appropriately to come into this grocery store. Lengel’s words cause Queenie to get embarrassed and start to blush. Sammy cannot believe this and gets frustrated at his boss. He doesn’t believe that it is right to prosecute these innocent girls for the way they are dressed. He also states at this point that the sheep are piling up over in Stokesie line trying to avoid all the commotion the scene has caused. I believe Sammy takes this as the last straw in a long string of aggravations.
By them going against their gender roles and being inappropriately dressed in A & P, they also create the possibility for tragedy to occur. The manager of A & P, Lengel, an old Sunday school teacher embodies what is expected to be the male gender role of that time when he publically chastises the girls for being dressed in that manner in the store. Despite the girls’ attempts to justify their actions of being dressed in this manner by saying that they only came in to buy one thing, Lengel maintains his masculine gender role of keeping women in line. Lengel states quite matter-of-factly, “We want you decently dressed when you come in here.” (Updike 234). It is at this moment that Queenie pushes the envelope even further in going against her gender roles, by answering back Lengel. Queenie’s response of “We are decent,” (Updike 234) shows her somewhat rebellious and disrespectful nature, and her disregard for Lengel’s patriarchal authority. She instead would have been expected in this scenario to possibly apologize to Lengel and leave the store with her friends since he was not only male but senior to her thus demanding her
The third event in this fictional narrative is the argument that Queenie and the manager, Lengel The feud concluded Lengel upset about the way the girls are dressed, and that they should come into the store next time decent, But Queenie begged to differ, she says she is dressed decent, Lengel says," Girls, I don't want to argue with you, after this come in here with your shoulders covered.
The concept of fashion has shaken societies foundation from the moment humans began wearing clothes. Today’s generation laughs at the style that came before them, and the previous generation is appalled by the clothing of today. With every new fashion cycle, and every new runway show, there is always one item that manages to stir up some controversy; the swimsuit. The swimsuit has seen some drastic changes throughout the years and has evolved from a simple cover up, to a intense fashion statement when hitting the beach. To study the history of this garment we must reach far back into our ancient ancestors past.
... of the smaller women started crawling underneath and rushing the store. Bras and panties were literally flying as the women searched for their size. The store became like a mosh pit at a rock concert. By 7am when I left I passed by Victoria Secret again to see if anything had changed. Panties and bra were covering the floor, there was no organization left at all and workers there looked ill. I left that day with saggy eyes and a few new acquaintances whom happened to be lonely boyfriends like myself.
The story of John Updike’s “A & P” is set in 1962. This story is written from the first person narrative of a grocery store clerk. In this era of time a two piece bathing suit is almost unheard of, let alone for three girls to come waltzing in to a grocery store wearing nothing but this revealing article of clothing. Updike describes this later in the story saying “As I say, we’re right in the middle of town, and if you stand at our front doors you can see two banks and the Congregational church.” Given one the idea that this is not the place for a normal girl to stroll in wearing nothing but a two – piece.
All United States schools have been enforcing dress codes with regulations similar to the one exemplified by the girl from Haven, Illinois. Dress codes such as these have been put in place particularly for female students all around the nation in hopes that girls will gain more self respect and become more modest. However, instead this often this leads to the ridicule of girls and “slut shaming” (Dockterman).
We see stories Social media has more stories of girls being sent home because of dress code violations. Maybe the problem isn’t the students, but dress codes in general. Dress codes ultimately disrupt the pursuit of knowledge for the students, encourage gender bias, and can be dangerous. If we want the younger generations to succeed in the education system, we should utilize school uniforms. Uniforms in schools from elementary to high schools, will promote gender equality and facilitate student safety.
in their school newspaper, give an example of this blame, using the phrase “she was asking for it” to prove this point. No girl is ever asking to be catcalled at, or ogled at, or-even worse-raped. As stated before, girls go to school to learn, and their clothing should not impede that. Card and Haran also raise awareness to the fact that by calling what girls wear “offensive” or “promiscuous”, it is implied that they dress more to impress the male population rather than to exert their self-confidence or show off a new outfit. This is not fair to young women, as it further blames them for anything bad happening to