Most people would agree that dress codes for work shouldn’t be so uncomfortable that they make you wish you were never born. That’s the lesson one woman taught her employers at a casino after they introduced an incredibly restrictive, not to mention excruciatingly painful, dress code.
Reddit user Inconvenientsilence was furious when the casino she worked at forced her and other female workers to wear high heels and “tight dresses,” so that customers would give out more tips. The Redditor decided to teach her managers a lesson, so she wore the uncomfortable clothes for the entire shift, even though her feet hurt like hell and she bled everywhere. Long story short, her managers quickly learned their lesson.
A casino one woman worked at changed the dress code to be more provocative
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The clothes were incredibly uncomfortable and were a health-hazard
Inconvenientsilence sacrificed her own well-being for the sake of her female coworkers and to drive home an important point to her employers. Namely that high heels are painful.
The casino that she worked at altered the dress code immediately when they realized how inhumane it was. However, this came at the cost of the Redditor bleeding everywhere after spending half a day walking around in high heels.
We’ve all heard of incredibly strict dress codes at world-renowned companies and at political institutions. But did you know that there are entire countries that closely regulate how people can and cannot dress? In these countries, failing to comply with regulations can have more serious effects than just being fired from your job.
The World Economic Forum details that in North Korea, for example, men cannot have long hair: they must trim their hair fortnightly (i.e. every two weeks) to keep it 1-5 centimeters (0.39-1.97 inches) long. While North Korean women aren’t allowed to wear pants; rumors say that those failing to comply were fined and sent to do forced labor.
Pants are a big no-no for women living in Sudan as well. Meanwhile, men in this country are banned from wearing make-up. Saudi Arabia prohibits women from showing any bare skin in public, while men are banned from cross-dressing. Furthermore, Uganda is waging war on miniskirts, and France banned wearing burqas and niqabs in public, in 2010. What do you think of such strict country-wide dress codes? What about dress codes at work? Share your thoughts on the topic in the comments!
Here’s how the internet reacted to the Redditor’s story
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