Cover those things up!

[mol]

A BIKINI top and shorts proved too much for Tesco in Sleaford when Elizabeth Webster arrived to do some shopping. Church chorister Elizabeth, 43, was appalled when she was collared by a member of staff while choosing oranges with her 15-year-old daughter last Tuesday morning.

The Ruskington mother-of-three was told her bikini and shorts were not appropriate shopping wear and was advised to dress more suitably the next time she visited.

Elizabeth said: “I was basically told I was too hot for Tesco, which I found very offensive. I wasn’t even taken to one side – it was just done there and then in front of all the other customers.

http://www.wilsonleppard.co.uk/extranet/ruskington/news/20030813-tesco.asp

[Arylon]

I wonder if the store had one of those signs that says "No shoes, no shirt, no service"? Does a bikini top count as a shirt? Would my bra count as a shirt?
She used poor judgement in my opinion. It was unnecessary for them to talk to her in front of the other customers, but it only takes a second to throw on a tank top.

[jcldragon]

I would say that this was too silly for words, except that I'm making a post.... Too bad they didn't have a pic in the link...

[VelvetBlade]

Wow....good discussion topic, Mol. You always seem to find the good stuff. As much as I'd like to rant about how this woman was wronged,...and should be allowed to wear whatever she wants to shop....I also have to say that the store owner (or manager, I guess) should have the right to say...I dont want to serve you. So, alas, guess she'll have to find a store who is not opposed to her attire. If you don't like someone's business practices, then don't go there. But don't tell them they HAVE to allow such and such to shop their business.....

~AW

[Lunacie]

I agree with Arylon. I don't think a bikini top is the right thing to wear to go shopping. But the manager should not have been so public with his censure. Maybe she wasn't the first one to wear inappropriate clothing to shop there and the manager decided to make an example of her out of frustration? Still wasn't the right way to handle it. Placing a sign in the doorway saying swimsuits were not adequate covering would have been better I think.

[MoonRaven]

“But there are reasons why dressing skimpily or inappropriately is not suitable when there are small children around or for hygiene reasons. There is fresh food on sale which could be affected.”

I fail to see how fresh food is affected by a woman in a bikini.
It's not like she's using the bikini as a tote bag or a scale.

[Ben Trismegistus]

Man, this country is so puritanical. They're just boobies, folks.

What makes a bikini appropriate at a beach and inappropriate in a grocery store?

[Fairywolf]

Who Knows it could have been one of the newer Tankini things!

I we would have had to be there to get the whole thing.

[indigo rain]

Man, this country is so puritanical. They're just boobies, folks.

What makes a bikini appropriate at a beach and inappropriate in a grocery store?

you said it, what's the big deal with boobs? we've all seen em. personally i wouldn't care if people went shopping naked. people here are conditioned to think that nakedness is bad, and when they see it, they're shocked. but look at all these tribal societies where they go around with their boobies, etc... hanging out, butt naked. that's normal to them, and it doesn't hurt anything, it doesn't make them sex fiends or make them have orgies 24/7 or anything... it's just a mindset thing. i get so pissed off when i think of the stupid, stupid stuff (this is only one of many things) people accept just because they were conditioned and raised that way. can't people think for themselves? don't they ever question?? if they did, they would realize there was no logical, REASONABLE reason that a woman could not shop in a bikini... okay sorry that turned into a rant... i need to go to bed now...

[LadyOak]

I would rather see a woman in a skimpy bikini top shopping than some slob with his butt crack for all to see.

[VelvetBlade]

I would rather see a woman in a skimpy bikini top shopping than some slob with his butt crack for all to see.

LMAO...whoohoooo...I hear that one!!

~AW

[Arylon]

I would rather see a woman in a skimpy bikini top shopping than some slob with his butt crack for all to see.


Ewwww! :sick:
Remember, boys and girls, "Crack KILLS!"

[~ Monk ~]

personally i wouldn't care if people went shopping naked.

Call me puritanical, but I'd have to draw the line here. Any grocery store that had nude shoppers would not have my business. There are some things I don't care to associate with food. :p

On the other hand, it would probably diminish my appetite...:hmmmmm:

[VelvetBlade]

On the other hand, it would probably diminish my appetite...:hmmmmm:


Only if the aforementioned "BUTT CRACK GUY" was there shopping naked...lol


~AW

[Semele]

I agree Shpongle..I am not thumping melons next to a naked person! Can you imagine the confusion?!

[VelvetBlade]

Lmao...

~aw

[LadyOak]

:rollingla

[LadyOak]

I agree Shpongle..I am not thumping melons next to a naked person! Can you imagine the confusion?!

Depends on the size.....

[mol]

I agree Shpongle..I am not thumping melons next to a naked person! Can you imagine the confusion?!
LMAO! That was great.

Yah...shopping naked is a little too much. Especially the first time you find a little curly hair in your lettuce.

[~ Monk ~]

I agree Shpongle..I am not thumping melons next to a naked person! Can you imagine the confusion?!

Not to mention the lawsuits...

[VelvetBlade]

LMAO! That was great.

Yah...shopping naked is a little too much. Especially the first time you find a little curly hair in your lettuce.

Ok and thanks SO much for that visual, Mol...lol

~AW

[~ Monk ~]

LMAO! That was great.

Yah...shopping naked is a little too much. Especially the first time you find a little curly hair in your lettuce.

Oh, yuck! And I'm supposed to grocery shopping tonight too...:sick:

[Semele]

It could be fun picking out a bunch of bananas though!!

*Did I say that??*

I gotta go now!

[~ Monk ~]

**mental note**

Avoid the produce section tonight...

[mol]

It could be fun picking out a bunch of bananas though!!

*Did I say that??*

I gotta go now!
Ugh...

[Semele]

**mental note**

Avoid the produce section tonight...
LOL!! Sorry Shpongle..now your diet will be lacking in fruits and veggies. We gotta go tonight too, so i am sure to get a laugh thinking about this thread!

[mol]

Heh. I would just hope everyone takes a shower and cleans themselves properly. I couldnt pick out any kind of food if someone with a skidmark walked by...and well...what about the fresh fish section? How would you know if..

All right Im done.

[Semele]

Oh boooooooo!! Someone moderate that sicko!!

[Matt]

ive seen stores that say
no shirt
no shoes
no service

so one of these days im gonna walkin with no pants on just too see what they say :D

[mol]

Oh boooooooo!! Someone moderate that sicko!!
Me? What about you banana girl?

[Fairywolf]

:rotfl:

[Devin]

I really wish there was a pic to see. Some bathing suits are real skimpy and others are not.

Leslie

[~ Monk ~]

LOL!! Sorry Shpongle..now your diet will be lacking in fruits and veggies. We gotta go tonight too, so i am sure to get a laugh thinking about this thread!

LMAO. Nah, I'll still be getting my fruits and vegs - but I will make sure I'm the only one around the bananas. :D

[Chibi-Fallon]

Church chorister Elizabeth, 43, was appalled when she was collared by a member of staff while choosing oranges with her 15-year-old daughter last Tuesday morning.

Poor 15 year old... If that was my mom, I would have shot myself by now. :lol: Even if she is a nice looking person, my *mom* is the last person I ever wanna see wearing a bikini.
Least she's setting a good example for the 15 year old. :rolleyes: It's not like you can say much about your kid wearing belly shirts and short shorts after that.

[Old Witch]

What a topic.....gonna go check out the bananas today.

[mol]

What a topic.....gonna go check out the bananas today.
Hahaha!

[Fairywolf]

I am sooooo glad I don't have to go shopping today!! I would make a fool of myself from laughing so hard!!

[Jenne]

Word Fairywolf...and I'll never look at a head of lettuce the same again...

*still laughing my butt off here*:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Autumn]

Now I'm gonna really out myself as an old lady...

I am thinking of an old harry chapin tune "40 thousand pounds of BANANAS...."

[MoonRaven]

“But there are reasons why dressing skimpily or inappropriately is not suitable when there are small children around or for hygiene reasons. There is fresh food on sale which could be affected.”

Well, it took me all day, but I finally get what the guy was talking about.

He's worried about clumsy bachelors dropping the produce when they see the bikini, right?

[WitchJezebel]

Man, this country is so puritanical. They're just boobies, folks.

What makes a bikini appropriate at a beach and inappropriate in a grocery store?

I agree Ben; and frankly I DARE somebody to accost me in a supermarket while I'm wearing a bikini. Hasn't happened yet...

edited to add... bikini TOP... I'm fully covered below the waist, thanx.

[Old Witch]

“But there are reasons why dressing skimpily or inappropriately is not suitable when there are small children around or for hygiene reasons. There is fresh food on sale which could be affected.”

Well, it took me all day, but I finally get what the guy was talking about.

He's worried about clumsy bachelors dropping the produce when they see the bikini, right?

:lol: But the cucumbers....they are so slippery.......from all that wax they use on them......... :yikess:

[WitchJezebel]

:lol: But the cucumbers....they are so slippery.......from all that wax they use on them......... :yikess:


:T :goodgrief

[Psyche Ague]

What a silly thing. People in this country really are too puritanical. Sex is natural, sex is good...

But there was no sex in the grocery store! Breasts were not meant to be sexual objects, they were meant to provide nourishment for a child. Sure, that's not all they're good for now, but honestly, if I see a man not wearing a shirt, it doesn't strike me as odd, just as seeing a woman without a shirt wouldn't seem extraordinary. Hell, I've got 'em, too!

I'm all about nudity, but I can respect that many people don't like it (plus some people...*shudders*).

[serenarian]

I feel kinda embarassed because I work for Tesco - not that store though - and in the store I work in there's nothing about shopping attire. I didn't even know it was company policy. They ask their staff to wear uniform, but I've served loads of people dressed much more provocatively than that! I guess it's down to individual managers.

[indigo rain]

curly hairs? mol... yuck. :geez: okay not such a good idea, but i was making a point. :lol:

[teyl]

I have shopped while wearing a bikini top and sarong but I live in a beach tourist area. I have seen much worse (for example an overweight middle-aged businessman on holidays walking up our main street in a g-string)
IMHO if you are comfortable enough with yourself to do it and you have the 'essentials' covered then go for it!