Another hazard of waistband-knee syndrome

[Mr Hero]

Kogarashi, I think I'm gonna be sick.

[Kogarashi]

Kogarashi, I think I'm gonna be sick.

I was just glad they didn't come through my checkout lane that day. I could at least pretend I didn't see them after that initial glimpse.

I honestly don't understand people who wear clothes that are not only not flattering, but accentuate aspects of the body you probably don't. Kind of like girls (of any size) who wear their jeans so tight they've got muffin tops on their muffin tops. Is it really that difficult to dress in a way that flatters your particular body type?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I don't know which is worse - the boys in their saggy pants or the girls with the low-rise pants and NOT enough underwear to cover their crack

Another part of working retail in NE Wisconsin is having a non-refundable ticket to the gunt show every day.

Now make with the I'm not sharing.

[WishfulSpirit]

Sounds like the east side of my city.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I honestly don't understand people who wear clothes that are not only not flattering, but accentuate aspects of the body you probably don't. Kind of like girls (of any size) who wear their jeans so tight they've got muffin tops on their muffin tops. Is it really that difficult to dress in a way that flatters your particular body type?

Let me know when you figure that one out . . . and also why they are usually the first ones to cry "body-shaming."

[notalwaysright]

Muffin tops... When low rise jeans started becoming popular I remember my mom being like "look, those girls are thin and those jeans make them look big! Why would you WANT to make yourself look like you have love handles?!" I'm not sure when the term muffin top became well known, but my mom didn't know the phrase. I've heard the expression, just because you can wear something, doesn't mean you should.

[Teskeria]

I wish I could get away with saying that We have a few dayshifters who show a fair bit of crack with the slightest amount of bending over (one of these is a manager)..how they get away with that I know not.

What you need is a few outspoken old ladies with a nice (by that I mean vicious old fashioned) sense of humor. You tell them about the problem people. Have them vicit the store for a few items. When they see one of there problem people they do like my Grandma did yell 'PERVERT. Where's a manager? There's a pervert here exposing what children shouldn't be seeing!"

Amazing how the dress code gets enforced and everyone has to wear properly fitting clothes at work at least after a few loud embarrassments.

[Kogarashi]

I remember my mom being like "look, those girls are thin and those jeans make them look big! Why would you WANT to make yourself look like you have love handles?!"

Tell me about it. You can shave off apparent pounds just by wearing clothes that fit properly, because then you won't be spilling out of them.

Of course, then you get the people (frequently girls) who are all, "But I can't wear a 10, that's fat!" and I just want to say, "Look, I haven't worn a 10 since I was a teenager." (No my wedding dress doesn't count; the sizing on those is odd anyway.)

[Dreamstalker]

Teskeria, that did happen a few times--completely unbidden, I wasn't even expecting her to go off on them--but I haven't seen the regular responsible in awhile (I hope she's okay...). My mom could get away with it, but everyone at the store knows her.

I have seen many things that cannot be unseen during my summer subway riding. Part of me is tempted to get a Gopro or similar camera (I'd probably have to go with something that can be easily hidden, lest I risk a beatdown) and travel via train and foot for a day as far as I can recording the weirdness.

[WishfulSpirit]

I can't be accused of body shaming because I never criticize anyone's fashion choices to their face (A, it's rude, and B, you never know how someone will react). I may go home and have a chuckle with Hubby though.

[Dreamstalker]

When in the car we make no secret of point-and-laugh. We've even been able to get a few other drivers in the game...on one occasion everyone at the light all decided to honk at the fashion disaster on a bike making a very illegal traffic move, and said disaster got pulled over on the other side of the intersection

[Ironclad Alibi]

Another movie reference, this one from Bad Santa.

And then there's this guy.

[wolfie]

The elderly woman, however...the top edge of her tube top was below where her breasts should have been, but you could tell by the shape that the breasts were sagging so much they were still covered. It did NOT look good in the slightest.

Sounds like a case of her belly button having "honorary nipple" status due to it being at the same height.

and I just want to say, "Look, I haven't worn a 10 since I was a teenager." (No my wedding dress doesn't count; the sizing on those is odd anyway.)

But if your wedding dress was a 10 the sizing wasn't odd - it was even.

[Kogarashi]

Thanks, wolfie. Like I needed more reasons to facepalm (and laugh).

[computeraide]

For the kids at the high school who wear their pants around their knees, I always have the urge to go up and quietly tell them that their diaper is so full it's sagging, so they better get changed. :P