Comments on: Florida town orders employees to wear underwear and cover wounds http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 09:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521728 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521728 Hmm...employees ill-dressed, reeking, and bearing open wounds. I think they need to stop hiring zombies... Hmm…employees ill-dressed, reeking, and bearing open wounds. I think they need to stop hiring zombies…

]]> By: zuzu http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521731 zuzu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521731 I'm with Joe; commando is the way to go. Also, aren't there credible health concerns with wearing a bra? ...something about pressure impairing certain lymph nodes, I think. Additionally, what an epic management fail that <i>workplace rules</i> were sought, rather than, you know, <i>communication</i> among employees. Just come out and tell Bob that he smells bad, or tell Jane that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood-borne_infection">bleeding on the floor is unsanitary</a>. I’m with Joe; commando is the way to go.

Also, aren’t there credible health concerns with wearing a bra? …something about pressure impairing certain lymph nodes, I think.

Additionally, what an epic management fail that workplace rules were sought, rather than, you know, communication among employees.

Just come out and tell Bob that he smells bad, or tell Jane that bleeding on the floor is unsanitary.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521732 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521732 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkYfmRwryQo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkYfmRwryQo

]]> By: dancentury http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-522244 dancentury Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522244 Nothing like watching a garbage man wearing a short skirt bend over to pick up a garbage can. Who wears short shorts... Police, Firemen & Garbage Men wear short shorts... If you dare wear short shorts... Nair... never mind. Nothing like watching a garbage man wearing a short skirt bend over to pick up a garbage can.

Who wears short shorts… Police, Firemen & Garbage Men wear short shorts… If you dare wear short shorts… Nair… never mind.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521739 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521739 I guess Lindsay, Paris and Britney will have to job hunt elsewhere when the celebutard gig dries up. I guess Lindsay, Paris and Britney will have to job hunt elsewhere when the celebutard gig dries up.

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521743 dragonfrog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521743 Surely health concerns with wearing deodorants, too - recall the BB story just a while ago about all the vile and toxic ingredients in cosmetics. Brooksville, Florida: Don't expect service if you have a perfume allergy. Surely health concerns with wearing deodorants, too – recall the BB story just a while ago about all the vile and toxic ingredients in cosmetics.

Brooksville, Florida: Don’t expect service if you have a perfume allergy.

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521746 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521746 Are you allowed to wear the underwear on your head? Are you allowed to wear the underwear on your head?

]]> By: Cicada http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521748 Cicada Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521748 @6- Allowed? You might even be required to if you've got a gaping head wound and nothing else is handy. @6- Allowed? You might even be required to if you’ve got a gaping head wound and nothing else is handy.

]]> By: Coxswain http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-522261 Coxswain Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522261 Ted8305 @ 23: now we know how they're checking skirt-wearers for underwear! Ted8305 @ 23: now we know how they’re checking skirt-wearers for underwear!

]]> By: mgfarrelly http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521751 mgfarrelly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521751 My mom worked at a bank that had a "casual day". Some of the employees seemed to not understand work casual. One gentleman was wearing bright green overalls with the front flap down and a t-shirt. When he was asked to at least do up the flap he said "I can't, the flap has a stain on it." Pants, collared shirt, underwear, socks, black shoes. Hard to go wrong there at most office jobs. My mom worked at a bank that had a “casual day”. Some of the employees seemed to not understand work casual. One gentleman was wearing bright green overalls with the front flap down and a t-shirt. When he was asked to at least do up the flap he said “I can’t, the flap has a stain on it.”

Pants, collared shirt, underwear, socks, black shoes. Hard to go wrong there at most office jobs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521761 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521761 I'm down with the covered wounds, but the rest is nobody's business I’m down with the covered wounds, but the rest is nobody’s business

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-522018 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522018 They ought to make sure that they are all using toilet paper, too. I take it that the underwear must be clean to meet the goals of this Policy. They ought to make sure that they are all using toilet paper, too. I take it that the underwear must be clean to meet the goals of this Policy.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521763 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521763 Congratulations Brooksville! Your underpants inspectors have finally found a way to give <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/17/city-in-montana-requ.html">Bozeman City, Montana</a> a run for their money on invading employee privacy. Congratulations Brooksville! Your underpants inspectors have finally found a way to give Bozeman City, Montana a run for their money on invading employee privacy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521764 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521764 This is about par for the course for Brooksville -- via the growth in central Florida in the last 20 years, they're now too big to be podunk according to the numbers, but mentally, they're still a wide spot on the road. This is about par for the course for Brooksville — via the growth in central Florida in the last 20 years, they’re now too big to be podunk according to the numbers, but mentally, they’re still a wide spot on the road.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521766 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521766 Phase 1: Check Underpants Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Profit! Phase 1: Check Underpants
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Profit!

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-522278 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522278 oh, yay! floriduh makes the news once again, and once again, it's not only incredibly stupid,it's right up the road. what can one say about brooksville that would be good....they have the most challenging disc-golf course in fl. i think there is even more than one stoplight! requiring them to cover their stench cannot be a bad thing. instead of enforcing the underwear law, they may wanna consider doing something about the copious man-boobs flollopping around up there. in other words: put a freekin t-shirt on fellas! and ladies of brooksville, NO MINISKIRTS, PLEASE! also, i believe that area is the meth capital of fl. as well! thank u, thank u very much brooksville. oh, yay! floriduh makes the news once
again, and once again, it’s not only incredibly stupid,it’s right up the road. what can one say about brooksville that would be good….they have the most challenging disc-golf course in fl. i think there is even more than one stoplight! requiring them to cover their stench cannot be a bad thing. instead of enforcing the underwear law, they may wanna consider doing something about the copious man-boobs flollopping around up there. in other words: put a freekin t-shirt on fellas! and ladies of brooksville, NO MINISKIRTS, PLEASE! also, i believe that area is the meth capital of fl. as well! thank u, thank u very much brooksville.

]]> By: IamInnocent http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521772 IamInnocent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521772 Deodorant but no word about showering, mmmmmmmm... Deodorant but no word about showering, mmmmmmmm…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-522030 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522030 Lawsuit. This is a government, not a private company, abridging expression. Why are pierced earlobes ok, eyebrows not? (I have neither) Lawsuit. This is a government, not a private
company, abridging expression. Why are pierced
earlobes ok, eyebrows not?

(I have neither)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-523078 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-523078 I'm a nurse and one time I was wearing striped boxers under my white scrub pants when the nursing supervisor sneaked up behind me and whispered in my ear that I had to start wearing white underwear. I’m a nurse and one time I was wearing striped boxers under my white scrub pants when the nursing supervisor sneaked up behind me and whispered in my ear that I had to start wearing white underwear.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521799 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521799 Blood?! That should be on the inside! Blood?! That should be on the inside!

]]> By: RevEng http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-522060 RevEng Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522060 I can't believe the mayor is the only one who realized how unenforcible these new rules were. Who's going to be inspecting underpants? Although he loses all of his hard-earned points for the remark about some women going bra-less being obvious. That totally derailed his argument. I can’t believe the mayor is the only one who realized how unenforcible these new rules were. Who’s going to be inspecting underpants?

Although he loses all of his hard-earned points for the remark about some women going bra-less being obvious. That totally derailed his argument.

]]> By: hischeapmoves http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521870 hischeapmoves Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521870 Brooksville is named in honor of South Carolina senator Preston Brooks, who became famous for beating fellow senator Charles Sumner in the Senate Chamber as commentary on Sumner's recent speech vilifying slavery. A lot of Southern folks thought he was a real hero for that. Brooksville is named in honor of South Carolina senator Preston Brooks, who became famous for beating fellow senator Charles Sumner in the Senate Chamber as commentary on Sumner’s recent speech vilifying slavery. A lot of Southern folks thought he was a real hero for that.

]]> By: TheCrawNotTheCraw http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-522393 TheCrawNotTheCraw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522393 Sign painters in the town are expecting a temporary bump in business as "No shoes, no shirt, no service" signs are required by "law" to be updated to include "no underwear, no deodorant, open sores". P.S. Is the job for Town Underwear Inspector open, and what's the pay? Sign painters in the town are expecting a temporary bump in business as “No shoes, no shirt, no service” signs are required by “law” to be updated to include “no underwear, no deodorant, open sores”.

P.S. Is the job for Town Underwear Inspector open, and what’s the pay?

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521882 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521882 Are these guys just angling to get one of TSA's 'x-ray' full-body viewers? Are these guys just angling to get one of TSA’s ‘x-ray’ full-body viewers?

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-522399 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522399 #32, trust me, i job you do not want! #32, trust me, i job you do not want!

]]> By: userw014 http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521889 userw014 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521889 Clearly, the underwear part will be enforced by giving wedgies. If a person is not wedgie-compliant, then they're in violation of the policy. This *isn't* as bad as the Bozeman Montana stuff. This is just dumb. Bozeman is EVIL. Clearly, the underwear part will be enforced by giving wedgies. If a person is not wedgie-compliant, then they’re in violation of the policy.

This *isn’t* as bad as the Bozeman Montana stuff. This is just dumb. Bozeman is EVIL.

]]> By: justanotherusername http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-522402 justanotherusername Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522402 Banned in Brooksville: the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMj4R5PeOvI">Salli saddle chair</a>. Banned in Brooksville: the Salli saddle chair.

]]> By: IndiAUNAJones http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-527014 IndiAUNAJones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-527014 In response to #8's comment: Every once in a while, we have "jeans days" at work. You're not limited to jeans, but you can dress casually. Anyway, last fall, one employee took this a little too far and wore a bedazzled Reno, NV shirt and a pair of super tight spandex leggings (you know, the kind people wear under long shirts/dresses when it's cold out). That person doesn't work here anymore. In response to #8′s comment: Every once in a while, we have “jeans days” at work. You’re not limited to jeans, but you can dress casually. Anyway, last fall, one employee took this a little too far and wore a bedazzled Reno, NV shirt and a pair of super tight spandex leggings (you know, the kind people wear under long shirts/dresses when it’s cold out).

That person doesn’t work here anymore.

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521906 dragonfrog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521906 But wait - what about non-wedgieable undies? e.g. the classic 18th Century drawers, chemise, and three or four petticoats combo. But wait – what about non-wedgieable undies? e.g. the classic 18th Century drawers, chemise, and three or four petticoats combo.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/florida-town-orders.html#comment-521918 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521918 Reminds me of the scene in Woody Allen's Bananas where El Presidente declares that underwear must be changed every half-hour and worn on the outside, so they can check. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qff098NCNDE Reminds me of the scene in Woody Allen’s Bananas where El Presidente declares that underwear must be changed every half-hour and worn on the outside, so they can check.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qff098NCNDE

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