Abercrombie and Fitch takes fashion seriously. So much so they have "fashion police" workers enforcing "store look" policies. Now, a disabled woman is suing them.
From The Guardian:
Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has been accused of "hiding" a sales assistant in a stockroom at a London outlet because her prosthetic arm didn't fit with its "look policy", a tribunal has heard.
I love this part:
Dean claims that when she told A&F about her disability after getting the job, the firm agreed she could wear a white cardigan to cover the link between her prosthesis and her upper arm. But shortly afterwards, she was told she could not work on the shop floor unless she took off the cardigan as she was breaking the firm's "look policy". She told the tribunal that someone in the A&F head office suggested she stay in the stockroom "until the winter uniform arrives".
Leper!
She's not the only one taking A&F to court.
It's nice to have policies and all, but pushing them to the point of infringing on personal rights is unfortunate. Someone had to see this was coming. I'm sure there was one dude in the board room meeting who thought this was a bad idea. There's always one person who thinks far out. Naturally, they get ignored.
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