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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
It is a big issue. The point is that is didn't have to be, and shouldn't have been.
There was really no basis to tell her she couldn't wear the longer skirt aside from a strict adherence to the company dress code. If there was some reason it was a safety concern or a hazard, then I think most people would agree the skirt should be not allowed. But as far as I can tell, the only reason to disallow it was to stick to the rules just for the sake of sticking to the rules.
In my opinion, the dangers posed from such rigid and inflexible thinking are a greater threat to society than making small, compassionate exceptions to the rules.
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Well put. I don't think this was any safety issue whatsoever either, it is simply I am the boss, this is company policy, obey the policy in it's most strict form or you are history.
To me, safety issues would be something like women in the armed forces wishing to wear skirts while performing combat duty. That would be a safety issue not only for the woman but for her comrades as well.