Abercrombie & Fitch rules

[becker]

Re: Re: Abercrombie & Fitch rules

Originally posted by racerX
did you score a phone #?

Actually, I wasn't in it for the number, she wasn't really my type. I just like to practice the whole eye contact thing on girls. I'm sure she was someone's type though. The other one was better, but she had her co-workers wrapped around her finger, so I wasn't about to go there.

As for the whole commission thing, I was never asked who helped me when I made a purchase, and usually the person ringing me up was not the same person who helped me, if at all. I think the only true thing is that people who get hired for A&F tend to match a certain physical appearance. It's like you have to be a struggling actor or model or something, who could break through but has not yet been discovered. Like the alternative to the proverbial struggling actor who moonlights as a waiter/waitress.

I think out of all the stores I know, A&F make the most comfortable clothes. I think it's just the soft material. I hate t-shirts made of stiff fabric, like some of those higher end stores like Hilfiger or J.Crew (although some of their stuff is good) have.

 

[The_Mole]

its a store for white people. i'll start shopping there when i see a black person working there.

 

[becker]

The_Mole, there is some truth in that, unfortunately. I think it sort of goes with the image that the store is trying to have. I know there are other stores which sell clothing that black people tend to wear more than white, and it's the same situation. If a white person worked in those stores, they wouldn't look like they fit in unless they liked that style of clothing or looked right in them, since the store will make them wear the store's clothing.

 

[becker]

Now that I think of it, I should go back and try to get that blonde's number. I don't think she's totally my type, but god, she's hot as hell. Looks like Britney Spears, but actually better body, if that's even possible.

 

[DIESEL]

Originally posted by becker
The_Mole, there is some truth in that, unfortunately. I think it sort of goes with the image that the store is trying to have. I know there are other stores which sell clothing that black people tend to wear more than white, and it's the same situation. If a white person worked in those stores, they wouldn't look like they fit in unless they liked that style of clothing or looked right in them, since the store will make them wear the store's clothing.

No, I think what Mole is saying is that Abercrombie is actually being sued in a class action in federal district court by a bunch of minority ex-employees who claimed systematic discrimination and marginalization all along the Abercrombie "empire". According to them, it's COMPANY POLICY to keep Abercrombie nice and Aryan.

despite all that shyt they make the dopest, most comfortable cargo shorts, I own like 6 pairs, at least with those, they keep the label nice and discreet... but I would never put anything with "Abercrombie" splashed across my chest.. that's whack! You become "that guy"

 

[becker]

Oh, ok, I heard about that, that's crazy, and I know people who refuse to go to the store because of it. I still like the shorts too, no other store makes them that comfortable.

 

[Derek Flint]

Originally posted by seulaxplaya
paid to flirt and usually are shallow and go for the same kind of people that go there. notice no minorities work there?

Well, how many white people do you see working at the local FUBU store in Baltimore or Atlanta or any other city with a large black population?

 

[drixsa]

is it racist...hmmm these days what isnt...l

te truth is that the majority of ppl that shop there are white ppl (most of em with no taste)

so the models and the sales clerks are white. i am not sayin it is right or wrong but it sells. and thats what matters to them

though D hit the nail on the coffin. nobody makes shorts or casual kackis like them

 

[DIESEL]

Originally posted by Derek Flint
Well, how many white people do you see working at the local FUBU store in Baltimore or Atlanta or any other city with a large black population?

well, I think it's quite different when the plaintiffs are presenting evidence that Abercrombie has an institutionalized program to NOT HIRE minorities as salespeople in their stores b/c they don't have the "look" they are aiming to project.

However, I'm sure if enough obviously qualified white boys went and applied at the FUBU store and got rejected, I'm sure they would have a solid case, as well.

 

[drixsa]

Originally posted by DIESEL
However, I'm sure if enough obviously qualified white boys went and applied at the FUBU store and got rejected, I'm sure they would have a solid case, as well.

i think they meant somethin when they called their clothes:

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