Reply #2: I was a waitress...

[bliss_eternal]

for a restaurant that insisted on uniforms that mimicked former nursing uniforms--white dress, hose and white shoes. Over the white dress we wore ugly jersey smock, apron thingies. :eyes: The owner of the restaurant was a sexist, racist pig, and his daughter not much better. They didn't even care that our uniforms got filthy on a daily basis. He just wanted his nurse porn fantasy on parade.

I'll be honest in that I was a very different person then, and turned a part of myself off in order to do things I couldn't possibly do now--like work as a waitress for such abusive bosses. Honestly, I don't think I could even be a restaurant server anymore either--but I digress. :P

A real eye opener for me was when I visited different branches of the same franchise, after leaving that job.

I found that the other locations employed MALE AND female servers--not just women. The place I worked only hired women as servers...:eyes: The other locations in the franchise allowed the servers to wear jeans or khakis with polo shirts (adorned w/the company emblem), with waist or full aprons. They also wore work boots or athletic walking shoes, like Reeboks.

Such a uniform is far less sexist, and allows for the movement of serving in a restaurant (i.e. bending, stooping, carrying plates of food, heavy trays, etc.) without (ahem) compromising one's self, so to speak. :blush:

I can't tell you how many cuts, scrapes, burns, etc. I experienced with those flimsy, white, piece of shit outfits they called uniforms. Not to mention all the times I caught pervs dropping shit trying to get me to bend over to pick it up so they could peek up the skirt... or the ones that didn't even bother to try to be subtle and stared at my legs the entire time I took their order. :puke: