Rant begins – children on roller skates do not belong in supermarkets. One of these feral little beings was tearing around the aisles and running full bore crashing into people…until she met me. I swear I could stop a rhino in its tracks with one look if I wanted to especially after a day at work. Let’s just say those skates were off her ankles after her mother was located. It’s your choice to have kids. It’s ours not to be inflicted with the little ‘darlings’ because you are too pigging lazy to look after them. No wonder so many of them get in trouble…rant over.
On to…
…I don’t have cute gym clothes...why bother? I’m at the gym to sweat...not look cute. Actually I have never looked cute in my life so I wouldn’t start to try now. I am what I am. I will say though that Hugh, my trainer - aka the man who is trying to kill me, is quite impressed with my pink Nike trimmed shoes – they were on sale. I believe he was saying that as I am getting pretty good at boxing and he's worried I’ll snot him one (punch him out) in my exuberance. He also told me I have very bendy, flexible legs. Isn’t it that sweet? Again, I believe I frighten him enough for him to give me compliments. It’s an excellent relationship. I told best friend Ethel this over our daily email, not like we’re at work to work, and she said that ‘bendy legs’ might be something worth adding to a résumé to confuse people. She is looking for another job – that, or win the lotto. I’m considering that update to my resume. If nothing else it would be worth someone asking at an interview ‘and how will bendy legs help you in this job?’ Oh, so many answers to give…
But I digress…my actual point of this blog was to whine – further - why is it that men's clothes are always cheaper? What I mean by this is I like to wear a baggy shirt over my trackie daks (sweat pants) at the gym – for obvious reasons – less rippling flab on display. I can certainly buy a plain female t-shirt but it's generally $8 - 10 more expensive than a similar plain one for a man. Why the hell is that? Plain navy blue shirt for a man - $5.00. For a woman - $15.00. Same cotton blend, same boring cut. So why are women paying more? It's not like it was a designer label or even styled for a woman's figure. We're being ripped off – and yes I know it’s been happening for years but as I wandered this particular factory outlet that was cheap, I realized just how much cheaper it was for men. It’s just frigging wrong. It’s like the basic women's haircut has to be $15-$20 more than a man’s - for what? Trimming hair? “Women’s hair requires more styling.” Oh pluh-ease…don’t pee on my head and tell me it’s raining…you just want to make a buck at our expense – and we let you, damn it.
So is it that we, as women, have allowed ourselves to be suckered into paying more for the same blue unisex t-shirt because it’s in the women’s section and that makes it somehow more feminine? If something is a staple for men as it for women then shouldn’t it be the same price? Why don’t we jump up and down about this as we do with everything else – or is it because it’s clothing or hair trimming etc and we think – nah, it’s not really an important issue in the scheme of things? And if so then we are perpetuating a trend? And yes, of course I bought a couple of smaller versions in the man's unisex t-shirt…but it still pisses me off and the check out chick (sales person) agreed with me but how useless are we? ‘Got to wonder who dictates the prices. Men – or people who know women will buy clothes regardless of price…and in that case we are to blame.
Okay, yes, strange blog but there it is for a Friday…
www.amarindajones.com
www.amarindajones.blogspot.com
Go Ahead : Live with abandon. Be outrageous at any age. What are you saving your best self for?
On to…
…I don’t have cute gym clothes...why bother? I’m at the gym to sweat...not look cute. Actually I have never looked cute in my life so I wouldn’t start to try now. I am what I am. I will say though that Hugh, my trainer - aka the man who is trying to kill me, is quite impressed with my pink Nike trimmed shoes – they were on sale. I believe he was saying that as I am getting pretty good at boxing and he's worried I’ll snot him one (punch him out) in my exuberance. He also told me I have very bendy, flexible legs. Isn’t it that sweet? Again, I believe I frighten him enough for him to give me compliments. It’s an excellent relationship. I told best friend Ethel this over our daily email, not like we’re at work to work, and she said that ‘bendy legs’ might be something worth adding to a résumé to confuse people. She is looking for another job – that, or win the lotto. I’m considering that update to my resume. If nothing else it would be worth someone asking at an interview ‘and how will bendy legs help you in this job?’ Oh, so many answers to give…
But I digress…my actual point of this blog was to whine – further - why is it that men's clothes are always cheaper? What I mean by this is I like to wear a baggy shirt over my trackie daks (sweat pants) at the gym – for obvious reasons – less rippling flab on display. I can certainly buy a plain female t-shirt but it's generally $8 - 10 more expensive than a similar plain one for a man. Why the hell is that? Plain navy blue shirt for a man - $5.00. For a woman - $15.00. Same cotton blend, same boring cut. So why are women paying more? It's not like it was a designer label or even styled for a woman's figure. We're being ripped off – and yes I know it’s been happening for years but as I wandered this particular factory outlet that was cheap, I realized just how much cheaper it was for men. It’s just frigging wrong. It’s like the basic women's haircut has to be $15-$20 more than a man’s - for what? Trimming hair? “Women’s hair requires more styling.” Oh pluh-ease…don’t pee on my head and tell me it’s raining…you just want to make a buck at our expense – and we let you, damn it.
So is it that we, as women, have allowed ourselves to be suckered into paying more for the same blue unisex t-shirt because it’s in the women’s section and that makes it somehow more feminine? If something is a staple for men as it for women then shouldn’t it be the same price? Why don’t we jump up and down about this as we do with everything else – or is it because it’s clothing or hair trimming etc and we think – nah, it’s not really an important issue in the scheme of things? And if so then we are perpetuating a trend? And yes, of course I bought a couple of smaller versions in the man's unisex t-shirt…but it still pisses me off and the check out chick (sales person) agreed with me but how useless are we? ‘Got to wonder who dictates the prices. Men – or people who know women will buy clothes regardless of price…and in that case we are to blame.
Okay, yes, strange blog but there it is for a Friday…
www.amarindajones.com
www.amarindajones.blogspot.com
Go Ahead : Live with abandon. Be outrageous at any age. What are you saving your best self for?
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