Too Sexy

by Little Miss Attila on June 3, 2010

. . . for my job.

Contra James, she may in fact be over the sexiness threshold, though no woman with actual breasts should be wearing a lot of “turtlenecks” (mentioned in the article) unless it’s an awfully cold winter or there’s a bright scarf to distract from the boobage, or a vest to hide it or whatever.*

William Butler Yeats, I think, got it right:

May she be granted beauty and yet not
Beauty to make a stranger’s eye distraught,
Or hers before a looking-glass, for such,
Being made beautiful overmuch,
Consider beauty a sufficient end,
Lose natural kindness and maybe
The heart-revealing intimacy
That chooses right, and never find a friend.

Helen being chosen found life flat and dull
And later had much trouble from a fool,
While that great Queen, that rose out of the spray,
Being fatherless could have her way
Yet chose a bandy-leggèd smith for man.
It’s certain that fine women eat
A crazy salad with their meat
Whereby the Horn of Plenty is undone.

* Actually, breast-management is a topic all its own, and there’s no real solution: the knit fabrics show everything, and the button-up tops create wretched little gaps if one wears a different bra, or gains five pounds. I’m waiting for my husband to lose interest in me so I can get them chopped without being guilty of marital bait-and-switch; my mother has been thrilled with her breast-reduction surgery for years.

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retriever June 3, 2010 at 5:44 pm

Methinks the lady doth protest too much. I think the whole thing is a PR stunt. Next news item will be a Playboy center fold? Or perhaps the real issue was quality of work? Even if Citibank did gripe about her clothes, any sensible employee knows to wear the “uniform” of their particular workplace unless they are in showbiz or advertising or the arts. Banking (especially in these scary times) requires a more reserved and professional attire. You wouldn’t trust a male banker dressed in ballroom dancing gigolo attire, would you?

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I R A Darth Aggie June 4, 2010 at 6:56 am

I agree with retriever: she’s cute enough, I suppose, but her images alone aren’t enough to turn me into a drooling moron. Maybe she has a killer personality, or a sweet, sweet, sexy voice to bump me into moron state.

However, I would not kick her out of my bed…I maybe unimpressed, but I’m not blind. 😉

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Darrell June 4, 2010 at 11:06 am

She’s too hot. And not just her body. That sideways glance alone is too hot. No one should be subjected to that. We need a Federal program to support people like her comfortably and keep them away from the general population–a sort of hotness quarantine.

As for Citibank, sounds like they stepped into it. Telling her that she is forbidden to wear “turtlenecks, pencil skirts, and fitted [tailored] suits. And three-inch heels”–standard business attire–and
“articulating inappropriate and sexist comments concerning [her]clothing and appearance” sounds like hands-on management run amok.
Citibank need to get a better class of managers–or at least train them properly. I think I could think of some ways to turn her into a genuine business asset, but that’s just me. According to the NY Daily News she said ” …And I’m not going to go eat and gain 50 or 100 pounds because my job wants me to be the same size as everyone else.” Did anyone take a look at that Citibank branch? That may be the source of the problem. And before anyone mentions lack of tact on her part, keep in mind that it’s a cherished US tradition to trash the fuckers that shit-canned you. Besides, doesn’t it make you want to meet her more?

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