Riding crop costumes go bye bye

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Wow.

Guess I won't be making that January meet after all. I'd hate to be the one responsible for shattering people's fantasy of a land of perfection.

Don't be silly! You'll come join all the rest of us who are perfectly happy to be in their own skin no matter what the shape or size. And, personally, I can't name one perfect person who posts on this board, but some may be less perfect than others. Not to worry, I'm one of those and won't hold anything against you.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Don't be silly! You'll come join all the rest of us who are perfectly happy to be in their own skin no matter what the shape or size. And, personally, I can't name one perfect person who posts on this board, but some may be less perfect than others. Not to worry, I'm one of those and won't hold anything against you.

I'm obviously far from perfect.

Prudence, I never meant to imply that people of certain shapes and sizes are not welcome at Disneyland. I feel I must apologize again, publicly, to you and Traci and anyone else who felt my remarks were out of line.

"To all who come to this happy place, welcome!"

[Ghoulish Delight]

Fooey. One of my favorite costumes.

I understand that it wasn't flattering to everybody, but I hate that the solution is always to go least-common-denominator with a costume that's flattering to nobody.

[innerSpaceman]

Sorry if my comment about size was hurtful to anyone. I don't judge the quality of a person by their size, but it's quite newsworthy of late that obesity has become epidemic in America ... and is far more common in certain areas of the nation than in others. Hence my flippant remark comparing Kansas to California. It was merely a quip. My apologies for any insensitity.


In any event, though I don't judge a person by their appearance .... I consider Disneyland cast members to be just that - - and am in favor of requiring them to have an appearance appropriate to their role - - and frankly a weight and size appropriate to a role model.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

My apologies for any insensitity.

Hee-hee, you said "insensi-titty."

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Hee-hee, you said "insensi-titty."

Wait a sec, this isn't a breastfeeding thread.

[Not Afraid]

OMG! You all talk as if all of the current tour guide are skinny or shapely (note- they are NOT the same thing). Certainly there are not obese tour guide that I've seen, but there are tour guide in all shapes and sizes. I believe they are chosen, in part, for their knowledge base.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

... skinny or shapely (note- they are NOT the same thing).

amen to that. gotta love those dangerous curves.

[Prudence]

Every industry out there is selling an image of some kind. And likely most, if not all, already engage in some (unofficial) biased hiring practices. (Like when I was skinny and pretty and wasn't hired because I couldn't possibly be smart enough to operate a computer.)

If those practices were explicitly condoned as appropriate for upholding the specific image, I'd be left with the career choices of sideshow freak or bell-ringer.

I'm sure many people in this world would prefer that I were confined to those types of roles. Most of those people don't realize how many of them would be forced to join me.

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Every industry out there is selling an image of some kind. And likely most, if not all, already engage in some (unofficial) biased hiring practices. (Like when I was skinny and pretty and wasn't hired because I couldn't possibly be smart enough to operate a computer."

If those practices were explicitly condoned as appropriate for upholding the specific image, I'd be left with the career choices of sideshow freak or bell-ringer.

Wow, those were the two career choices my high school guidance counselor said I had!!