That's what I thought.
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>Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:13:14 -0600
>From: "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Woman with disability wins suit against Abercrombie and Fitch
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>Deri, et. al,
>
>According to the original article (in June), Ms Dean wasn't
>"embarassed" by her prosthesis. She didn't choose to wear a cardigan,
>she was _instructed_ to wear the sweater. Here's a link to the
>original post I saw on Disaboom:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/kkbcbx
>
>Kendall
>
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>On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Deri James<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> On Saturday 15 August 2009 18:07:52 Kathleen Salkin wrote:
>>> I read that she had to wear the sweater on the sales floor until they
>>> switched over to the winter uniform which has sleeves. But when she
>>> objected, they moved her to the stock room.
>>>
>>> Which version is correct??? I'm sure by the time we get the news
>>> across the pond it's been diluted.
>>>
>>> Kat
>>>
>>
>> I think you are saying the same thing as the article:-
>>
>> "Miss Dean, who was forced to work in the stockroom after wearing a cardigan
>> to cover her prosthetic arm, had originally sued the company for up to
>> £20,000."
>>
>> So she insisted on wearing a sleeved cardigan while all other sales staff were
>> presumably sleeveless. However, her subsequent decision to allow the press to
>> take photos of her with short sleeves rather shows she was not too bothered by
>> showing her prosthetic arm. She might have had a case if it had been the other
>> way round, A&F had insisted she wore sleeves, but it was the opposite!!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Deri
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>Kendall
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