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February 07, 2008
They keep looking at you even when you try to move away....
Yesterday the building of my employment was without water. The whole building had no water, no running toilets or sinks in the offices of what appear to be something like 500,000 women all needing to pee at the same time.
Good times, I tell you what.
So on my lunch break I walked to Macy's to avail myself of their services, and that is when I discovered this:

What, people, is this a coordinated cruel joke or something?
Anyway, since I was not about to miss another opportunity to pee, I decided to wait it out while the restrooms got cleaned and that is how I found myself in the dressing room of said Macy's trying on what can only be described as another in a long line of really ill-fated blouse designs:

It's right up there with the "Nips On Fire" shirt of October 2007. I have finally decided that mass-market fashion is either drunk or crazy, or maybe both, but either way I was not it's tragic victim for one day, at least ... I walked out empty-handed. After I made use of the ladies room, of course.
But the shirt still haunts me...

The question for today is, "Will the water be back on when I arrive at work, and if not will I find myself in yet another dressing room trying on yet another shirt that is hilariously drunk and/or crazy and/or staring at me from the breastage area?"
Ah, my life. So very exciting.
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Posted by laurie at February 7, 2008 07:07 AM
Comments
LOL - that's too much. The fashion industry must be burned to the ground and the earth under them salted. Enough is enough!
Posted by: Kristin at February 7, 2008 09:45 AM
That is one wild shirt. The last pic with the eyeballs inserted is really freaking me out! Please note that even though the shirt is questionable, you look very nice and very SLIM in the picture :)
Posted by: aileen at February 7, 2008 09:48 AM
Okay, now eyeballs are all I see....
And... they actually expect to work in an office without anywhere to pee for the day! What cruel and inhumane treatment!
Posted by: diane at February 7, 2008 09:48 AM
I'm at work now, the water is still off in the lower 25 floors, which includes me. BAH.
Posted by: laurie at February 7, 2008 09:49 AM
Seriously, no facilities means you get to go home. It's a health issue! Contact OSHA.
Posted by: dotty at February 7, 2008 09:52 AM
OMG I didn't realize the eyes were blinking. Yikes!
Posted by: dotty at February 7, 2008 09:53 AM
OMGourd!
Also, how can water be on on the upper floors and off on the lower floors?!? Shouldn't the water flow upwards from the ground pipes. ha ha
Posted by: cant_talk_knitting at February 7, 2008 09:54 AM
Exhibit #3785 in "Proof that Fashion Designers Hate Women."
Ugh. That is one unfortunate shirt.
Seriously - I wouldn't stay in a building that had no water. That's just cruel.
Posted by: fillyjonk at February 7, 2008 10:05 AM
That sucks about the bathroom situation. But I kind of like the shirt -- for me. Because maybe it would give the illusion that I have more of a chest. Kind of like the Wonderbras upon which I swear.
Posted by: Dagny at February 7, 2008 10:06 AM
There is also what appears to be a tatoo in the belly button area....
Posted by: Marilyn at February 7, 2008 10:26 AM
The eyes - the eyes!!! Arghhh!!!
Posted by: Lyda at February 7, 2008 10:30 AM
lol my hubby says I am obsessed with the nipplies. Apparently I am not alone.
man, I would not last 10 minutes in that building. the thought of no water would make me have to go even more. I gotta ago now just thinking about it. ;)
Posted by: Tonja at February 7, 2008 10:38 AM
I think this one was a guy, who *REALLY* want women't boobs looking at him. Just a guess....
Posted by: Trixie at February 7, 2008 10:39 AM
While we're beating the fashion drum - I was online looking for a dress for an event coming up, please tell me WHO WEARS A SIZE "00"??? Seriously, is it some paper doll size? Good grief! I wear a double digit size, but not a double NEGATIVE digit! The fashion industry must have lost their minds.
Posted by: Sue at February 7, 2008 10:49 AM
When men stare at your boobs, they stare back!!
Do you think that will teach them?
I found a notice on my door yesterday, our water will be shut off tonight from 7-12pm. Is there a water shortage or something?
Now I have to pee......
Posted by: psychomom at February 7, 2008 10:51 AM
I vote for both. Also male.
Also, why is no one in the fashion industry taking advantage of this golden opportunity? If any retailer sold
1) skirts that fit at the waist AND butt -- full skirts that decently conceal the hippage are perfectly acceptable, as long as they also are..
2) skirts with pockets
3) pants that fit a normal not-exactly-svelte woman
4) bathing suits that do not expect me to display ALL of my cellulite to the world at large
I would shop there exclusively.
Actually, LL Bean does sell #4, and I do shop there, even if they've fallen down on the first 3.
Posted by: Lucia at February 7, 2008 10:51 AM
Hilarious!!... and just a little creepy. How did you make those amazing eyeballs!?!
Posted by: Jill P. at February 7, 2008 10:53 AM
clearly designed by a man who wanted some help in times of drinking to located what is he intended to leer at.
Posted by: cursingmama at February 7, 2008 10:56 AM
I had to look back at the first picture to see if I missed the eyes in it, heh.
Posted by: Leeny at February 7, 2008 10:57 AM
i think that shirts like that are made for small breasted woman (not me) and they try to accent their endowments (or lack thereof) and when they size them up to fit most people the print is awkward at best. really - i've decided even stripes are the devil b/c they warp around the chest... so solids it is... not exciting - but goodenss - what else is one to do?
Posted by: rhett at February 7, 2008 11:01 AM
I've never posted, but I felt I had to point out the other unfortunately place piece of pattern (very bottom, front and center). It's rather, uh, fallopian in shape.
Posted by: Courtney at February 7, 2008 11:01 AM
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Posted by: Becky at February 7, 2008 11:05 AM
I found myself running to use the restroom once and it was closed for cleaning. I almost cried!
And now I feel obligated to tell you that if I should ever get to meet you in person, I will be staring at your boobs. It's your own dang fault.
Posted by: suetreiber at February 7, 2008 11:05 AM
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Posted by: Dena at February 7, 2008 11:05 AM
I, for one, wish they would STOP making those empire-waisted tops and dresses that make even the most svelte woman look PREGNANT! And why do they think that we curvy divas like to wear huge migraine-inducing prints? They do disguise the body, somewhat, but with the unfortunate effect of making the wearer resemble a walking sofa.
I've declared a moratorium on buying clothes anyway, and the stuff the stores are showing lately sure makes that easier! I don't want to look frumpy, dumpy or older than I am. Nor do I want to look like an escapee from an insane asylum, a hootchie mama, or an aging preppie. Nor can I afford to spend $800 on one outfit. Please pass the wine!
Posted by: Anne at February 7, 2008 11:05 AM
My boobage is really popping out of everything these days--thank god for solid black shirts!
You were in my dream last night Laurie. We were getting ready to go somewhere and then you decided for some reason you couldn't go, but your twin sister (didn't know you had one, did you) decided to come with me to wherever it was we were going. My husband would be truly disturbed to know that I now dream about the people whose blogs I read! He thinks it's bad enough that I talk about them like they'rte real live friends of mine.
Posted by: laura at February 7, 2008 11:06 AM
they're blinking! C.A.P. your boobies are blinking at me!!!!
Posted by: trashalou at February 7, 2008 11:06 AM
I hope they don't start crying.
Posted by: psychomom at February 7, 2008 11:11 AM
ha! in that blouse it also looks like some sort of inverted uterus right in the middle of your abdomen.
Posted by: maryse at February 7, 2008 11:13 AM
maybe this is why men stare at our breasts?
Posted by: Amy at February 7, 2008 11:15 AM
Maybe that's the purpose of the boob-eyes. Maybe the distract from the rest of the body by staring at you!
Posted by: Amy in StL at February 7, 2008 11:21 AM
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=22932
Standard Number: 1910.141(c)(1)(i)
April 6, 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMININSTRATORS
STATE DESIGNEES
FROM: JOHN B. MILES, JR., Director
Directorate of Compliance Programs
SUBJECT: Interpretation of 29 CFR 1910.141(c)(1)(i): Toilet Facilities
OSHA's sanitation standard for general industry, 29 CFR 1910.141(c)(l)(i), requires employers to provide their employees with toilet facilities:
Except as otherwise indicated in this paragraph (c)(l)(i), toliet facilities, in toilet rooms separate for each sex shall be provided in all places of employment in accordance with Table J-1 of this section .... [emphasis added]
This memorandum explains OSHA's interpretation that this standard requires employers to make toilet facilities available so that employees can use them when they need to do so. The employer may not impose unreasonable restrictions on employee use of the facilities. OSHA believes this requirement is implicit in the language of the standard and has not previously seen a need to address it more explicitly. Recently, however, OSHA has received requests for clarification of this point and has decided to issue this memorandum to explain its position clearly.
Background
The sanitation standard is intended to ensure that employers provide employees with sanitary and available toilet facilities, so that employees will not suffer the adverse health effects that can result if toilets are not available when employees need them. Individuals vary significantly in the frequency with which they need to urinate and defecate, with pregnant women, women with stress incontinence, and men with prostatic hypertrophy needing to urinate more frequently. Increased frequency of voiding may also be caused by various medications, by environmental factors such as cold, and by high fluid intake, which may be necessary for individuals working in a hot environment. Diet, medication use, and medical condition are among the factors that can affect the frequency of defecation.
ETC.
Posted by: dotty at February 7, 2008 11:21 AM
HAHAHAHA nice bit of animation there!
I think I shall have nightmares...
Posted by: AlliMack at February 7, 2008 11:22 AM
Just wanted to thank you for the wonderful Brangelina hat pattern. We're addicted. I've made 3 and am making two more. My mom has already pilfered one. You need to start a hat gallery.
Posted by: Juls at February 7, 2008 11:22 AM
Comments are closed! Have a good day everyone!
Posted by: laurie at February 7, 2008 11:23 AM








