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LOL Texas: Pull up those pants or gtfo the bus!

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  1. MadProfesor MadProfesor is offline

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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 6:51pm)

    FORT WORTH, Texas -- Bus riders in Fort Worth who wear sagging pants have the choice of pulling them up before boarding or finding another way to get around the city.

    The Fort Worth Transportation Authority's updated dress code lets bus drivers turn away passengers whose pants sag below the waist.

    Joan Hunter, a spokeswoman for the system known as the T, says it's about respecting everyone who chooses to ride city buses.

    "It's not like they have to go home," Hunter said. "They can just pull it up. It's to be respectful of other riders."

    Posters are being placed on buses and billboards to let riders know that saggy pants are not acceptable, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Tuesday.

    The no-saggy pants campaign began in August 2008, but the T recently made an administrative change to its dress code giving bus drivers authority to deny boarding to violators, Hunter said.

    The policy change took effect May 12, and that day drivers asked about 50 riders to pull up their pants before boarding, according to Hunter. All complied, she said.

    "They'll mess with our freedom. Pretty soon they're going to ban dreadlocks, too," said Cory Shelby, a tattoo artist who rides city buses.

    Shelby, 29, recently was told to pull up his pants before boarding, even though he said his black cargo shorts were not drooping enough to be distasteful.

    "They told me I had to pull up my pants," he said, "And my boxers weren't even showing."


    Councilman Frank Moss has said the saggy-pants look hurts the ability of young people to land jobs.
    "This shows we have taken the overall concept of pulling them up to a new level," Moss said during a recent council meeting. "There are some real policies in place to say, if you don't pull 'em up, you can't ride.
  2. ScottBrewr99 ScottBrewr99 is offline

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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 6:53pm) in reply to MadProfesor

    this is fucking retarded

    im not a fan of the sagging pants look, but its pretty weak to ban people from the bus because of it
  3. mackieinva mackieinva is offline

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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 6:56pm) in reply to ScottBrewr99

    so bus drivers have free reign to say who can/can't ride and they can use sagging pants as an excuse. interesting.
  4. zeppelinzoso16 zeppelinzoso16 is offline world traveler

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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 6:57pm) in reply to mackieinva

    It is going to go a long way to helping them land jobs and becoming productive members of society
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 6:58pm) in reply to zeppelinzoso16

    I say make anyone with saggy pants pee in a cup and THEN throw them off the bus.
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 6:59pm) in reply to jetsjets1028

  7. Lord Supremo Lord Supremo is online now actually a tuvalu lord (sigh)

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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 6:59pm) in reply to saxman

    Personal Liberty! Freedom of Expression! Small Government! Red States!
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 6:59pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

    lol texicans
  9. MadProfesor MadProfesor is offline

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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:00pm) in reply to Glo4m

    The quote at the end is gold! Thank you crotchety old white council member Frank Moss! <3
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:00pm) in reply to zeppelinzoso16

    i just walked around my room with my pants sagging only one thing was concluded.


    douchebags gonna douche
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:00pm) in reply to railbot

    first welfare, now saggy pants, careful white folk, you're just one price raise from church's chicken before y'all get merked.
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:02pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

     
    Originally Posted by Lord Supremo View Post

    Personal Liberty! Freedom of Expression! Small Government! Red States!

    how is this any different than the public school I went to enforcing the same thing?

    a dress code is a violation of rights/freedom? damn those schools and nightclubs! I went to the Rhino in sandals once and they wouldn't let me in... no freedom in this country anymore! rabble rabble!
    Edited By: TheWacoKidd Jun 1st, 2011 at 07:03 PM
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:02pm) in reply to Glo4m

     
    Originally Posted by Glo4m View Post

    lol texists

    fyp
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:04pm) in reply to jetsjets1028

    How long before a bus driver gets KO'ed for telling a very drunk dude with sagging pants to get off his bus?
    Edited By: wantagolf Jun 1st, 2011 at 07:05 PM
     
  15. Lord Supremo Lord Supremo is online now actually a tuvalu lord (sigh)

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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:12pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

     
    Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd View Post

    how is this any different than the public school I went to enforcing the same thing?

    a dress code is a violation of rights/freedom? damn those schools and nightclubs! I went to the Rhino in sandals once and they wouldn't let me in... no freedom in this country anymore! rabble rabble!

    Seriously? Nightclubs are private entities and public schools deal overwhelmingly with children, not adults. Both are very different from public bus systems.

    I'm not saying this is a **BIG DEAL** I'm just loling because I think the law is dumb and it seems to violate the "KEEP BIG GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR LIVES" rhetoric so common especially in that part of the country
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:13pm) in reply to jetsjets1028

     
    Originally Posted by jetsjets1028 View Post

    I say make anyone with saggy pants pee in a cup and THEN throw them off the bus.

    *under
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:15pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

     
    Originally Posted by Lord Supremo View Post

    public schools deal overwhelmingly with children, not adults. Both are very different from public bus systems.

    I see no difference between public schools and public transportation. I'm 18 years old as a senior and can't wear saggy pants, I'm 18 years old and can't wear saggy pants on the bus either. big frickin deal.
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:15pm) in reply to jetsjets1028

     
    Originally Posted by jetsjets1028 View Post

    fyp

    lol wp
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:25pm) in reply to zeppelinzoso16

     
    Originally Posted by zeppelinzoso16 View Post

    It is going to go a long way to helping them land jobs and becoming productive members of society


    if by "it" you mean education, dignity, and a feeling of belonging then yea
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:37pm) in reply to The Alchemist

    What kind of people are more likely to wear baggy pants? lol Texas
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:41pm) in reply to TMLMS13

     
    Originally Posted by TMLMS13 View Post

    What kind of people are more likely to wear baggy pants? lol Texas

    OMG! How dare you suggest that this has anything to do with racism!

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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 7:59pm) in reply to Rocket Surgeon

     
    Originally Posted by Rocket Surgeon View Post

    *under

    The MVP said we aren't allowed to use that phrase anymore.

    Gotta play by the rules.
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 8:09pm) in reply to jetsjets1028

    I'd be ok with a law against sagging pants period, so this doesn't bother me in the least.
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 8:12pm) in reply to rocksolid124

     
    Originally Posted by rocksolid124 View Post

    I'd be ok with a law against sagging pants period, so this doesn't bother me in the least.

     
    Originally Posted by Lord Supremo View Post

    Personal Liberty! Freedom of Expression! Small Government! Red States!

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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 8:21pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

    Let them wear baggy pants. Just less people I have to worry about competing with in the job market for jobs that pay a decent wage.
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    Jun 1st, 2011 (6/1/2011 8:35pm) in reply to bluefin

    lmao when i lived in fort hood, texas, we had to tuck our shirts in at school becuz kids were sagging
    Edited By: Ugotdonedirty Jun 1st, 2011 at 08:36 PM
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