To think work are being ridiculous

[Dolphin8765]

For work the main lanyard we are issued is a purple wire thin lanyard (photo attached). Myself and some other colleagues don’t like thin lanyards like that. The only other lanyard we are issued is wider like a normal lanyard, it’s a pride lanyard with the company logo on. We’ve asked work if we can buy and use our own lanyard and we were told. Aibu to think work are being a bit strict and ridiculous? What difference does it make if we use our own lanyard?

I can't see a pic of a wire thin one the one in the pic looks fine to me

You'd think the company lanyard I was given was fine until you tried to wear it it - it's sharp and scratched the back of my neck.

The reason many people "don't like" thin lanyards is that they are uncomfortable to wear. I assume that that is why OP and her colleagues don't like it. They have no problems with the colour.

That's not the same as being fussy about it.

It's not "perfectly acceptable" if it is uncomfortable to wear.

Can you try loosely attaching the purple wire lanyard to a similar coloured fabric one, OP?

So you are cabin crew, where everything you wear is your uniform, down to the shoes and handbags

Colleague's daughter was cabin crew for Emirates. They could only wear certain shades of lipstick!

I do hope that last sentence attacking other posters made you feel better.

Exactly, but some posters are determined not to acknowledge that.

At no point has the OP stated that the lanyard is uncomfortable.

Politically uncomfortable maybe (the pride one obvs)

Can you think of another reason why she would not want to wear it, @ClaireStandishsLipstick ?

It is described as "wire-thin" - that could very well be uncomfortable.

I can see no reason why the employer would object to people buying their own (purple) lanyards unless it's to force the broader ones on to their staff.

@ilovesooty complains that "some posters are determined not to acknowledge [that there is a perfectly acceptable alternative]" to the rinbow lanyard.

You and others seem determined to acknowledge that if the purple ones were perfectly acceptable, people wouldn't be unhappy to wear them. They are unacceptable because there are too thin to wear comfortably, and the broad ones are unacceptable because they push a political agenda.

Op hasn't said that.

Op has only said she doesn't like it.

If that’s what the rainbow meant I’d be perfectly happy to wear it. But for me it means that I agree with all the Stonewall policies.

This is just ridiculous.

The rainbow flag was created in 1978 in San Francisco. It has since spread throughout the world, including to countries where you can be imprisoned or executed for being gay, and remains the best known symbol for gay rights and acceptance.

To reject the rainbow because of what one organisation in the UK thinks even going so far as to compare it to a swastika, as one charming poster above did is incredibly narrow minded and dumb. Stonewall does not determine what the flag means and neither do you.

Whatever YOU think it may stand for, others may have a different opinion, @dreamingbohemian , and they are entitled to that opinion.

It is a political statement, and some people may not want to make it. The employer has no right to push it.

I hate all lanyards/shit around my neck - can you not just attach it to a belt loop? Or are they an employer who insists upon everybody looking exactly the same (other than identifying those who don't want to wear the wide rainbow ones)?

As OP would be prepared to wear a broader purple one, I imagine that there is some reason other than the colour that makes her and her colleagues not want to wear it.

Other than discomfort, I can't think of one.

I've always loved rainbows and refuse to let stonewall et al appropriate them.

I wear more rainbow stuff now than before, in protest.

Weve had words women female etc appropriated, even bio functions such as periods and menopause

Don't let them appropriate the rainbow too!

Agree that the comparison with the swastika is repulsive. In any case, no one is having the rainbow lanyard forced on them. The OP has said she doesn't like the standard one.

I think the shapeless uniforms some cabin crew have to wear are worse!

If the lanyard is uncomfortable (though that doesn't seem to be the issue - surely the collar of the blouse keeps it out of direct contact with the skin?

It's not what I think it stands for 🙄
It's what millions of people around the world think it stands for, for almost 50 years.

Don't wear it if you don't want to but it's not for you to unilaterally decide it means whatever you want it to mean.

I hate being told what to wear, so for that alone YANBU

Top tip then - don't do a job that involved the wearing of a uniform.

Problem solved for you right there,

It is normal though isn't it? Many jobs involve wearing a uniform.

Hahahaha. Amen @Pinkfluff76

@adriftinadenofvipers I work for myself - a tip I’d give anyone who doesn’t like uniforms !

Is a lanyard even uniform I don’t know ?