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I have been reprimanded for inadvertent exposure of G string

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hobbgoblin · 14/11/2008 18:10

I work in a school - but in the office bit not the classroom.

I wear G strings, not that it is anyone else's business. Unfortunately while I was at work my top must have ridden up at some point while I was at my desk, and my G string became visible a couple of weeks ago, apparently.

I have now been told of for exposing sexual wear in a school.

What do you think?

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twinsetandpearls · 14/11/2008 19:14

Most schools have a dress code and just like the pupils teachers need to stick to it.

I would not expect a formal warning but I would expect something to be said,

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southeastastra · 14/11/2008 19:16

ew it does look rough though when you're g string is on show. wear proper pants

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hobbgoblin · 14/11/2008 19:25

It wasn't a formal warning as such but it has been documented as a reprimand as part of my performance supervision.

I think that the complainant should have discreetly mentioned to me personally or simply or ignored it as the mistake it clearly was. I am not known for OTT dress such as cleavage exposure. Today for example, I have long sleeve v neck with cardi and A line skirt to the knee with tights and ballet pumps.

Anyone fancy debating the McDonald's coffee cup?

I am not allowed to drink out of branded cups that promote unhealthy food choices, but it's okay for there to be chocolate cake mountains visible through the open door staffroom each day.

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Tortington · 14/11/2008 19:26

we have a dress code at work - very strict policies - compltetely OTT to cater for extremely thick people - who - IMO - shouldnt wok for the organisation if they are too stupid to understand that you don't wear revealing halternecks showing a belly ring in a corporate environment - dress down friday was cancelled due to foold like these wearing such and flip flops (god save me)

anyway, i think this is quite quite different from a flash of g-string. and a formal formal ? reprimand. and bollocking for being petulant....petulant..... are you 12 fgs???

i once had a manager said " i am not going to shout at you but..."
"good" i interupted " becuase i shout back"

you don't get shouted at as an adult fgs.

a quiet " the other day, it so happened we could see your underwear, considering the environment could you be more careful, although i am sure this wasn't onpurpose"

would have been far more effective and indicative of a good management style than this wanking tosspot effort of shyte.

i would goto the union becuase
a) it was an accident
b) the way in which it was handled.

i think you have a strong case - this is quite different from going in in hipsters - bending down to open filing cabinate and showing your playboy arse beads

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hobbgoblin · 14/11/2008 19:26

Next time one of the male staff lets his trouser leg ride up past his sock line I'm going to fake a hot flush and complain to the headteacher!

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flowerybeanbag · 14/11/2008 19:27

Have you had a formal warning or was it just a clumsy, bizarrely-worded, OTT rap on the knuckles?

I think talking about 'discrimination' is a bit strong tbh. I agree that the reprimand may have been a bit OTT, and how strange to say that g-strings are 'sexual'. I think however your boss was with difficulty trying to communicate that underwear on show in a school is not appropriate, which is right.

What do you want to do about it?

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hobbgoblin · 14/11/2008 19:28

Should add that this is a Primary school, so more likely that the person complaining is having wet dreams about it than the Reception kids, obviously.

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flowerybeanbag · 14/11/2008 19:30

Sorry x-posts, so not a formal warning.

Custardo what do you think she has a 'strong case' for?

I agree that it wasn't handled well. My proposal to address that would be to ask to speak to your manager and say just what you said in your last post, that you realise underwear on display is not appropriate, but you feel it would have been better handled either discreetly mentioned to you at the time or ignored as it is not a general trend in terms of your daily attire. See what response that gets and take it from there.

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hobbgoblin · 14/11/2008 19:31

I feel a little humiliated and as such was thinking along the lines of contacting the Union but maybe that's because I am feeling slightly mortified rather than being genuinely that bothered.

Don't know. But it seems a little as though some people are resenting the presence of my colleagues and I and are using every opportunity to have a dig at our professionalism. We are in new posts in school and there is some resentment.

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Buda · 14/11/2008 19:37

Sorry you are going through this but LOLing a bit too as headmistress of DS's school wears g-strings and I have spotted hers a couple of times!

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Tortington · 14/11/2008 19:42

a strong case for...for....i dunno...for getting the twatty manager in trouble

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twoluvlykids · 14/11/2008 19:46

I'm often telling the female students I work with in school to adjust their clothing as they're showing underwear!

It keeps the boys quiet, if they're sitting behind the girls!

Seriously, hobb, a quiet word would probably have been enough - I'm sure you wouldn't have deliberately shown your undies.

The cup - just tell them you'd broken your usual one and that was the only spare you could find in the staff room!!

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OLIVIASMAMA · 14/11/2008 20:09

Ooooh what a bunch of old stiffs, I love my G strings

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flowerybeanbag · 14/11/2008 21:09

custardo

Well fair point.

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PeachyAndTheSucklingBas · 14/11/2008 21:16

A quirt 'are you aware' at the time would have been far more productive surely?

I susect she's not getting any though if she refers to it as sexual wear pmsl.


Our deputy has a habit of wearing very low cut tops and high boots with short skirts, eve to church, and kneeling down so men can see rigt down her top. I have it on Good Authority she worse this to a recent interview and proceeded to jiggle

daft cow.

Am msl at thong th thong thong thong, sorry- I'd have been given a warning after that because of wetting myself in her office

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Cally42 · 26/01/2016 10:19

Now do you wear like string back g strings or thongs when this happened?

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Cally42 · 26/01/2016 10:21

This,happened to me once at a school when i used to be a secretary i wear t string style g strings and just they said it was showing.

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StealthPolarBear · 26/01/2016 10:21

Five years ago!

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PurpleDaisies · 26/01/2016 10:24

Five years ago!
More than that... SEVEN AND A HALF years ago.

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CocktailQueen · 26/01/2016 10:26

Ds's teacher flashed her thong and tattoo last year when her top rode up. Nobody complained about it...

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PurpleHairAndPearls · 26/01/2016 10:29

Zombie thread bumped by a pervy troll probably having a tug right now whilst clutching a thong in their hairy hand

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StealthPolarBear · 26/01/2016 13:33

I have a maffs degree donchano

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StealthPolarBear · 26/01/2016 13:35

Purple hair that's really mean. If I accidentally exposed my thong at work the first thing I'd do is search mn to see if it had happened to anyone else
hmm

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PurpleHairAndPearls · 26/01/2016 14:35

Stealth you're right, I apologise. After thinking it over, I agree and I too would immediately ask the question "Now do you wear like string back g strings or thongs when this happened?" as that wouldn't sound pervy or thigh or anything else rubbing in the least.^^

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