Posted on 09/07/2007 8:44:17 AM PDT by Drew68
It doesnt take much to get thrown off an airplane these days, as Kyla Ebbert found out when a Southwest Airlines employee told her she was too bare for the air. Two months later, shes still trying to figure out what was wrong with her outfit.
In an exclusive appearance Friday on TODAY, Ebbert modeled the outfit she says she wore on the flight in question. It consisted of a snug-fitting white top with a scoop neck that stopped just short of showing cleavage.
Over the shirt was a green sweater that buttoned underneath her bosom. It was finished with high-heeled sandals and a white denim mini-skirt with a fashionably frayed hem.
It was a lot more clothing than the 23-year-old college student wears on her job as a Hooters waitress. Her mother, Michele Ebbert, said she would have told her daughter if the outfit was inappropriate.
But her outfit is fine, Michele Ebbert told TODAY co-host Matt Lauer. She looks like every other college girl in San Diego.
Not according to a Southwest employee identified only as Keith, who approached Ebbert after she had taken her seat on the plane and was listening to the flight attendants go through their pre-departure routine.
He told me, Im sorry, but youre going to have to take a later flight. Youre dressed inappropriately. This is a family airline. Youre dressed too provocative to fly on this flight, she told Lauer.
I said, What part of it, the shirt, the skirt? Which part? Ebbert continued, recounting her conversation with Keith about her outfit. And he said, The whole thing. I said, I didnt bring any luggage with me. I dont have anything to change into. What can I do to make sure I can get onto that flight? ...
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That’s what I call some in-flight entertainment.
Keith.... You’re a HOMO!
You say that like it's a BAD thing.
DaveyB wrote: “All airlines (and trains, buses, public buildings etc.) should have published dress codes, because they do not this case seems arbitrary.”
Yes, and they need to publish the ingredient and nutritional contents of their meals, warn people not to turn the audio up too high, and put warnings on the blankets that they’re a choking hazard if you cram them in your mouth...
Well, you get the point. There’s a thing called common sense, and posting rules/warnings for every possible situation is simply ridiculous. What are you going to do? Set up a system of crotch measurements to determine if the genitalia exposure limit is exceeded?
Umm...what bus was that? Didn’t catch it...
Two months later, a non-event makes the Today Show
A day in the stocks in the public square would change her attitude. It would also probably more than satisfy those who are fantasizing about her underwear or lack thereof.
wolfinator wrote: “Actually, I suspected a bit of sharia law here somewhere.”
Asking someone to show a bit of respect for other people in public isn’t the same as enforcing sharia, and asking her to dress a bit more conservatively isn’t the same as telling her to wear a burka. By claiming it’s a sharia thing, you are trying to make this a black and white issue when there are many shades of gray between burkas and nudity.
Well, it’s not an especially flattering outfit, but it doesn’t seem to be especially revealing either — in the position in which she is standing in the photo. I could imagine that it might be a completely different story if she were reaching up to shove something into the overhead, or were bending over, or squirming in her seat to get her belt on and fastened. Even then, I’m not sure what the big fuss is. Whoever would have seen whatever should have had either their moment of pleasure or of offense and then gone on with their lives, because I’m sure that anyone who goes out on a regular basis has seen at least once before just whatever it was this girl exhibited. I saw something similar just the other day in a parking lot. A young woman in a cut-off skirt — longer than this one — was bending over to look at something on her car, and we all found out that she was wearing purple underpants that day.
Actually it looks as if the skirt has been pulled DOWN to where the button is at her....um...crotch.
I see a lot of girls weaing them this low but without a shirt underneath.
As a guy, I enjoy this. :-)
Yeah but as an older guy, will you be ok with younger guys, enjoying watching your daughter in one? :’)
A man with his priorities in order.
I concur!
The sign on the deli next door says "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service." The one on my door says "No Skirt, No Bra, No Problem."
Of course, I've regretted that a few times.
Well I have two daughters and while that awkward outfit would not be my first choice for them to wear...I would rather they wear it than a Hillary-type pants suit or even these tacky man-looking “server” (waitress) outfits many of the big chain restaurants have gone to.
Heh!..
I gave it a shot ;0)
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