Air Traffic Control Manager Prohibits Kilt

[Angus MacSpey]

I do concur that it is absurd for a government that spends billions of tax dollars annually enforcing "diversity" will embrace only the politically correct versions of "diversity."

Of course, I find it far more ridiculous that we are spending tax money for the government to enforce someone's notion of "diversity." They are supposed to fulfill certain duties, such as maintaining highways, providing for national defense, and a few other concerns enumerated in the Constitution. Making lawyers rich is not one of them, nor is making all of their employees happy, or even just the ones who have earned Special Persecuted Minority Victim Status.

So, I don't give a damn about the plight of any government employee who wants to complain about the way his boss is treating him. Sorry -- it's not personal. You live in Uncle Sam's house, you play by Uncle Sam's rules. Otherwise, move out; get your own job. Last I checked, you can change jobs at your own will.

[rbuxton]

I sure appreciate all of the posts, pro and con. Thanks all.

The underlying problem with the whole issue is that my agency decided to change the dress code so that it is actually more "dress" than it was previously. No real disagreement there. Even though I wore jeans and polo shirts on most days to work I didn't dress like a slob (even though we work in a building where no one sees us at work.)

So now I decide to dress up and arbitrarily a supervisor can decide that a kilt doesn't meet his interpretation of the dress code. That's a problem (not a big problem in the big scheme of things, but,,) that I have with making a rule and changing it after it is written in stone.