We thought that it was tough enough to land a job in an Abercrombie & Fitch flagship store, what with all the skills required to look pretty and stand around with your top off - rippling six pack obligatory - listening to deafening music in the near darkness. But it turns out the strict 'rules' don't stop at the shop floor. Thanks to depositions in an age discrimination lawsuit being brought against the U.S. clothing giant by ex A&F private jet pilot, Michael Stephen Bustin, 55, who claims he was fired and replaced by a younger 'model', we now know the delicious details of what it takes to make it as a 'trolley dolly' on Air Abercrombie & Fitch.
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According to Bloomberg, the 'clean-shaven' actors and models employed to work on the company's Gulfstream G550 jet must adhere to the strict flight crew uniform consisting of Abercrombie jeans, polo shirts, boxer briefs, flip-flops and a "spritz" of the retailer's cologne, with a side note that coats were only to be worn when the temperature fell to 50 degrees or lower - don't want to conceal all that hard graft at the gym now boys, eh?
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Black gloves had to be used when handling silverware, white gloves to lay the table; toilet paper must not be "exposed" and the end must not be folded square; 'Take Me Home' had to be played when passengers boarded for their return flights, while CEO Michael Jeffries's dogs - Ruby, Trouble and Sammy - had detailed seating arrangements depending on which of them was travelling.
It's a wonder that between all the work-outs, auditions, castings, spray-tans, teeth whitening and hair teasing, the poor lambs have any time, or energy left to absorb the 40-page in-flight instruction manual at all.
Chicken or beef? Maybe just a little nap...
Via: What does it take to be an Abercrombie & Fitch air steward?
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