No saggy pants on Texas Busses

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**metallifan**

It made me lol, but in reality, I say good on Fraz-er-Texas' part! I'm sick of seeing kids wearing their pants around their ankles. Someone has the right idea

http://news.sympatico.ca/unusualnews/saggy_pants_mean_no_ride_on_one_texas_bus_system/4a7c12fb

Saggy pants mean no ride on one Texas bus system

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Don't get on the bus in Ft. Worth, Texas, if you're not properly dressed.

The Ft. Worth Transportation Authority, known as "The T," has implemented a new policy that prohibits any passenger from boarding a bus with "saggy" pants that expose the person's underwear or buttocks.

"Riders don't want to see a person dressed like that on a public bus," Joan Hunter, communications manager for The T, told Reuters on Thursday. "Our customers think it's disrespectful."

The saggy pants look has been around for more than a decade, tracing its roots to prison attire because inmates are not issued belts. It spread to the rap and hip-hop music community, and from there became a popular symbol of freedom and cultural awareness for many young people.

Hunter said the new saggy pants policy is simply an extension of the dress code that The T has had for years, which has long required shirts and shoes.

"A lot of different people ride the bus," she said. "And many of them told us it's not a good idea to have your pants below your buttocks."

So up went signs in city buses, reading "Pull 'em up or find another ride."

Hunter said a Ft. Worth City Council member is looking for a donor to pay for billboards that carry the same message.

She said the decision on whether a potential rider's pants are inappropriate is up to the discretion of the bus driver.

The first day the policy was in place about 50 people were removed for improper pants, Hunter said.

Some passengers have complained that The T is trying to dictate what they can and can't wear, Hunter said, but overall reaction has been positive. She pointed out that many Ft. Worth-area schools have a similar policy.

"Following this rule is actually easier than following any other clothing policy we have," she said.

"All you need to do is pull your pants up before you get onto the bus. You don't have to go home and get a shirt or get a pair of shoes. Then, after you get off the bus, you can dress however you want."

**SagesStone**

Sounds like a good idea.

**Cannerus_The_Unbearable**

I'm waiting for the first cry of discrimination. I used to love watching the Fort Worth city council meetings on public access tv

**Mewiththeface**

I don't why people care that much about seeing underwear. There are some massive prudes out there. There is a point when it does look bad but more often then not its about comfort, not style.

**SlaveToDorkness**

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I'm waiting for the first cry of discrimination. I used to love watching the Fort Worth city council meetings on public access tv

To say that it is discrimination is to admit that you think "saggy pants" is only done by a certain race. Which is Racist.

**KingCracker**

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I'm waiting for the first cry of discrimination. I used to love watching the Fort Worth city council meetings on public access tv

Is that a ball gag in your avatar?

Oh and OT sounds good to me. We need something like that around here. I live close enough to Flint to see the baggy pants thing regularly

**Grimtuff**

Good, now bring it to the UK as well for all those twatbags that wear them over here.

**cpt_fishcakes**

Bus company sanctioned fashion, WooHoo! were partying now!

**Coolyo294**

Mewiththeface wrote:I don't why people care that much about seeing underwear. There are some massive prudes out there. There is a point when it does look bad but more often then not its about comfort, not style.

Because it's rude and it makes you look like a giant douche canoe.

**dogma**

Well, it makes you look like a douche because lots of people think its rude.

Though I do love it when supposedly unsuperficial people complain about the dress habits of others.

**Coolyo294**

I never said I wasn't superficial.

**dogma**

SlaveToDorkness wrote:
To say that it is discrimination is to admit that you think "saggy pants" is only done by a certain race. Which is Racist.

No it isn't. One can discriminate against any group, including "people who sag their pants."

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coolyo294 wrote:I never said I wasn't superficial.

I never said you did.

**Avatar 720**

I don't want a face-full of your arse when i'm already forced to sit with people who seem to be incapable of understanding the concept of courtesy.

I don't care if you want the world to see your buttocks; you're wearing a belt for heaven's sake, so damn well use it until you're off the bus.

**Melissia**

That's fully within their rights to implement such rules, but I hope this doesn't discount the various hard workers that merely have gotten plumber arse from leaning over to do their jobs all day, so to speak.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

The saggy pants look has been around for more than a decade, tracing its roots to prison attire because inmates are not issued belts. It spread to the rap and hip-hop music community, and from there became a popular symbol of freedom and cultural awareness for many young people.

Does anyone else see the paradox?

I wouldn't want to wear my kegs like that if it causes plumbers arse!
Very painful that, and may lead to permanent damage to your ballcock if left untreated.

**Cannerus_The_Unbearable**

KingCracker wrote:
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I'm waiting for the first cry of discrimination. I used to love watching the Fort Worth city council meetings on public access tv

Is that a ball gag in your avatar?

Oh and OT sounds good to me. We need something like that around here. I live close enough to Flint to see the baggy pants thing regularly

Yes it is. Been on a sub kick lately because I'm having a fling with my supervisor and she's really aggressive.

Also, yeah, sagging pants.

**Karon**

I support this, personally. Too many kids, my cousin included, sag their pants and don't even understand what it means or why they do it besides its "what is popular"

If you aren't a gangster and sell drugs, don't do it. You just look like a dumbass to the real gangsters.

**helgrenze**

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:
The ... look has been around for more than a decade, .... It spread to the .... music community, and from there became a popular symbol of freedom and cultural awareness for many young people.

They said the same kind of things about bell bottoms, parachute pants, and nehru jackets..... That doesn't mean it isn't a BAD fashion.....

**snurl**

I saw a kid in baggy pants run to catch a frisbee.
He screamed when his knees hit the pavement, pants predictably around ankles.
I don't know who laughed harder, his friends or me.

**helgrenze**

Whats really funny is the "Layered" look.... Baggys over boxers over briefs........

**SlaveToDorkness**

Makes it easier for the cops to catch them though...

I have a theory that there is a group of rich and powerful people that pay urban role models to dress in the most ridiculous manners (sideways flathats, saggy pants, one pants leg pushed up, etc.) so that those with the mentality to emulate such idiocy can be more easily identifiable.

Just a theory...

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

Except afaik none of those started as a consequence of being incarcerated, Helgrenze, with the possible exception of sailors if press ganged.

Nerhu jackets named after the Indian politician and popularised by The Beatles.

Parachute pants are best left undiscussed as they take gakk filled nappies as their inspiration. They merely display freedom from good judgement.

**Mewiththeface**

coolyo294 wrote:
Mewiththeface wrote:I don't why people care that much about seeing underwear. There are some massive prudes out there. There is a point when it does look bad but more often then not its about comfort, not style.
Because it's rude and it makes you look like a giant douche canoe.

Not really. Rudeness is a term made up by prudes to explain their awkwardness.

**SlaveToDorkness**

Ah... the naivete of youth...

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

Not wanting to see someone's buttock cleavage has little to do with prudery.

Mostly it is a matter of context: whose arse and where.

**Melissia**

Mewiththeface wrote:Rudeness is a term made up by prudes to explain their awkwardness.

No, rudeness is a term used to express that someone is being disrespectful. It has nothing to do with prudery.

What you described is utter nonsense.

**agnosto**

The war against baggy pants has been going on for a while now.

Atlanta being the biggest city to do it that I'm aware of. We don't need to see somebody's underwear. It's the same to me as Wal Mart people....ick.

Don't make me post the pictures, all you americans know what I'm talking about.

**FITZZ**

Meh, seems every generation has some sort of "style" that annoys some people, Flappers in the '20's, "Greasers" in the '50's, Hippies in the '60's and so on...
I really don't see that people "sagging" their pants is worth getting worked up over.

**SlaveToDorkness**

lol

Much more subtle than selling "Hey, I'm a fething idiot" T-shirts.

**Lord-Loss**

SlaveToDorkness wrote:

lol

America must have it alot worse then we do. I've never seen anything like this...