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  • PepijnPepijn@mastodon.online
    Oct 13, 2026, 7:04 AM

    #work Some of our technicians got new work-clothes. The versions for the one woman and the one very slim guy have fake pockets. The person who bought them thought that looked better.

    As Einstein said: We might not know what weapons will be used in World War III but it's a near certainty woman will not be able to carry those weapons in their pockets. CAUSE THEY HAVE NO FUCKING POCKETS.

    ffs.

    edit: at least those sticks & stones for WW IV are easily held in ones hand.

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  • PepijnPepijn@mastodon.online
    Oct 13, 2026, 7:11 AM

    "but three people tried out the new clothes! They liked them"

    Oh, and was at least one of those three people our one woman or our little half-scale man?

    "well I can't ask everyone to try out any new clothes now can I?"

    ...

    No, indeed you can't.

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  • PepijnPepijn@mastodon.online
    Oct 13, 2026, 7:25 AM

    @mahryekuh So is just about everyone here. Both the two persons involved and the other men, one of them replied-all in the email chain about this with the following:

    "We FINALLY managed to hire and retain a woman for this work and now you're starting with this shit? In the future can you please leave your woman-belong-in-the-kitchen ideas at home?"

    This did not help to calm down the conversation btw..

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  • Marijke Luttekesmahryekuh@hachyderm.io
    Oct 13, 2026, 7:42 AM

    @Pepijn Was this one of the guys who did get pockets? If so, he was exactly the right person to make these comments. (Men listen to men). 🙌🏻

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  • PepijnPepijn@mastodon.online
    Oct 13, 2026, 8:01 AM

    @mahryekuh Yes. Actually the most senior old guy we have! I was very surprised to see this comment coming from him as he's normally a typical quiet conservative guy.

    Apparently before writing this he messaged the two people who didn't get pockets to let him handle it. Pretty good.

    >men listen to men

    "unfortunately" the person ordering the clothes is also a woman.😐

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  • Marijke Luttekesmahryekuh@hachyderm.io
    Oct 13, 2026, 8:26 AM

    @Pepijn Ugh. I am so disappointed by the woman who ordered these clothes (assuming she had agency over the decision).

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  • PepijnPepijn@mastodon.online
    Oct 13, 2026, 8:30 AM

    @mahryekuh She had full agency. Not anymore though as we crafted a quick procedure to follow in the future (min. three people will test any new work clothes, if it comes in different sub-models those will be tested by actual wearers, all have veto-rights before final orders)

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  • Marijke Luttekesmahryekuh@hachyderm.io
    Oct 13, 2026, 8:32 AM

    @Pepijn Pocket-annoyance aside, I love how quickly this incident got turned into a better policy after someone spoke up. 🙌🏻

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  • PepijnPepijn@mastodon.online
    Oct 13, 2026, 8:47 AM

    @mahryekuh Yeah agreed. I think the speed of this "improvement" is that almost everyone probably assumed this policy was the utter baseline common sense anyway.

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