Jess Glynne might need to consult a dictionary, after getting confused between dress codes and discrimination. The singer took to Instagram last night, venting her anger that she had been turned away from posh restaurant Sexy Fish in London - because she was wearing a hoodie, joggers and trainers.
‘Dear @sexyfishlondon I turned up to your restaurant looking like this and you looked me and my friend up and down and said no you can’t come in and your restaurant was EMPTY,' she started her post, uploading a photo of the offending outfit. After being refused entry, the popstar{
'@sexyfishlondon please check yourself if this is how you treat people cause it’s rude, off putting, embarrassing and most definitely not inviting,' she continued. 'We were made to wait and two members of staff came to look at us and make a decision based on our appearance. I think the attitude of your staff needs to change as that was pure discrimination. Thanks and bye.'
'Pure discrimination'? Oh come on Jess. As a white woman, turning up to a restaurant while wearing an outfit that is quite clearly against their dress code - which prohibits sportswear, something she was head to toe in - it was most definitely not discrimination. Are dress codes a bit old fashioned? Sure. But the criticism stops there.
As we know, people are unfortunately discriminated against everyday, but that's because of things like race, gender, class, sexuality, age and disability. 'Do they not have a dress code,' one commenter asked. 'Would you rock up to The Ritz like this? Have a day off calling out discrimination when other people are actually being discriminated against.'
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