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October 21, 2012

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Abercrombie & Fitch CEO’s rulebook for corporate jet staffers * Toilet paper must not be “exposed” and its “end square” should not be folded. “Washclothes are to be tri-folded.”
The staffers, described as actors and models, were also instructed to check for fingerprints on the Gulfstream G550 jet, arrange fresh flowers, center salt and pepper on meal trays, properly fold seat-belt buckles — and make sure the Phil Collins song “Take Me Home” is playing when passengers board.

Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 21, 2012 6:34 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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The illustrative picture is not nearly as gay as the picture that came with the story in the NYTimes.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/10/20/business/Abercrombie1/Abercrombie1-articleLarge.jpg

Posted by: Fat Man at October 21, 2012 8:35 PM

That story appeared on the Smoking Gun, it included a picture of the CEO of A&F. He was paid $48 million last year, but apparently he went to a discount plastic surgeon.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/Abercrombie-Fitch-gulfstream-rules-687452

Posted by: BannedName at October 22, 2012 5:19 AM

Why is 3% or 4% of the population telling the rest how to approve of their choices.

Posted by: Peccable at October 22, 2012 5:23 AM

I saw that on The Smoking Gun via the FR Facebook page. My first reaction before reading the article was that it's entirely useless unless he uses models for stews (first-and-a-half after reading the article being of course "it figures he's interested in a different subset of their models than I am...Abercrombie's CEO's gay? Who would have ever guessed?"). My second reaction on seeing his headshot was that he needed to go Patrick Bateman on his plastic surgeon. Dude looks halfway like Jocelyn Wildenstein's long-lost brother.

Posted by: Rich Fader at October 22, 2012 3:56 PM

He may have been paid $48 million last year, but he didn't get a penny of it from me.

Posted by: Lorne at October 26, 2012 7:48 PM

I was hitchhiking on Rt. 250 near Cadiz, Ohio during the late 1960s and a dude driving considered one of these SS396 Camaros stopped and picked me up. We were on an open, straight run of highway within the middle of nowhere. The car almost launched alone. The only other car I obtained that feeling from was a Shelby Mustang driven by a traveling salesman with ladies underwear stacked up in boxes from the back seat. I'd some superior rides hitching in people days.

Posted by: Andre Phom at October 28, 2012 1:36 AM

He is, the man with the platform straps, a thing of mockery. Like Gwynplaine, the anti-hero of Hugo's "The Man Who Laughs" his deformity amuses you. As Hugo wrote - "The laughter of kings is like the laughter of the gods. There is always a cruel point in it." So go ahead and laugh. Laugh until your sides split and you choke. And while you're at it laugh at the dreadful cripple in the wheel chair. Is he not also a hoot, with that weapon at the ready? N'est-ce pas?

Gerard has lots of fun at the expense of fagots, and other monstrosities. From the absurdity of Ernest Hemingway's pretenses to showcasing the photo-shopped images of Hollywood's finest in drag, he manages to knock down liberals with fine ridicule while at the same time keeping up the illusion that he's a conservative Christian. Utter nonsense of course. The substance says defense of traditional morality while the method has Alinsky asshole written all over it. Cruelty unbounded is his venue.

The fagot in the picture above? Let the Earl of Wharton ask the question:

"Who are you? Whence do you come?"
Gwynplaine answered: "Out of the depths."
And, folding his arms, he looked at the lords.
"Who am I? I am wretchedness."

Posted by: Frank at October 29, 2012 10:03 PM