Thrift Shop Worker Says Boss Reprimanded Her For Not Wearing A Bra And Publicly Humiliated Her

A TikToker recently shared a story about her place of work’s policy on bra straps and let me tell you: the internet is outraged!

“For the longest time I would show up to work wearing a shirt without a bra,” says Riley, aka @bappermoon on TikTok. She worked at said thrift store. “Not inappropriate in the slightest.”

But one day, e everything changed when a group of older clients in their 60s and 70s, including “a lot of men” were waiting to check out. Riley says that her manager walked up to her and reprimanded her.

“All employees need to have visible bra straps when at work,” Riley claims the manager told her. “You should know better.” 

Then, according to Riley, her boss scolded her for not reading the employee handbook. The end result? Riley felt humiliated before the customer line.

“I never not showed up to work without a bra again,” Riley said. She also wrote in the caption, “I was mortified.”

Enter: new employee. This new hire was also not wearing a bra, so Riley asked her if she received the same talking-to from the managers.

Now — why Riley never bothered to read this, I couldn’t tell you, but she finally learned that the employee handbook has no rules about bra straps, thanks to that new employee who did, in fact, do her homework.

TikTok was irritated on Riley’s behalf.

“No employer should be talking about any sort of your underwear ever,” wrote @jazzy_marie_03.

But others were as baffled as I am about the rule:

“So we’re told our whole lives that showing bra straps is promiscuous but all of a sudden theres a rule about showing them??” asked @cherikana. 

Other TikTok viewers say they would not have stood for that treatment. One wrote, “the way I would have quit on the spot.”