From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-taney-humphreys/a-message-to-abercrombies_b_3245941.html
Sara Taney Humphreys
05/09/2013
I should be working on my next manuscript, as it’s due to my publisher in a few weeks. However, after reading this alleged quote by Mr. Jeffries the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, I found myself irritated, furious and distracted.
Here’s what the King of Bullies had to say.
“In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,” he told Salon. “Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely. Those companies that are in trouble are trying to target everybody: young, old, fat, skinny. But then you become totally vanilla. You don’t alienate anybody, but you don’t excite anybody, either.”
Wow.
My first thought was… Is this for real? Am I reading an article in The Onion or something? No. Sadly, this quote was actually uttered by a supposedly educated and successful adult.
My second thought was… Does this guy have kids? By all accounts, the answer is no. Thank God. Can you imagine having this insensitive man as your father? Clearly, he doesn’t have children because if he did, I can’t fathom that he would do what he’s doing.
He’s never had his eight-year-old come home in tears because another kid teased him in front of the rest of the class. He never had to watch his daughter cry herself to sleep because she somehow felt that she didn’t measure up, that she wasn’t good enough due to the shape or size of her body.
What is wrong with this dude? My guess is that he was an outcast as a kid and this is his ultimate revenge. He’s now successful and feels that this makes him one of the cool-kids by default.
What he doesn’t realize is that he’s made himself the ultimate loser.
Shame on you, Mr. Jeffries.
Continue reading at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-taney-humphreys/a-message-to-abercrombies_b_3245941.html
See Also: Write Human: An Open Letter from a “Fat Chick” to Mike Jeffries, CEO of Abercrombie + Fitch
