Posted on Jun 1, 2015
Uniformed Navy Officer Turned Away From NY Hotel Bar For Violating Dress Code: How would You Deal With This Situation?
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An unidentified female Navy Officer, staying at an upscale NYC hotel with family while visiting during Fleet Week festivities last week was taken aback when her group was stopped by bouncers and prevented from entering the hotel's bar one evening. At first, nobody could figure it out, everyone was dressed in professional attire; until the bouncer's indicated that the Officer's Class A Uniform did not fit it's criteria for female dress, and they weren't backing down. How about it? How would you address such an insulting situation?
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Start a boycott. They might ignore my complaints, but they would not ignore that much of a business loss.
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Fire the bouncers as well as the manager. If they are this dumb, it is only a matter of time before they get you into a real costly law suit. Loose cannons are sure to cause major problems on deck.
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I think that would be the instant reaction: let me see your manager, please. I have a feeling that the dress uniforms would probably put some of the other dresses being worn at the bar to shame.
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Asking to speak to the manager can calm things down, I'm pretty sure they would still want the business. Sometimes bouncers feel the need to be douches for no reason.
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I was turned away at the New Sano Hotel in Tokyo. I was wearing a sweater. But that was in 1985. That was in the restaurant.
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TSgt Kenneth Ellis
It's an mwr hotel in Japan. To stay there you must be active duty or retired. you have to be in the military. They had a dress code you had to wear a shirt with a collar.
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As a soldier she should have understood and went and changed. As a soldier she should have known better than to go into a bar while in uniform because while your in that uniform, especially your Class A's you are implying readiness for duty and the bar is the last place you should be. the bouncer in question was probably a former soldier, reservist, or even an off duty police officer and understood professional code of conduct.
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I don't think this would happen in a upscale Hotel bar in New York City or in any other big City in the U.S.A this Sounds like a what question
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MAJ Paul Hoiland, I would ask to speak with a manager with witnesses. If admitted I would decline and take my friends, family and money somewhere else.... We can chose which establishments to spend money at because of these uniforms. They would not get one dime from me.
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I encountered an identical situation while chaperoning grad night 1986 at Disneyland,asked to speak to the supervisor and the situation was resolved with apoligies
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