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My boss made me pay for a custom uniform

A few year ago when I was still a student I took a part time waitress job at a local Arabic restaurant. The owner had a custom uniform made for all the staff which we had to wear. As a Muslim women who wears hijab I found the uniform too form fitting so I talked to him about it and he agreed to get me a loose fit size and allow me to cover my hair/chest with my hijab which I did. When the uniform came in, it was fine on the bottom but very tight on top (I have a very large boobs for my body size). Even with a minimizer bra compressing my boobs and hijab they still really stood out and my breasts were always very sore afterwards. I complained to him many times until finally he sent back to the company that makes the uniforms to…


A few year ago when I was still a student I took a part time waitress job at a local Arabic restaurant. The owner had a custom uniform made for all the staff which we had to wear. As a Muslim women who wears hijab I found the uniform too form fitting so I talked to him about it and he agreed to get me a loose fit size and allow me to cover my hair/chest with my hijab which I did.

When the uniform came in, it was fine on the bottom but very tight on top (I have a very large boobs for my body size). Even with a minimizer bra compressing my boobs and hijab they still really stood out and my breasts were always very sore afterwards. I complained to him many times until finally he sent back to the company that makes the uniforms to get a custom one made for me. I went in to get measured and a few weeks latter it came in. It was not perfect but much better than the original one and for a while I was content. That was until I get my pay check and saw that they had deduced $400 from it to pay for the customer uniform!

I as so mad, I want and complained to the owner on how unfair this was, but he would not budge. He said he had given me the first uniform free but it was my responsibility to pay for the custom one since I asked for it. In the end I needed the job so I just accepted it but now after reading this sub. I feel really cheated and taken advantage of. I left the job a year latter but still fume with anger on the $400 he took from a student trying to pay for her college education.

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