Homeschool Zoo Annex

Appropriate wear

It seems like there is always a pregnant girl or two on the shift where I work.  I'm past all that, at my age, but it's often difficult for us to find uniform maternity clothes for these girls. (I call them "girls"...they are young women.)

I am responsible for ordering uniforms when people need them, but maternity wear seems pretty elusive and takes weeks to come in, if it even does. When those uniforms don't arrive, the only option we have is to allow the young lady to go purchase her own black maternity pants and let us reimburse her for them. This is where it can get sticky. I've had some girls buy the most expensive pants they can find, which is not what we're aiming for. They still have to be cost-conscious and try to find pants that can be used at work but which are a reasonable price.

I was so glad to see one of our newer employees buy them actually from a clearance rack at a local department store where they have sales every weekend and they always have tons of clearance items. I told her thank you for saving us a little money and still following guidelines about what to wear.

Labels: Shopping

posted by hszoo @ 11:38 PM