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From: saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Discrimination in Stores
Message-ID: <6819@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 13:00:48 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  8 13:00:48 1984
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A few years ago, my mother went to a particular cleaner to get her lab coat
cleaned, as a friend of her had told her that it was only $3.00.
When she gave the coat at the reception, the lady wrote down "dress $5.00"
so my mother mentioned that she had been told it would be 3.
The lady insisted it was 5, at which point my mother pointed
out that this was a lab coat and not a dress.  "Oh!! this will be $3.00 then".

Similarly last summer, I had to go to a wedding of a friend of mine.  My 
boyfriend and I went to the same cleaners (at different times) to get our
clothes ready.  He got his pants and shirt washed and pressed, and his
jacket pressed, all for $5.00.  I had a very simple white dress that needed
washing and pressing: $6.00.  There definitely is a sexist trend there.