女接待员因拒穿高跟鞋被打发回家
London receptionist 'sent home for not wearing heels'
A London receptionist was sent home from work after refusing to wear high heels, it has emerged.
近日,一名伦敦接待员因拒穿高跟鞋而被打发回家.
Temp worker Nicola Thorp, 27, from Hackney, arrived at finance company PwC to be told she had to wear shoes with a "2in to 4in heel".
来自伦敦东部哈克尼区的27岁临时工尼古拉•索普到金融公司PwC（普华永道）上班,却被告知她必须穿鞋跟高度在2英寸到4英寸的高跟鞋.
When she refused and complained male colleagues were not asked to do the same, she was sent home without pay.
当她拒穿高跟鞋并抱怨公司没有对男同事做出同样要求时,公司一分钱没给就把她打发回家了.
Ms Thorp said she would have struggled to work a full day in high heels and had asked to wear the smart flat shoes she had worn to the office in Embankment.
索普女士说,穿高跟鞋工作一整天太痛苦,所以她要求穿自己在堤坝站的工作地点穿的时髦的平底鞋.
But instead she was told she should go and buy a pair of heels on her first day, back in December.
然而,在去年12月份她上班的第一天,她却被告知她应该去买一双高跟鞋来穿.
"I said 'if you can give me a reason as to why wearing flats would impair me to do my job today, then fair enough', but they couldn't," Ms Thorp told BBC.
索普女士告诉BBC说："我说'如果你们能给我一个理由,告诉我为什么穿平底鞋会妨碍我今天做我的工作,那我才服气',但是他们说不出理由."
"I was expected to do a nine-hour shift on my feet escorting clients to meeting rooms. I said 'I just won't be able to do that in heels'."
"我本来要走来走去地值9个小时的班,陪同客户到会议室去.我说'我穿高跟鞋没法站那么久'."
Ms Thorp said she asked if a man would be expected to do the same shift in heels, and was laughed at.
