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It may not surprise you to know that cabbies in Wales are complaining about an attempt to make them smarten up their appearance.
Blaenau Gwent Council wants to impose a dress code that insists cab drivers wear shirts or polo-shirts with only one button undone (the top one presumably, although I suppose they could undo any button – what a thought!) or T-shirts which cover the shoulders, so no vests or tank tops. Football shirts and tracksuit tops would be banned but shorts would be allowed as long as they have a fly and can be worn with a belt. The rules for women are similar, but they are allowed to wear skirts or dresses.
Like most people, I don’t care what my cab driver wears, as long as he or she doesn’t smell and can navigate the route with speed and efficiency. We’ve all got used to being welcomed into vehicles whose driver is wearing what appears to be a string vest under a manky old track top - it’s become one of the perks of the job, a cabbie being able to wear what they like, but I mentioned this to an older colleague and he said that when he was a boy, cab drivers wore a tie and had their shoes inspected every morning before they were allowed to take their cars out of the garage. How times have changed!
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