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Show Tveaday, October - The Dally Utah Chronicle 17, 995 People Who Aren't Beautiful Should Stay at Home 1 CP i unless we apply it to the onlookers of which litter our downtowncampus way into the same social element) s, the story. I believe the server was not area, nor is it anyone's idea of a Pierpont isn't the kind of restaurant with black tie or any other form in this case the offended party. of enforced dress code In any case, as backblack tie may have received ground for the story it will useful for the reader to be just as many raised eye"A couple brows and sneers as did know that I have a roomcafe Rancid will refer I but, to the best of mate (to whom the the Brooke Harper low-clas- Chronicle of nights ago the Editorial Columnist r of the coming generation of young ETT3 he I U social ills up-and- -I urban professionals are easily perceptible when working in the service industry. I'm sure that more than once or twice in the coming year, my articles will deal with certain indignities suffered at the hands of one consumer or another. was presence of popugraced by Rancid. lar alternative group By the sound (and smelt) of things, the my recollection, there is by her given name) who works at Cafe Pierpont. nothing about the restaurant A couple of nights ago the or its decor which says, Welcome Come as cafe was graced by the presnot exactly meet the sta- "Bikers group are!" ence of the popular alternayou dress code is tus quo as tive group Rancid. By the Now, the story as Angie tells it is as follows: sound (and smell) of things It's a peaceful evening at the group did not exactly mmmmm the cafe, same as any other, meet the status quo as far as the usual crowd of middle dress code is concerned. of establishment. (Actually, tip class business-suitesocialites mixed Cafe Pierpont is certainly not the type level has nothing to do with this with earnest most exclusive among the select college kids who are all story, but poor tippers and grubby packing in to dine. ' group of Gastronomy restaurants dressers somehow usually find their In walks Rancid, clad in full biker wear (chains, black leather, the whole nine yards) to offend the cafe clientele. (As can now see, it is the consumer you who has suffered the indignity in this situation, not the server.) One of the offended parties called their server to ask who the polite ' vm m m : young men were, only to find the P server siding with the band, saying, "That's Rancid, and they made more money last night than you'll make - did far as d Actually, indignity is not the best word in this particular circumstance, IUD IICVY VVUI if? "if-- I 1 9 f T3i this year." i , Cringe. The horrible thing about this entire situation is not that Rancid wasn't properly attired for s dinner people do things like rupture dress code every day t low-clas- but it's the consensus that social graces don't apply to those who have money. The initial snobbery of Rancid's Get the Right Start neighbors, while questionable in mm Call For Special mm. H OimmwfBookstore sUJII? (him mkdtiU u due at ion cil ' J . -- fyg itself, turns into an even uglier beast in the face of capital. They accept what would have been socially ugly in any other situation because of the income level of the party in question. The theories of socialist Karl Marx come into play here, and he wrote: "The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my properties and essential powers the properties and powers of its possessor. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my indi- - - Feminist from page 6 (tallI tffll-Ogij- m young feminists for their drastic move in reversing roles with men. She tried again to teach that locking ourselves, or our male counterparts, into one. specific role is viduality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself die most beautiful of women. Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness its deterrent power is - nullified by money." In two seconds flat, the expressions on the faces of the questioners turned from a sneer to a "O." The server undoubtedly walked away from the table quite certain that smug and he had just fully adjusted a party of semi-startle- d self-satisfie- five's attitude in general and, in par- ticular, their outlook on all young men dressed for the cover of "Motorwear 2000," This is unacceptable. Society tells us that if you have money, it's OK to be lacking in social graces, to trample convention, to throw common courtesy to the wind. Just one more short story here to illustrate our tolerance in society for the wealthy yet visibly repulsive. The other day, a sickening, revolting, shockingly disgusting man bounced into the mall shop in which inch waist I work with his forty-fiv- e the his thirty-twof over oozing top inch Calvins, trailing a beautiful girlfriend, talking some down-hom- e Harlem-ra- p cell into his flip-ome "Excuse one and no said, phone sir, but it's forty degrees outside, you're wearing a muscle shirt, and we feel that your greasy appearance is nauseating the other clients; please leave immediately." o ut pimp-dadd- y He obviously had money to spend on his "old lady," and did so. But not before everyone in the shop had a chance to check his plentiful waistline and reassure themselves as to whether or not he was "packing." With as much money as either of the above parties purported to have, they could have invested in a little bit of style. Because of the place and esteem in our capitalist society for money, it's high time that those with it showed themselves worthy it. Until then, don't be afraid to denounce the ugly just because they have a bigger bank book; if there's something rancid at the table next to you, turn, sneer, and spit out, "Hey, you stink, ugly. Go home and changer destructive no matter what the role is. Crimes against women are still evident right up to our present generation. We, who arc aware of the past sins, need to make the pivotal changes now. We need to examine the history and belief systems that make up who we are as a society. - But male bashing is not the answer. We need to learn healthy communication patterns and teach them not only to the battered wife or husband (it does happen), but also to the batterer. We need to and practice communication in our own homes, and share these skills non-viole- nt with others. The work Frcidan started will come full circle when a woman can also choose to take time in her life to raise children and be supported by her sisters. No, that's not completely true. We'll get there when a man can make the same choice,' and be supported by humankind. ' Chcrise Packham Senior English - 'stofl OatJ afc ftuQp wo) tffatt cQuU TOisvj) 3 O Fret Psrldng Student Health Service Open to ALL students, their spouses and dependent children. 1 Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., University Wasatch Clinics Bldg., Level 555 Foothill Blvd. Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 v ; For in anintnieot call 531-44- 3 L Jimmy sez: Read the CHRONYM V. !fs Pi-no-mit- e!" L |
