Shame On You Alton Towers
OK, so we have all – well only if you are male, have owned at some point in our lives. Mine I’m happy to say was in a pre-pubescent era of my life which I am proud to say has been forgotten, and even in writing this article brings back chills to my skin.
Can you guess what im talking about yet? Yes, im talking about the omnipresent(especially in European Countries) Speedo variety of male swimwear. Which today whilst browsing the gloriously righty front page of the Daily Mail are to be banned by family favourite day out Alton Towers.
The resort is banning the ‘humble Speedo’ on the grounds that it is ‘ inappropriate in a family resort’, according to the Daily Mail the resort is..
…so dedicated to maintaining a family atmosphere and not scaring the kids that it’s even considering offering complimentary male waxing to prevent unsightly hair from being on display.
Which does seem fairly unfair on especially the gorilla types of the male species, if not extremely unfair on the well endowed, recently divorced male who is seeking to impress the also recently divorced female who has decided to bring the children to a day out at Alton Towers.
To add to the insanity and ridiculous amount of Political Correctness which has quite clearly gone horribly wrong. Alton Towers Sales and Marketing Director, Morwenna Angove released this excellent statement.
Our Waterpark team observed an increase in the number of men wearing tighter trunk style swimwear whilst enjoying the tropical temperatures at the Alton Towers Resort Waterpark. We feel this small brief style is not appropriate for a family venue so we are advising male bathers to wear more protective swimwear such as shorts.
We are also looking into offering complimentary male waxing, which will ensure we preserve the dignity of all our guests
Complimentary Male Waxing!!! To preserve the dignity of all our guests! – So Morwenna you are to ‘preserve the dignity or guests’ by kinda enforcing a believe that should some one have an amount of body hair they are a freak and should not be allowed to bathe in your swimming pools? Seems slightly Apartheid to me?!
People should be allowed to dress in a way they see fit, and allowed to grow hair in any place they choose (I know some of these blokes have no choice), it seems Morwenna Angrove’s decisions is most likely fuelled by a desire to do something ‘controversial’ rather then something that actually benefits the company.
Shame on you Alton Towers…
Long live the Speedo… And Peoples ability to choose what they wear!
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Out of principle this cannot be allowed. These Fascists have to start somewhere. What’s next? Enforced T-Shirts for overweight individuals? Complementary fitness regimes? Perhaps these individuals would be more convenient to round up and shoot behind the log flumes.
‘WE WILL FIGHT THEM ON THE BEACHES’
I think Alton Towers have done this deliberately to try and get some free press and judging by the fact that you are writing about it it has worked!
Next they will be banning Water Soluble Bikinis the spoilsports.
Thomas- I’m of the the same opinion – One of the main reason I wrote this is that hopefully Alton Towers will see this blog(hoping high!) and then take notice that perhaps there policies toward the Speedo lover will change. Surely by condemning these people you give them more reason to flaunt them on the beaches, which is wrong!