A Costco employee claims management reprimanded her for work attire that was “too much” for her male co-workers — even though they allegedly admitted she was following the store’s dress code.
New Jersey resident Aisha Mason posted videos to her social media last week after she claimed her higher-ups “body-shamed” her and told her she needed to wear “bigger clothes” due to her apparently distracting curves
“So, I’m borderline pissed,” Mason said in a viral TikTok. “Like, I got called into the office because I’m following dress code, but my body shape is too much for my job.”
Mason claimed that Costco’s “personal appearance policy” includes “a polo and dress pants or jeans with no rips.”
The outfit in question was a tight, red polo and gray rib-knit cloth pants that Mason called “dress pants.”
“I don’t get it. Like, I’m following dress code, but because I might have people following me around at work. How is this my fault?” she said in the clip that has more than 1.6 million views.
Mason continued in an Instagram video: “And I’m not being dramatic, but you pull me away from doing my job to tell me that I had the wrong type of body to wear the clothes that I’m wearing?
“I have on regular dress pants, and your excuse was the men in the tire shop and the boys keep stopping and looking at me? That’s not my fault,” she ranted.
“You don’t know the type of hell I had to go through my whole life just for how I look,” Mason continued. “You don’t know what type of mental trauma I might have from having to be misunderstood for me to come to where to have to hear, ‘Oh, you have the wrong body shape to wear the right clothes though,’ because I’m in dress code.”
The Post has contacted Mason and Costco for comment.
Thousands of people zipped over to the comment sections to support Mason’s complaint.
“Why don’t they pull the men aside and talk to them about sexual harassment,” one asked.
“Once again, women being held responsible for men’s behavior. This has got to stop,” a second person echoed.
“You either turned a man down and hurt his pride or a female jealous. You look great,” someone else cheered.
Another claimed: “If a skinny girl wore that it would be chill but since she’s curvy it’s a problem.”
“HR professional here,” one person chimed in. “The handbook governs all employees and you are dressed accordingly. They have no right to request you to do something different than stated in the handbook that will not apply to all employees. Especially due to other employees sexualizing your image. HR needs to be fired.”
However, others debated whether Mason’s pants were actually dress pants or too casual for the Costco dress code.
“The pants are sweater fabric just get slacks sis,” one person said.
Another claimed: “I work for Costco and those are not dress pants due to the material. Just don’t wear those pants anymore. They look like something you wear on a beach day or vacation. The real problem is that material doesn’t stand a chance against the jiggle. Which unfortunately causes a distraction.”
“I think maybe because those aren’t really considered ‘work pants’ by retail standards. Try khakis/jeans type pants. Those look like pajamas to me,” another suggested.