Every once in a great while, Bill Cunningham's "On the Street" photo feature goes deeper than the Upper East Side's continuing fascination with Mukluk boots. Yesteday, he pointed out a subtle wrong in the world: On a day when the temperature hovered around 14 degrees, Abercrombie & Fitch staffers were seen taking their lunch breaks while dutifully wearing their company-mandated flip-flops.

When hypothermia looms, being retarded is downright dangerous. And yet? It's absolutely legal to purchase goods from these salescunts. The mind boggles.

On the Street [NYT]

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