Jezebel always has the scoop on which stores are firing “the ugly” amongst us. First, it was Dov Charney, the perverted American Apparel CEO also known for sitting around his office in his underwear, who sent out a memo asking managers for pictures of staffers to make sure that they met his beauty standards. This was more than a bit ironic since Dov Charney is no beauty himself.

Now, Prada is being accused by a store manager of doing the exact same thing. According to Rina Bovrisse,  a manager in Japan, she was forced  to fire 13 employees for the crime of being “old, fat, ugly, disgusting or not having the Prada look.”

Apparently, Rina Bovrisee did not have the Prada look herself (whatever that might be) and was told to “change her hairstyle” and that they didn’t want the customers to see her because she was too ugly. When she relayed her criticisms to Prada Milan, she was then put on leave.

There is currently a lawsuit pending in Japan over the matter.

Dov Charney and Prada Japan are not the only shops to be accused of being unfair to employees who are not “model material”. According to this article, Ambercrombie and Fitch’s employees are rated on a “scale of hotness” in a monthly audit; either the employee is a ‘0’ for not hot, or a ‘5’ for hot. The so-called hot employees are given the better job of working the floor as salespeople, while those who are not considered hot are sent to the stock room and not allowed to speak with the customers.

What is wrong with these people? Of course, a better looking person might be a better fit for the store, but if you are going to evaluate people based on looks (which is a little arbritary to begin with), shouldn’t you be vetting your employees for bitchiness, too? If I’m shopping, I don’t necessarily want a stuck-up sales clerk who “fits the image” of the store, I want someone who is capable of helping me choose the right clothing to fit my body, which is one reason I appreciate stores like Nordstrom’s on occasion.