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Male train drivers in Sweden have come up with novel way of staying cool in summer heat after their company banned wearing of shorts. men are instead wearing skirts to work as they do not appear on list of banned clothing that forms uniform code for rail staff. drivers' employers, transportation company Arriva, instilled ban on shorts after it took over operations in January. Drivers had previously worn them for years when conditions got hot in summer. The mercury in drivers' cabin can reach 35 degrees, which is ten degrees above what World Health Organisation deems to be comfortable working environment.

Arriva's communications manager Tomas Hedenius told local newspaper that company did not mind men wearing skirts. He said: "Our thinking is that one should look decent and proper when representing Arriva and present uniforms do that. If man wants to wear skirt, then that is OK." He added: "To tell them to do something else would be discrimination." Driver Martin Akersten said his passengers didn't seem to have any problems with his uniform. He said: “Of course people stare at you little when you are on platform, but you just have to put up with it….So far no-one has said anything." He added: "I don't mind as it's more about comfort." Arriva is set to discuss its dress code again later this year.

 


 
 

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