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No. Neither of those is acceptable, either.

Do those who got a large or XL or XXL jacket have to pay the difference between that and a small?

As a fat guy it's really common to miss out on swag that we didn't get in my size.

None of it was like a badge of office, though.

I think its entirely reasonable that if the company said ahead of time, we are covering cost X, anything outside cost X is on the employee. (thats obviously not what happened)

Who wants to work for someone that cheap?

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