AA Tells Uggo Employees to Go Fug Themselves

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American Apparel is like the gift that keeps on giving: just when we think we've seen and heard it all comes news on their beyond-arbitrary hiring and firing policy. According to sources, it all comes down to a full-body pic. Yes, lots of hearsay, speculation, and anonymous sourcing in the report. But good comments, including our favorite: So I guess this means he (AA figurehead Dov Charney) wouldn't hire himself? [Gawker]