A principal dress-coded a grown man for a Godzilla shirt.

I was scrolling the other night when my wife was watching one of her shows.

I came across a post that made me put my phone down and say "Well, hell."

A fella wore this t-shirt to pick up his 4th grader from elementary school.

The principal pulled him aside.

Said the shirt was inappropriate. "It implies violence and destruction."

Then told him he should exercise more caution when choosing what to wear to an elementary school.

A Grown Man Got Dress-Coded

Now, I've been told what to wear plenty of times. By my wife. By my mother. Once by a bouncer in 1983.

But never by a principal that had zero authority over me.

Here's my problem with this.

Godzilla is not violence. Godzilla is a cartoon lizard. He's been knocking over buildings since 1954. If that shirt turned kids violent, my entire generation would be in prison.

Second problem. That man is not a student.

Show me the page in the dress code that applies to parents in the pickup line. I'll wait. And while you're looking, show me where it mentions Godzilla.

There's no dress code for parents because a principal has no business dress-coding a parent. That man is a grown adult who pays taxes. The principal works for him.

But here's what really got under my skin.

Some teachers cannot turn it off.

They spend all day talking to 9-year-olds, and then they walk out of the classroom and talk to grown adults the exact same way. Patronizing. Condescending. Like you forgot your permission slip.

Y'all, I've met that person.

They're at every cookout. Correcting your grammar over a plate.

That man has a kid in the 4th grade. He has survived diaper blowouts, stomach bugs at 3 a.m., and at least one science fair project he built himself the night before.

He's earned the right to wear a lizard on his chest.

I told my wife what I would've said to that principal.

She didn't look up from her show. She just said, "And that's why I did the school pickups."

What would you have said to that principal?

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