"If You Want to Go Upstairs, Lower Your Clothes a Little Bit": a RATP Driver Suspended After Refusing Access to a Young Woman in a Skirt

The RATP announced on Tuesday, May 20, the suspension of a bus driver for having made "inappropriate remarks against a traveller." The agent was identified by a video widely relayed on TikTok, in which he was intended to deny access to a young woman, demanding that she cover herself more so that she could get on board. According to Le Parisien, the events would have taken place on line 108, linking Joinville-le-Pont to Champigny-sur-Marne, in Va…

The events reportedly took place on bus line 108 in Val-de-Marne. A viral video of the incident is circulating on social networks.

A young woman claims to have been prevented from getting on a RATP bus because of her outfit deemed "too short" by the driver. A video relayed on TikTok led to the opening of an internal investigation.

A RATP driver refused access to a young woman, dressed in a mini-skirt, a tank top and a hoodie, considering her dress too short. He was sanctioned by the Paris government.

"If you want to go upstairs, lower your clothes a little bit", these are the words addressed to a young woman who wanted to take the bus to the gym. Their author is none other than the driver, since suspended from her post. The scene took place Sunday afternoon on line 108 between Joinville-le-Pont and Champigny-sur-Marne, in Val-de-Marne. The video of this exchange between Thais Gauchkarian, 22, and the machinist was relayed on TikTok. A driver…

A RATP bus driver is going to be subject to disciplinary proceedings, after having rejected a traveler, claiming that she was prevented from getting on the bus because of her being held too short, in a video posted on social media.