"Get with the Program"

Something happened today at school that really peeved me. It wasn't a big thing, but it hit me. As I was sitting outside at the lunch table with some of my friends, the seventh graders (I think) walked by on their way to class. As one of them passed, one of the girls at my table made a comment about one of her seventh grade teammates' skirt length. She said something like, "[so and so], your skirt is too long. You need to get with the program," to our table, pretending to be talking to the girl. Seeing as how we weren't sitting near where the seventh graders were walking by, the girl couldn't hear the person sitting at my table. That comment was really... I don't know if "mean" is the right word for it but it wasn't nice. That really made me want to call my friend out and say, "That wasn't nice. Just because you and most of the rest of the girls in the school get your skirts hemmed doesn't mean everybody else has to." Now, I wish that I had said something. I just don't understand how someone could be so insensitive, even if they claim that it was "just a joke." (Not that this person did, but they would have if I had confronted them.) It's like this person thinks that all that matters at school is how short your skirt is, and if it even touches your knee then it is "too long." What world does this person live in? We go to Hammond to learn, not to have a contest on who skirt is the shortest. In the long run, your education will get you farther than your appearance. I think that this person needs to "get with the program" and figure this out.