I feel like rebelling.

[Tobin S.]

For the past five years I had to keep my hair cut short and my face clean shaven due to company policy where I worked. I've got a new job now and I have a strong desire to go with the Jesus look.

I'm getting set for my first day. I have orientation today and then on the job training for a few weeks following that. I'll let you guys know how it goes and if they are cool with the Jesus look.

[csziggy]

1. Talk to them about what they require

When my husband got his job the founder of the business was a long haired hippie looking dude and they had no appearance requirements. My husband was upset since he'd cut his hair and shaved to look for a job.

By the time he'd grown back his hair long enough for a pony tail and filled in a goatee the founder sold the business to a major corporation. They had much stricter requirements but since my husband was a good worker they grandfathered him in. After he retired last year I thought he would grow back his full beard but so far he's maintaining the goatee though he is not clipping it short like he did for the job.

[clarice]

2. Maybe you should cannon ball a jug of wine and smoke a huge fatty before you go in?

[Sanity Claws]

3. Go for it,the Jesus look or anything else that appeals to you

I would love to put blue streaks in my hair but I am concerned that it would lessen my professional credibility.

I hope you are braver than I.

[OriginalGeek]

4. From as far back as I can remember, I wanted long hair

I got away with slighly long hair in the 70s when I was aged 7 to about 13 but then I got stuck into a christian high school so I had to have it short. OFf my ears and off my collar. The day I graduated I started letting it grow and finally got to this:
in 1990.

It stayed there for a few more years until I had to go look for another job and cut it all off.

Well I got a job and learned a lot but mostly I was miserable for about 8 years until I said fuck it. I'm growing my hair back and I don't care who doesn't like it. So when I interviewed for this job I went with a pony-tail down my back and a boat-load of "you need me in spite of my hair" attitude.

Didn't get a call back so I found some work being a courier. Nobody cares what a courier looks like.

4 months later I got a call from the boss here. The short-haired guy they hired over me was a dipshit and didn't know how to do the things needed for the job. Was I still interested? I got over my brief jilted feeling and went down and took the job for a little over minimum wage but it was in an IT department for a Not-For-Profit company whose mission I believed in.

That was almost 16 years ago and I'm still here wearing my pony-tail although nature is taking care of it slowly. I'm making quite a bit more than minimum wage and I've been here so long nobody even notices my long hair or the balding spot on top.

Now I have to wear my kilt to work to get any attention.
(National Tartan day a couple weeks ago)



the point is if you're a long-haired guy you're a long-haired guy. You can't let the bastards grind ya down. I'm happy, paid and don't give a shit what anyone thinks of my hair.

[AwakeAtLast]

5. My husband just got out of the military

Be said he's going to grow his hair to his a$$!



I will support your choice!

[mackerel]

6. Congratulations on the new job!

My son had long hair for about a year but it didn't look good on him. His father looked great with long hair but not everyone can pull it off.

[In_The_Wind]

7. I hope your 1st day went well!

Now about that hair.

Mr ITW has long hair. It looks good with neatly trimmed mustache and beard.

Good luck with that.