Posted: Oct 13, 2007, 7:56 AM CST
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Well, after more than two weeks of jumping through hoops, I finally got a call from the company I wanted to go to work for, offering me the job! Then the recruiter was telling me about everything I needed to bring for orientation: Long sleeve shirt, non-skid footwear, birth certificate, social security card, CDL, logbook, etc... Standard fare. Then she started telling me what NOT to bring: No pets, no alcohol, no drugs, no ponytail...
"WHAT?!!! NO PONYTAIL?!! Uh, Ma'am, I have kinda' long hair and routinely wear it in a ponytail." Long pause...
"How long IS your hair?"
"Ummm... Almost to the middle of my back."
"Can you hold on and let me check something, sir?"
"Yes Ma'am." Another long pause...
"Sir, are you still there?"
"Yes Ma'am, I'm here."
"Sir I'm sorry but your hair can be no longer than collar length. Is that going to pose a problem?"
"Uh, yes Ma'am, I'm afraid it might."
"I'd really like for you to come to work for us."
"Yes Ma'am. And I'd really like to come to work for you... But I really don't want to cut my hair."
"It'll grow back."
"Yes Ma'am. Tell you what - Let me talk things over with my wife and I'll get back to you."
"Ok sir."
So now I've lost two weeks in my job search because somehow I never dreamed that my "ideal company" would have a policy against long hair.
Damn! I was really close!
that mate is discrimination dont know what the industrial laws are like over there but here the company would have been hung out to dry your hair mate,your choice I'd never work for people like that,Idrive trucks and am the oldest scruffiest but the boss knows I get the job done and thats the bottom line
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