Cut your hair to get a job?

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skywhr

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Hey Irie I dont have an excuse like indian heritige like you, its unfair that people who have 1/8th indian in them can have long hair for that reason. Although sometimes in his life IRIE has had up to 100% indian inside him if you know what I mean.:Q
 

CoolTechie

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You're 21... got a lot to learn lad depends, ive met many of older folk who are pretty lame or have become too jaded.. it happens

Now you enjoy your long hair and inner tranquility when I'm nearly wetting myself from dropping the hammer in my twin turbo viper...Some "sacrafices" are worth it
see now thats fine an all, but you got to realize, your twin turbo may mean absolutley nothing to someone else.. and yeah life can be about sacrifice, just be careful where you draw the line.. its very easy to get caught up in the hype and loose your identity nowdays, and knowing that u only got 1 chance, when you look back on your life, you will realize that the money does not come with you
 

hammer01

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skywhr, I am proud of my Indian heritage but when you say it sounds dirty, and I don't think I like it so kindly refrain from it. BTW I am 5/8 Indian (Ojibwe from Minnesota, Chippewa to the unenlightened) did you know that Ojibwe means True People in my language?
 

skywhr

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Im saying Im white and I have no "reason" to have long hair. No one is blasting your heritige Im saying I have no excuse to have the long hair. I know him personally and he has stated when I B!thc about having to cut my hair that "its his heritige". I got this job becasue I cut my hair a week later he was hired hair down almost to his middle back. Im not saying hes not a good worker cause he is so am I. Why should I cut my hair and he not have to?
 

desy

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Coming from somebody who doesn't have a mortguage, gas bills, water bills, electric bills, telephone bills, property taxes ,car loans, students loans, bills for the kids braces, dues for kids hockey etc etc. Family comes first and then yourself which means whatever it takes. Lots don't have the luxury to become educated, thats really expensive too, and for most workadays its do whatever however you can.
Its pretty easy to be idealistic when you don't have to deal with reality that for poets and fools not family men. School is about as far away from real life as you can get.
 

CoolTechie

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what does that have to do anything? I live alone pay rent, all the fixins, car paymnets, insurance and all that.. Im in some major debt right now. and this is coming from somoeone who has lived in poverty all my life, up until now, dont tell me about reality. But i dont let that consume me, anyways thats not the point... if someone said.. ok cut your hair for a million dollars, id say go for it.. it will grow back and the intentions of the haircut are different.. but if someone wants you to cut your hair to fit the image they have of what a good worker is, well thats your choice, but im not gonna encourage doing so.

Remember what the original question was



<< Should men with long hair have to cut it to get a professional job? >>



not cutting my hair to save my family.. you can equate the 2 if you want to be a dink about it, but i dont think the question was meant to be taken out of context
 

desy

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So the answer is yes to the original question.
If they tell you to cut your hair and you want to work there for any of the many reasons posted why.
It is only one answer.
We live in a society and there are lots of rules written and unwritten placed upon us.
How fast we drive, in fact any of the laws made by man then any of the religeous laws we try to follow, no sex till after marriage, no high consumption of alcohol etc. You are already conformist I guess you just don't know it yet.
 

skywhr

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*non-conformist*
Im a conformist and dont know it? WTF?
i have 19 piercings 2 tattoos and shoulder lennght hair
i do this because its what i like not because anyone else did it
ive had at one time 30 piercings, i drink how much and what i want
i drive whatever speed limit i want and i am damn good at what i do
so if living and breathing is conforming then sign me up but last time i checked there is no one on earth like me
 

desy

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You are still a conformist just one with a different set of social peers. You came up with theidea of pearcings all byyouself did yah?
Notyour just earing a different uniform thats all.
I'm sure you spit in a church or fart in the presence of somebody you just met and was interested in and feel no embarassment.
Goth kids who are deep and disturbed and individuals all wear the same black clothes. same hair, same shoes, jewelry, Yep real individuals.
 

skywhr

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Sorry but I am an indiviual, not because of my appearance. Apparently you've lost what made you individual somewhere along the way, guess Im lucky...

Oh and if pissing in a urinal rather than on you or a tree or on my leg makes me conformist then yeah I guess in that way I conform, or is that just common sense. Your making the most common everyday task a conformity, I breath the same as most ppl am I comforming because I dont hold me breath between each breath for 10 seconds just to be different. These things are not what make us individuals!
 

skywhr

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no but I hate the weaved throws on couches lol
Ive caught my nipple piercings on them while sleeping before that was and ugly scene
Ive also caught my genit@l piercings on my ex girlfriends piercings before lots of fun lol


Check out the crazy forum about my piercings lol here.
 

desy

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Good your finally getting it and lowering it to the most common of everday occurences does it through to you.
Simple example of driving on the wrong side of the road in England can kill you so you drive where society tells you. Public nudity isn't allowed either but men can get away topless and women can't?
I explained to somebody like you once who felt I can whatever whenever man.
I said, you wish, if society was as simple of 3 people and two of us decide you get a haircut and we have the power to enforce it we can banish you from our cave , cut your hair, or imprison you whtaever if you want to live in our society you cut your hair.
No that being said I am an individual and can express it in many ways through humour intelligence the hobbies I choose cause guess what my whole life isn't my job and I can choose to conform on the job and listen to death metal in the evenings or belong to a sex club if I want.
Question was if you want that job and you are required to get a haircut to get it you can choose not to and be employed elsewhere where the priority of not cutting your hair in your brain is more important, its called freedom of choice and feel lucky you can at least partially express it.
 

skywhr

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I know the original question I asked it remember, your the one who twisted it into a question of individualism and tax bracket.

were you conforming when you procreated and had kids that threw you further into debt when it wasnt economicly viable for you to do so?
Who said I dont have bills to pay, I work, you think I work for the hell of it. I work for my check to pay my bills and support those @$$h0les that live off of my tax dollars because they are to busy having kids and spending my money to work.


In case you forgot the question/original post:

Should men with long hair have to cut it to get a professional job? I currently work @ an engineering firm and am interested in leaving due to lack
of opportunity, pay, work, etc.... I had long hair, I cut it off becuase I could not get a job unless it was something at the mall or whatever and I
landed this job. My hair is finally almost the length it was when I cut it.... Should I cut it again since I am looking for a new job? Is this a fair
practice? Does anyone do the hiring for their business? Is this something you look down upon?
 

desy

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1 Cut it yes/no the answer is yes by todays current standards.
2 Is it fair? thats what all the debate is about. You want to retain being an indivdual by not cutting you hair but the man tells you you have to. You found it difficult to get a job by not cutting it.
3 Have hired people and been hired the general concensus is that people who don't conform are looked upon as boat rockers in large corporations, they don't like those they like cogs in the machine. Which is why I suggested a small comapny or like Red grew to a point of irreplacable so they put up with his crap. It is looked down upon by society as whole I'm just trying to explain why. You just don't like the answer.
 

compuwiz1

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Someone said something about conforming. I think people also grow their hair, peirce their bods and tatoo for conforming to &quot;peer standards&quot;. In a way that's kind of sad to see it done for those reasons. I believe that most of those who do that when they are young will feel differently about it when they mature. My own son wanted to do some of that when he was 16. I sat him down and asked him to wait until he was about 20 years old, then see if he still wanted to. He has now told me, he is glad we talked about it because he now has no desire to get a tatoo and would have regretted it later.
 

desy

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This time I told them that I wasn't going to because I knew I was no longer expendable
Proof is in the pudding, conformist first, got them over a barrell, non conformist.
Don't feel bad everybody compromises sometime in their life just don't
belittle those who have to for longer.
 

CoolTechie

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one word.. JADED

skywhr:.. made some great points man

whatver people... you continue to live in the WE world that you speak of... you obviously havent had the experiences of purenss with ones self... you cant take conformity on a point by point basis, its a state of mind.. and dude whatever.. just because your kid changed his mind dont mean sh!t.. possibly he is somewhat trendy, which we all are at apoint, but dont let his situation be the judge for all.. Ive had my lip pierced since i was 16.. 5 years and it has become part of who i am. That really has nothign to do with this, but I just get aggravetd at the ignorance of people.. people that get pissy when you dont live in the WE world that they do.. money this and money that.. you make consisous choices to buy the finer things therefor making your bill higher, but that ok, i know thats a prt of the WE lifestyle.. but when the time comes and you have to decide to jepordize your identity becuz of those comitments, realize that you do always have a choice.. its possible to live a life with a famliy based on love, where you still can support them, but maybe not surround them with some luxorious.. but when the love is true.. that is all that matters.. and the point of this is.. you have a choice... i really think the answer to the question is, its your choice.. in the purest form, IT IS YOUR CHOICE...
 

compuwiz1

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<< Ive had my lip pierced since i was 16.. >>



Consider this scenario; If you applied for a job (off the record, of course), the reason for not getting that job, may very well be that pierced lip. Do you think they are going to tell you that's why you weren't hired? No, you simply won't get the call back or get the job in many places. Again, people have priorities screwed up. Kids don't get what they could because dad had his hair too long to get a decent job or piercings, tatoos or whatever it may be? Doh! :Q
I personally witnessed such a person working in a restaurant. I said nothing, but you should have heard the comments other people were making. This person was scaring people's kids. The manager heard about it.

BTW, what makes you assume that all people who have something are in loads of debt? ;)
 

Windogg

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Long hair is a phase most people grow out of, it's very easy to say you don't need &quot;worldly goods&quot; if you have spirit of the mind. Sound peachy now but I plan on having kids one day and providing them with a good start in life. I also plan on getting a house and put away enough to kick back around age 60. I'm pretty damn good at what I do but I am positive that my apperarance of being professional has done me a lot of good. I'm only 23 and don't cliam to know everything on life but I look up to the members of the board here with more experience. I alos talk to my dad. He too had the long hair but soon realized that he cannot &quot;Par-tay&quot; forever. He &quot;sold out to the man&quot; but did very well in life and is very happy owning his own business. If it worked for him, it's gotta have some basis in reality. As for &quot;material things,&quot; hey I want to live comfortably. I knew a few people that didn't care for &quot;stuff&quot; and they live in ratholes in crappy neighborhoods. I've saved up a decent amount of money to date and hope to but a house in the next few years. Right now, I'll be content with my new, loaded 2001 BMW X5 4.4 which I'm picking up next week.

Here's &quot;conforming&quot; and &quot;selling out&quot;.

Windogg
 

skywhr

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I dunno but I am sick of my current job....maybe I will shave it... maybe ill go for the mowhawk!!!!
 

dude

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Still awaiting the day my boss tells me to cut my hair. You know what? If it involved a promotion, I would.

BTW, my hair is two inches short of my hip. And my job is &quot;Switch Technician II&quot; for all of those who had to cut their hair for this type of job. :)
 

hammer01

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I became a systems administraor of a mid sized company with very long hair. Within 3 months of getting my first ever &quot;business haircut&quot; I got my first promotion and bump in pay, and within 8 months I got my second and am now earning about 23% more money than I was. I did not sell out I did what I had to advance my family, I still don't like politics, I never discuss religion, I still don't smoke or drink or imbibe in drugs, I watch the same TV shows and laugh at the same stupid ass things, I buy what I like and not what is &quot;in&quot;. If I sold out I do not believe I want to be standing on the same side of the line as those who haven't sold out as they are a bit too hypocritical for my tastes, but wait I think that means they always were, eh? I guess I had to sell out to discover that, hmmmmmmmmm!