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post 1461925543 09-12-2016, 01:45 PM
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So it's not a secret to my co-workers that I've been growing out my hair to get dreadlocks. I'm not religious or anything, I just genuinely want long hair since I've had short hair all my life and like the appearance of mature long dreads. I've done plenty of research of washing them, keeping them clean, and learning how to properly maintain them. Of course everyone here is probably well aware of the misconceptions surrounding dreadlocks and myths that simply aren't true.

I've even casually told a few supervisors even the General Manager of where I work that I plan to get them and they didn't say I couldn't, they just had a surprised reaction. However a former manager that left my current job to train out of state has recently transferred back to this location. He was asking an African American co-worker of mine about her braids and them becoming dreads apparently he "likes" them as well. I told him I was growing out my hair to get dreads but instead of being supportive he subtly implied that I wasn't allowed to have them. As if it was against company policy or something...

So I look through all my employee manuals for my current job and nothing in the appearance guidelines explicitly states I can't have them. It simply says "all hair must be neatly tied and or above the shoulders." This guy isn't even the GM of the restaurant and there's no policy against having them.

Am I in the right?
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post 1461926813 09-12-2016, 01:52 PM
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post 1461926863 09-12-2016, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted By MrAWatts⏩
Don't get dreads bro...
Why not?
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post 1461926923 09-12-2016, 01:53 PM
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When white people have dreads it usually looks like cattle rope and looks horrid, but stay safe.
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cultural appropriation at its finest

hope you burn in hell you privileged scum
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Originally Posted By WestAfrica⏩
When white people have dreads it usually looks like cattle rope and looks horrid, but stay safe.
I'm not white, I'm Pacific Islander/Hispanic.
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post 1461927173 09-12-2016, 01:55 PM
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Stop appropriating black and egyptian culture you privileged racist fuk
post 1461927313 09-12-2016, 01:56 PM
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Would never hire someone with dreads. Nasty as fuk.
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post 1461927443 09-12-2016, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted By CherryPopinski⏩
I'm not white, I'm Pacific Islander/Hispanic.
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Lmao they look pathetic
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Originally Posted By CherryPopinski⏩
Why not?
Well, if you're a drug dealer I definitely recommend it because it will probably help with marketing and increase sales revenue by a substantial margin.

If not, the downsides are numerous. It's unhygienic, you're gonna look like a german psytrance freak/whigger/hippe, you can't wash your hair, you will smell like chit, they'll get moldy if you don't cover them in a bunch of hydrophobic coating, and people will automatically assume you are a junkie/criminal/both.

It looks like you're a metalhead, and while there are some dudes in the scene that can pull it off the difference between them and you is that they are rockstars and you have a day job. Don't do it homie.
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post 1461927783 09-12-2016, 01:58 PM
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No adult male should ever have dreadlocks. It's basically a sign that tells me you are stupid and have bad hygiene. I would fire you if you had dreads and never hire you if you interviewed with them.

If I went to a restaurant and my waiter had dreads I would ask for a new waiter or leave the establishment all together. No way am I letting some gross dreads within 10 feet of my food.
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Nobody is allowed to say anything to you about your hair whether on your head or on your face. There are dress codes and such but every organization has to provide a "Safe Place" for its employees. If they were to cause you to have emotional stress for talking to you about growing out your hair then they would be in violation of creating a safe place.

Last winter I grew a huge beard and most folks liked it, complimented me on it, etc. I had just stopped shaving one day and didn't look back (since shaved the beard before summer).

Point is, you should be able to grow your hair out without an issue, your employer would likely (thought not definitely) be opening themselves up for a lawsuit.
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Originally Posted By WestAfrica⏩
When white people have dreads it usually looks like cattle rope and looks horrid, but stay safe.
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post 1461928063 09-12-2016, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted By 204Inches⏩
Lmao they look pathetic
Sure...





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post 1461928223 09-12-2016, 02:00 PM
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It is probably because you are a man and he doesn't approve of men with long hair in the work place.

Or it could be because you are not black and people with straighter hair tend to have dreads that are less neat than black people's.
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Thanks for confirming lmao
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Originally Posted By UnclRuckus⏩
Well, if you're a drug dealer I definitely recommend it because it will probably help with marketing and increase sales revenue by a substantial margin.

If not, the downsides are numerous. It's unhygienic, you're gonna look like a german psytrance freak/whigger/hippe, you can't wash your hair, you will smell like chit, they'll get moldy if you don't cover them in a bunch of hydrophobic coating, and people will automatically assume you are a junkie/criminal/both.

It looks like you're a metalhead, and while there are some dudes in the scene that can pull it off the difference between them and you is that they are rockstars and you have a day job. Don't do it homie.
Originally Posted By freeburn⏩
No adult male should ever have dreadlocks. It's basically a sign that tells me you are stupid and have bad hygiene. I would fire you if you had dreads and never hire you if you interviewed with them.

If I went to a restaurant and my waiter had dreads I would ask for a new waiter or leave the establishment all together. No way am I letting some gross dreads within 10 feet of my food.
You are supposed to wash them you know
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post 1461928443 09-12-2016, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted By TheSteve39⏩
Nobody is allowed to say anything to you about your hair whether on your head or on your face. There are dress codes and such but every organization has to provide a "Safe Place" for its employees. If they were to cause you to have emotional stress for talking to you about growing out your hair then they would be in violation of creating a safe place.

Last winter I grew a huge beard and most folks liked it, complimented me on it, etc. I had just stopped shaving one day and didn't look back (since shaved the beard before summer).

Point is, you should be able to grow your hair out without an issue, your employer would likely (thought not definitely) be opening themselves up for a lawsuit.
Right? My hairs not even past my shoulders yet. Plus, if I'm still working here once it is I'll tie the dreads up and wear a hair net. No big deal right?
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Terrible idea and I'm not usually one to chime in on what another person should/shouldn't do with their body.


There doesn't need to be a specific protocol, management can just use another excuse as a guise to terminate you or bar you from employment.
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Originally Posted By CherryPopinski⏩
I'm not white, I'm Pacific Islander/Hispanic.
im gonna kill myself next time I see someone refer to himself as 'Hispanic', you are phukkin white boyo whether you like it or not it's the same phukkin thing boyo
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
You are supposed to wash them you know
Their only experience with dreads is what they've seen online and white neo hippies who don't bathe.
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Originally Posted By SweetPetals⏩
It is probably because you are a man and he doesn't approve of men with long hair in the work place.

Or it could be because you are not black and people with straighter hair tend to have dreads that are less neat than black people's.
He's bald lmao, also my hair is actually very wavy and curly. A great texture for dreads.
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I can see the potential for a restaurant employee to be told to shave dreads, I get the misconceptions about cleanliness but it doesn't matter - people will be grossed out if their server has a thick pony of dreads and is serving them food. Which will lead to customer complaints and you wanna know what will happen then, that policy is gonna be rewritten boyo.

Just because it doesn't explicitly say it, doesn't mean it won't sooner or later. They just haven't encountered it yet.
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
You are supposed to wash them you know
They're the uneducated people that believe all the myths and stereotypes about dreadlocks.
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
You are supposed to wash them you know
Originally Posted By CherryPopinski⏩
They're the uneducated people that believe all the myths and stereotypes about dreadlocks.
Yeah, and some people take care of them, and some people don't. That doesn't really matter though, since most people's perception is that dreads = dirty.

It's a bit like walking around wearing a swastika. Yeah, it might not mean you're a nazi and people in the know might realize that you are actually a devout hindu/buddhist/whatever, but most people are still gonna perceive you as a nazi so it's really up to you if you wanna deal with that or not.
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Are you ready to pay for the maintenance or so it yourself? The second guy you posted looks like he keeps his roots latched and probably did some felting to maintain the uniformity in down the dreads.
Also are you in the creative field? Cuz you're going to get so much flack. The time to grow them to those lengths also takes strong patience.
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Fk the haters, but you do realize it'll take 3 years to get mature dreads, 2 if you have curly hair. And they WILL look like **** until they're mature. What kind of work do you do?
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Originally Posted By UnclRuckus⏩
Yeah, and some people take care of them, and some people don't. That doesn't really matter though, since most people's perception is that dreads = dirty.

It's a bit like walking around wearing a swastika. Yeah, it might not mean you're a nazi and people in the know might realize that you are actually a devout hindu/buddhist/whatever, but most people are still gonna perceive you as a nazi so it's really up to you if you wanna deal with that or not.
I'm well aware of this going into dreads. I keep hearing all these weed and marijuana/Bob Marley comments.

I don't really care though, I plan on getting them done professionally within the next month or two they'll look presentable. I really don't see an issue.
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