Unfriendly word from on high

[O'Callaghan]

I thought I had commented before, but it seems I was thinking of an older thread?

Where I work, the dress code specifically limits men to trousers, although I suspect it's only because they didn't think any would want to wear anything else. Nevertheless, I don't plan to show up in a kilt any time soon. At the very least, I wouldn't want to be the only one.

Hair has always been the issue for me. A boss once suggested I cut my hair, whilst stressing that I didn't have to. I didn't, and it was never discussed again. In another job a colleague was always telling me to get a hair cut, although he was on the same pay grade as me with no authority over me - and bald, LOL! I also once got thrown off my stride in a job interview when the interviewer asked me why I had long hair, and that was in Washington DC, the only place AFAIK in the US where 'hair style' is protected in human rights law.

As for beards, I have one of those too, and have never seen a civilian dress code that banned those, although I am told there are some such companies in the US. There are certainly none in England, where I originally come from, although my father told me that such restrictions did exist when he was a young man. Things do change, and hopefully for the better.