Since I can't really rant about this anywhere else...
... I might as well do it here.
*deep breath*
WHAT THE FUCK. Seriously, what in the ACTUAL fucking FUCK?! I got a lovely little aside from Rhys today at work to say that I needed to check the 'career wear' policy that was going to be posted in the back, and enforced more strictly.
Now, I should say right now that, when I got hired, I asked outright if wearing a silver stud in my lip would be acceptable, and was told that clear was ideal, but they'd allow that as well. (The only thing about my appeeance at the time that I had to adjust was no wearing the ear stretchers I had in, which sucked, but I sort of expected that, so it wasn't a big deal. And I recently stretched them a little again, and take the spikes out before each shift, so THAT I don't cre about at all.) Come last June, I got my nose pierced with my best friend, partly because I really wanted to, AND because I assumed it would be okay. I mean, a lot of people at the store I work at have pierced noses (or other facial piercings, for that matter). In fact, a few of the younger girls have literally JUST gotten their noses pierced as well, likely for the same reason as I did.
.... Well, now we aren't allowed ANY facial piercings. Or if we want to keep them, everything has to be fucking CLEAR. I'm not bothered about the lip piercing, because last week (when I couldn't find my stash of lip jewelry), I had my lip ring in and kept taking it out before each shift... so if I can't find my old lip retainer, it's no big deal for me to take out my lip piercing as well. But the nose piercing having to be changed just pisses me OFF. It's annoying enough trying to get it changed on a good day, and to be forced to wear something that makes it look like it's not even THERE for the majority of my fucking week just makes it FUCKING. POINTLESS. To have gotten the fucking piercing in the first place. And that's not even going into the fact that at least I can actually CHANGE my nose piercing. My friends at work who have just gotten it done will have to find clear jewelry for it and have to KEEP IT IN until it heals. I'm sorry, but that's just fucking BULLSHIT.
OH OH, and I have to cover up my heart tattoo, behind my ear. I knew we weren't allowed visible tattoos, which is why I didn't get the damn thing in an OBVIOUS place on my neck, or my forearm, or anything like that. But FUCK.
I can tell right now that this new enforcement of policy is going to get me written up at least once for forgetting something. I have no choice but to follow it if I want to keep this job - and I need this job to pay bills, thank you very fucking much - but you can DAMN well bet that there are going to be quite a few people there who are going to be angry about this. My only consolation on the whole thing is that it wasn't the managers' decision to do this. It was the guy who does inspection every month, courtesy of head fucking office. Apparently they don't like how (possibly) delinquent us girls look at this store, despite that we're all decent workers. Most of us are nice, polite, friendly, and decent to GOOD at our job, but nooooo, that doesn't matter. So long as we LOOK respectable, right?
FUCK. THIS. NOISE.
*deep breath*
WHAT THE FUCK. Seriously, what in the ACTUAL fucking FUCK?! I got a lovely little aside from Rhys today at work to say that I needed to check the 'career wear' policy that was going to be posted in the back, and enforced more strictly.
Now, I should say right now that, when I got hired, I asked outright if wearing a silver stud in my lip would be acceptable, and was told that clear was ideal, but they'd allow that as well. (The only thing about my appeeance at the time that I had to adjust was no wearing the ear stretchers I had in, which sucked, but I sort of expected that, so it wasn't a big deal. And I recently stretched them a little again, and take the spikes out before each shift, so THAT I don't cre about at all.) Come last June, I got my nose pierced with my best friend, partly because I really wanted to, AND because I assumed it would be okay. I mean, a lot of people at the store I work at have pierced noses (or other facial piercings, for that matter). In fact, a few of the younger girls have literally JUST gotten their noses pierced as well, likely for the same reason as I did.
.... Well, now we aren't allowed ANY facial piercings. Or if we want to keep them, everything has to be fucking CLEAR. I'm not bothered about the lip piercing, because last week (when I couldn't find my stash of lip jewelry), I had my lip ring in and kept taking it out before each shift... so if I can't find my old lip retainer, it's no big deal for me to take out my lip piercing as well. But the nose piercing having to be changed just pisses me OFF. It's annoying enough trying to get it changed on a good day, and to be forced to wear something that makes it look like it's not even THERE for the majority of my fucking week just makes it FUCKING. POINTLESS. To have gotten the fucking piercing in the first place. And that's not even going into the fact that at least I can actually CHANGE my nose piercing. My friends at work who have just gotten it done will have to find clear jewelry for it and have to KEEP IT IN until it heals. I'm sorry, but that's just fucking BULLSHIT.
OH OH, and I have to cover up my heart tattoo, behind my ear. I knew we weren't allowed visible tattoos, which is why I didn't get the damn thing in an OBVIOUS place on my neck, or my forearm, or anything like that. But FUCK.
I can tell right now that this new enforcement of policy is going to get me written up at least once for forgetting something. I have no choice but to follow it if I want to keep this job - and I need this job to pay bills, thank you very fucking much - but you can DAMN well bet that there are going to be quite a few people there who are going to be angry about this. My only consolation on the whole thing is that it wasn't the managers' decision to do this. It was the guy who does inspection every month, courtesy of head fucking office. Apparently they don't like how (possibly) delinquent us girls look at this store, despite that we're all decent workers. Most of us are nice, polite, friendly, and decent to GOOD at our job, but nooooo, that doesn't matter. So long as we LOOK respectable, right?
FUCK. THIS. NOISE.