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I can't believe my new employer asked me to get a doctors' note by monday to allow me to wear headscarves. This is unfortunate for the following reasons...
a) My doctor's office apparently closes at 4:30pm on Fridays and is closed all weekend, so they were closed when I phoned to inquire, and won't be open until after my monday morning training starts.
b) Do they ask for a certificate of verification for any religious person who wants to wear a head covering to work?
c) Does a wig count as a head covering, or is 'head coverings' just limited to fabric?
Perhaps if I waltz around without anything covering my hair, they'll discover that me not wearing headscarves is actually less respectful to my coworkers than me wearing them.
Anyway, since I'm not able to comply with what she wanted, I'm going to have to come up with a plan of attack. Options:
a) try to use makeup to make it look like my hair is normal, or
b) present a copy of my Trichotillomania Learning Center magazine front page article.
Maybe a combination of both would be most effective.
On the release form when you apply, you give them permission to research your online identities... so if they found me on facebook or livejoural, they'd already be well educated on the subject! Oh well - I shall think of this request as less of a personal attack and more of a chance to educate someone about the disorder.
P.S. Thanks to the Those Headcoverings blog (http://thoseheadcoverings.blogspot.com/) for featuring my story!
a) My doctor's office apparently closes at 4:30pm on Fridays and is closed all weekend, so they were closed when I phoned to inquire, and won't be open until after my monday morning training starts.
b) Do they ask for a certificate of verification for any religious person who wants to wear a head covering to work?
c) Does a wig count as a head covering, or is 'head coverings' just limited to fabric?
Perhaps if I waltz around without anything covering my hair, they'll discover that me not wearing headscarves is actually less respectful to my coworkers than me wearing them.
Anyway, since I'm not able to comply with what she wanted, I'm going to have to come up with a plan of attack. Options:
a) try to use makeup to make it look like my hair is normal, or
b) present a copy of my Trichotillomania Learning Center magazine front page article.
Maybe a combination of both would be most effective.
On the release form when you apply, you give them permission to research your online identities... so if they found me on facebook or livejoural, they'd already be well educated on the subject! Oh well - I shall think of this request as less of a personal attack and more of a chance to educate someone about the disorder.
P.S. Thanks to the Those Headcoverings blog (http://thoseheadcoverings.blogspot.com/) for featuring my story!