In my teens I worked as a pizza delivery boy (not pc correct but that's what it was then) and I was always being asked to remove my earings, when I made the comment that it's not fair to expect a male to remove them and a female to not, he basically turned around and made sure that all employees whether male or female did not have earrings.
Mind you he wasn't in very often as he managed/owned more than one store, so anytime I pulled up and saw his car out came the earrings. In a forever changing world, discrimination still goes on. Regards Andrew Scott Analyst Programmer CMS Transport Systems Level 2/33 Bank Street South Melbourne, Victoria, 3205 Phone: 03 9699 7988 - Fax: 03 9699 7976 Quote: ....the myth of socialism is far stronger than the reality of capitalism. That is because capitalism is not really an ism at all. It is what people do if you leave them alone. - Arnold Beichmen, Hoover Institute Fellow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 23 January 2006 7:52 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: More Piercing BullDookey While I feel for your daughter's situation, and it's certainly important to teach her to stand up for herself - it's also important to point out that you can't change the world, and that people are going to view her differently with a visible body modification. If she chooses to keep the ring in her nose, it will be in her best interest to consider that when getting a new job. There are certainly plenty of jobs she can still have, but there are surely fewer she can have now than before. My sister has a tattoo on her forearm that she's had to cover in one way or another for certain jobs. Others didn't care. But it did take her some amount of stomping around yelling "that's not fair" to the world before she realised that life - in fact - is *not* fair. I would expect more difficulties and "situations" based on her nose ring, and she should too. If you attempt to shut out everyone who gives her trouble, you may find yourself shutting out alot of your community. -Cameron On 1/22/06, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the last few weeks, my daughter, who works/ed at Dairy Queen in > Boonville, IN, had been getting fewer and fewer hours. The last week > she worked, it was a total of 3 hours. > > We told her to find out the reason why. She was too afraid to make > anyone mad. So, when she called today to ask about her upcoming hours, > she found she was not put on the schedule. > > My wife was furious, so she called and talked to the owner. He > basically said she was no on the schedule. (Mind you, this is the > owner, who is also an adult male.) My wife asked why and he said it was > because my daughter had a nose piercing and that DQ had a non-tolerance > policy for facial piercings. > > Well, since it is his business, fine for him. (asshole). But, my wife > siad, "So, you just cut her hours and didn't say anything?" He told my > wife that we all make mistakes and he apologized. However, he did not > say she was fired. He did say she would not be put on the schedule, so, > technically, she was still an unpaid employee that was not allowed to > work. (The dumbass didn't even realize she had not worked there long > enough to draw unemployment, so he could have just fired her.) > > So, my wife told him that since she has 13 salons she manages, that she > knows how to manage a store and he, obviously, did not. She also told > him it was very unprofessional to keep dragging her along when she could > have been looking for a different job. > > What a dumbass. > > Now, I have never walked away from any service company because the > employees had a facial piercing. > > My only guess is that DQ is where the really old folks go to get ice > cream in this area, so he's probably just catering to the narrow-minded > retirees. > > I know that I, and my large family, will not patronize that DQ anymore. > > M!ke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193700 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
