Twistout not professional?

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pinkchocolatedaisy

Your twist out looks fine. I wear twist outs often as well as wash & go styles. I've even worn cornrows to the office (once, in a bun). My hair is in Havana twists right now.

I'm glad you finally learned that it's the flower because if he tried to say it was your hair when men are wearing long hair and ponytails, then I'd be on the phone with the EEOC and interviewing lawyers.

I don't know what the policy is on hair adornments but when I think of flowers in the hair I don't think of work....and definitely not a detention center. My great aunt added a flower to her hair for evenings out and professional photos. We all wore a flower in our hair at her funeral.

Thanks ladies. I haven't seen my sup again yet but it does appear to be the flower. However, he did confuse me because when I asked him if it was my hair or the flower he basically told me to review policy and start talking about beards and their appropriate length, etc So I'm still feeling a little wary.

So I talked to another supervisor (someone I know personallly) and she said it is the flower and while she doesn't see anything wrong with it there is absolutely nothing wrong with my hair. I told her I was (still am) confused because my supervisor mentioned my hair and then he start talking about his beard.

Sigh. I'm going to ask him today when he comes in. I didn't wear a flower today and I wore my twistout pulled back. The other issue is why were people talking about me and not approaching me directly. My old supervisor never said a word to me.

Sorry that is a first day photo. I didn't take a pic of mu hair from yesterday. It was more separated and looked like chunky curls. I've always gotten compliments from several people (mainly supervisors) about my hair and the flowers. The policy says hair must br kept neat and professional. I've worn my hair this way since I've started with no issues. I got hired wearing a twistout. I'm thinking maybe its the flower but I've been wearing them for the past 6 months and this just now comes up. And this department is not that uber conservative. We have men with long hair/ponytails and women wearing tight pants (we wear uniforms and I work in a detention facility).

I've been at my job for a year now and yesterday my new supervisor pulled me aside to talk to me about my hair. He said that some supervisors have been saying the director may say something to me about my hair and that I need to think about nit having it cause a a distraction or draw too much attention to myself. I'm a little confused and offended. I asked if it was my hair style or the flower (I usually wear a flower accessory in my hair). U told him I've been wearing my hair like this for months with no complaints and I've been around the director many times within the last month and he did not day anything either. He then said something about me needing to read policy and make sure in within it.


What can you tell me is wrong with this hairstyle?

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