o/t hair school sucked today!
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Topic: o/t hair school sucked today!
Posted By: Dunebug
Subject: o/t hair school sucked today!
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 5:32pm
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I am so frustrated right now. Today was my first day of cosmetology school, and this school has a no visible tattoos or piercings policy. So before i started I saw the woman in charge of that stuff and said to her 'I can remove everything thats removable, and hide everything that I can cover, will that meet your policy' and she said yes, that would be fine.
I have tattoos on my hands and face, which I obviously can't hide regardless of my outfit. So today she tells me I'm expected to wear make up to cover those. Now this is irritating... but all the more so if I tell you that I saw multiple other students with visible tattoos walking around with them showing. So I say 'I'm just trying to understand your policy here, I can wear long sleeves and a high neck, I have no problem with that, but I see other people with visible tattoos walking around so I'm not sure I understand your policy' and she said 'I can't police what everyone does' So I say 'so what youre saying is, I need to wear make up to cover my tattoos, but its ok for other people to show theirs?' and she said we were done and I had to leave her room. Apparently I will be sent home every day if I don't comply with their 'policy' and she will be personally 'speaking to the owner of the school' about me. I said to her, 'I sat here in front of you looking exactly the way I do now and said I can do everything possible to meet your policy, but obviously I have things that I cant hide... and now youre telling me I have to wear make up when I see not only students but staff members walking around with visible tattoos?' and she said she took what I said to mean that I would comply 100% with their policy. I'm sorry... I know this is off topic but I'm so frustrated and upset right now I cant even think straight! Not only that, but I'm expected to wear a band aid over my lip plug, which by the way is going to look much more 'unprofessional' than without. |
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Posted By: elvira
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 6:18pm
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Get your money back and go where they accept people for who they are, not what image they want to portray.
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Posted By: Longhairdreams
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 6:22pm
| I agree with elvira.You are completely justified.You've done everything and more to comply with their dress code.Its really crappy your being targeted. |
Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 6:36pm
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First of all!!! This is cosmetology school! Where the f-ck does this lady think she is? Seminary? Ask the people who are freely walking around with tattoos how they were able to pull it off. Also, is there an HR department or someone this jerky lady reports to? The school agreed to admit you. She can't send you home without dealing with a legal consequence from you. You're paying tuition there so sending you home is not an option. For now I would put bandaids on to cover up until this all settles. There's got to be a higher up to talk to. Be really nice, once you get mean you'll lose their interest. ------------- |
Posted By: nursie
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 6:41pm
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where are you going, a pentacostal holiness cosmetology school?....
even at my place of employment, the oldies but goodies finally had to realize their outdated dress code was unenforceable if they wanted to actually continue to have employees....certainly in the medical field we arent allowed to go to the extremes with hair color/piercings but a moderate amount is allowed where as before it was banned, i find it really unusual that a cosmetology school....which i would think naturally attracts the more artistic of people....would still have such outdated policies
edited to add: hope this makes you feel better: THEY SUCK!
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Posted By: TanglesRC
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 8:10pm
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contact the owner of the school- she must be fired or sent somewhere else-
or find another school
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Posted By: nici
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 8:11pm
| wow..this is HORRIBLE |
Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 8:20pm
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TanglesRC wrote:Posted By: Dunebug
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 8:46pm
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I actually did talk to one girl who had tattoos on her arms and I asked her if they gave her a hard time about it, and she said yes, they tell her every day to cover up but she has never been sent home because of it.
It really seems to me as though its a personal dislike for me... I'm not sure what other conclusion there is when other people are able to show their tattoos but I'm being asked to cover everything and wear make up to hide whats on my face and hands. I actually went and got the make up that they told me to buy and it doesnt even begin to hide what i have... so I think what I'll do is put it on as thinly as I can, and wear long sleeves and if they say anything it's going to be a case of 'ok... I'm wearing the make up you recommended to me and this is as good as it gets' What I'm failing to understand is... ok, they have this policy but I sat in front of her looking exactly as I do now and said I'll do everything I can to comply with the policy but obviously I cant hide everything. She said it was ok.. and now she's saying it isnt. But only for me, apparently its ok for other people. There are other school I could go to... but they're kind of a hike... if things don't iprove here though I may just have to travel... I'm so upset right now, I was so excited and so looking forward to it and its just beyond ridiculous. |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 8:49pm
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Im so sorry to hear this Dunebug, I know you were looking forward to cos school....not the best start, but hang in there! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: MaginOC
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 9:46pm
| Can you say discrimination lawsuit? I dunno, I'm a tattooed cosmetologist for 26 years...I got sent home from beauty school for wearing pink leg warmers...lol, well it was the 80's. How can they see how you look, take your money, and then pull this crap? Don't give up on being a hairdresser if its what you really want to do. Just find a school, get through it and get working...that's when the real school begins anyway. |
Posted By: TanglesRC
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 10:24pm
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/Purplevp/sandy.jpg"> speaking of tattoos, here is my latest one- and oh yeah- i have been behind the chair for over a decade and i also own my own 15 chair salon- tell that woman to get a life, go find another school, if she is harrassing you now, it will only get worse,
good luck my dear. ------------- Bringing beauty, one head at a time... |
Posted By: kristie m
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 10:51pm
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By the way, Dunebug, you're DARLING... I'd go to you in a heartbeat for my cosmetology services! ------------- Here's to the end of my BAD HAIR LIFE! |
Posted By: nicey
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 4:24am
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wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww tangles that tattoo is lurvvvvvly i love it...dune i didnt think people still behaved this way she is a total sh!t find the person that is in charge of her and report it as harrasment i sure would
hope it all works out for you xx ------------- louxx |
Posted By: Dunebug
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 3:37pm
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Today was a little better. I wore a long sleeved t shirt and they made me put a band aid over my lip... but they didnt send me home.
It was crazy though, all the people I saw yesterday with tattoos showing had on long sleeves today, they girl I talked to yesterday had tape and band aids all up and down her arms to hide her stuff. I felt kind of bad about it because I know its because of me.... I feel like I should warn people not to talk to me in case they get in trouble! Thank you everyone for all your kind words... I like your tattoo Tangles! I am not sure if reporting this woman would get me anywhere... its unfair but since it is a policy that they have in writing they are probably within their rights to enforce it. And now they are making a point of enforcing it with everyone so I probably dont have a leg to stand on :( I'm just going to stick with long sleeves (its only a hundred degrees out... whats the big deal, right?) and a band aid and keep my head down and hopefully it will blow over... |
Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 3:43pm
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Dunebug, how long is this program?
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Posted By: leelou
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 4:59pm
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hi dunebug poor you its just not fair that creative people are not allowed to be creative!! why dont you really piss her off and cover your tattoos on your face with band aid for a laugh!!! when she asks what youre playing at just tell her that the make up doesnt work and you really dont wanna be thrown out so you thought you`d hide your tattoos the only way you could!! then see how she likes THEM apples!!! ------------- xxx Leanne |
Posted By: Kalika
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 5:22pm
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For the lip thing, take it out and put a piece of fishing line through as a retainer, and only plug it from the inside. Then take a teeny, tiny piece of baindaid to cover the hole (like cut a little corner off). I used to do that back when I had my lip pierced and you couldnt even tell unless you got up really close.
If it makes you feel any better, Where I work (yes a strip club), we have to cover up our tattoos with body makeup and arn't allowed to have facial piercings.
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Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 5:53pm
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You should cover with those baindaids that have crazy designs on them.
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Posted By: Dunebug
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 9:50pm
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My lip piercing is an inch by a half inch oval plug... so I don't think fishing line will help me out much. haha, I just cut a piece of band aid to the same shape as it and stuck it on the front of my plug. It looks ridiculous... but it shut them up.
What make up do people use at your club Kalika? I bought some Dermablend but it doesnt cover my stuff at all, I'm too pale and my tattoos are too bright, I may as well be putting ordinary foundation over them for all the difference it makes. Malibu, the course is 10 months. i wish they made band aids big enough to cover my stuff, haha, I would definately do it for a laugh... saying that though, they'd probably make me keep doing it just to spite me and make me look ridiculous so I wont get any clients! They seem malicious like that. |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 10:02pm
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sheesh...seems like high school all over again with the dresscode, the hair code etc etc...
you would think in an adult world, that it wouldnt matter how you dress, what your hair looks like, piercings tattoos etc...if youve paid the money and you are there to LEARN the trade, thats all that should matter...stupid narrow minded people..... ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: TanglesRC
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 12:31am
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get some gauze, tape it all over your tats-
i personally would call around to other schools and see what their policy is.
question- when u interviewed, did they tell you or did you sign something agreeing to cover up your tats and piercings? if they didnt, they CANNOT inforce it. ------------- Bringing beauty, one head at a time... |
Posted By: ThAbAdDeStBaBy
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 12:58am
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WOW I'm upset at that..All the school I been into had the students as well as the staff with visible tats, piercings and creative hair designs and colors...thats how it suppose to be IMO. To be able to show our creative side. I would call around and see other policies as well as alternatives because hiding the tats and piercing or whatever will get old quick. ------------- ThAbAdDeStBaBy http://public.fotki.com/ThAbAdDeStBaBy3 - http://public.fotki.com/ThAbAdDeStBaBy3 Hair Goal: BSL by late 2007-early 2008 Hair now: net weave w/EP-RT |
Posted By: 1hairlover
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 1:34am
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Girl cosmetology school is very important, just like any other school. You need to feel comfortable everyday you walk into school, and you shouldn't feel like you are being harassed. The first thing I would do is talk to the owner and if that doesn't work. FIND ANOTHER SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!! Cosmetology hours are long and you want to do them and get out of there, to make the big money. DONT LET ANYONE STOP YOU NOT EVEN THAT ?ITCH AT THE SCHOOL. GOOD LUCK ------------- lovelove |
Posted By: Kalika
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 1:41am
| No special makeup, just revlon colerstay (black cap) and set with powder. Its not good for daylight, but with the red and blacklights we use in the club it works pretty good. |
Posted By: Dunebug
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 3:44pm
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I think I am going to see about transferring to another school. Its a bit of a drive but its just getting worse. Now they want me to bandage my hands to come into school as well. How can I wash a clients hair with bandages on my hands?
They told me today they have been 'lenient' with me till now, but tomorrow i will be sent home if I dont comply 100% with the policy. I did meet with the woman in charge of this stuff before i started. She showed me the policy that said visible tattoos and piercings are 'discouraged' and I said 'ok... this is me, I can wear long sleeves and a high neck on my shirts but obviously i have stuff I can't hide. I can do whats in my power to meet your policy, is that going to be ok?' and she said yes. Now she is saying she took that to mean I would comply with their policy 100% which by the way has changed from 'discouraged' to 'not allowed under any circomestances' If they dont want visible tattoos at their school, they shouldnt admit and take money from someone with a tattood face and hands. |
Posted By: kristie m
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 4:40pm
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Boy oh boy... if you have a record of the written policy before it was changed (the one YOU agreed to) you've got a discrimination lawsuit if you want to be litigious about it. Either way, I'd run like hell and find yourself a school that welcomes your creative self as an asset. ------------- Here's to the end of my BAD HAIR LIFE! |
Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 4:47pm
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Dunebug, you need to talk to a lawyer because if you switch schools your going to lose your tuition money.
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Posted By: amm
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 12:17am
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"Discouraged" is much different than "not allowed." I would ask for a refund on the tuition and find another school more tolerant to personal expression. Other than that, if this is a privately owned school, they can make and enforce their own policies.
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Posted By: Amanda8Beechwoo
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 10:41am
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If this is this school's policies I wouldn't want to give them my money. That is the most ludicrous thing I've heard! ------------- [URL=http://www.hairextensionsbyamanda.co.uk]www.hairextensionsbyamanda.co.uk[/URL] |
Posted By: aseya
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 2:30pm
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Oh that's just horrible! I remember when I did my beauty training, we had to wear full makeup and our hair scraped back. Short nails, no polish. It was awful. It also kind of reminds me of my last job. I met with the HR director and even told him my past history with bulimia. Then when I was working, my supervisor would tell me everyday that I had to lose weight. She was like 'Oh if you stop partying so much and lose weight you'll find a boyfriend" and then she even told me I had to go on a diet of boiled egg and cucumber for a month! I was so upset because I was hired and I had even told them about my "weight issues". So then I just quit because I realised it wasn't the kind of company I fit in with.
So I think you should change schools. And maybe speak to a lawyer because it seems like that woman just said OK because she wanted your money and now that she has it, she's changing what she said.
Anyway good luck!! And big hugss!!
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