[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Guys with beards... (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 11/15/2011 3:56:56 PM EDT
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Funny thing I've seen and sadly even in today's economy it is still common. Would you shave off your beard for a job? One of the requirements to wear a respirator is that "[no] Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function" but sadly I've seen, in the last year, about five guys just turn around and leave when we told them they had to shave. Is a beard worth several months of good overtime work? It will grow back, I'm sure but the excuses I've heard typically focus on their SO liking their facial hair or that it's their "winter beard." Of course it is their choice to leave but how important is your facial hair vs a job? |
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I personally wouldn't turn down a job because I had to shave, but I can understand guys who would.
I've had a goatee and mustache for about 3 years. It would be a big change for me to shave it off, probably comparable to shaving your head for a job. It takes a long time to get used to it, and you feel like a different person. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I wear a beard in small part so I cannot be required to wear a respirator. If the conditions are really dangerous enough to wear a respirator, I have to wonder about absorption through the skin as well. In my mind, a moon suit makes more sense. In any event, I'd rather find a job (like I have) where a beard or not does not matter.
I also cannot seem to work for very long (not much more than a year) at a company that has more than about 10 employees, while fewer than 5 is that much better. |
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Are these people who turned down the job currently unemployed all together? Are they on some sort of assistance? The presumption with most is that they were on unemployment. Also, most of these people were trade workers. Then they are fucking losers. Plain and simple. If they were currently employed and this was just another offer on the table, so be it. But if they are on the dole or just taking up space, then there is no excuse for not shaving off hair that grows back. There should be a mechanism in place to stop unemployment payments when someone refuses to take a job based on such ridiculous criteria. Or when someone refuses to take a job that pays equal to or greater than their unemployment check. |
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Funny thing I've seen and sadly even in today's economy it is still common. Would you shave off your beard for a job? One of the requirements to wear a respirator is that "[no] Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function" but sadly I've seen, in the last year, about five guys just turn around and leave when we told them they had to shave. Is a beard worth several months of good overtime work? It will grow back, I'm sure but the excuses I've heard typically focus on their SO liking their facial hair or that it's their "winter beard." Of course it is their choice to leave but how important is your facial hair vs a job? Absolutely imperative. I do not look right without a beard of some kind. Vanity takes precedence for the moment. Desperation changes things. |
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Funny thing I've seen and sadly even in today's economy it is still common. Would you shave off your beard for a job? One of the requirements to wear a respirator is that "[no] Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function" but sadly I've seen, in the last year, about five guys just turn around and leave when we told them they had to shave. Is a beard worth several months of good overtime work? It will grow back, I'm sure but the excuses I've heard typically focus on their SO liking their facial hair or that it's their "winter beard." Of course it is their choice to leave but how important is your facial hair vs a job? Yes, yes it is. |
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January 1st, 1985. Admiral James D Watkins banned beards in the US Navy. I never have had anything good to say about that SOB since. So, yes I would and did. Fucker. Thank God for Admiral Zumwalt and his Z-grams. Grew a beard in 1971 and have had either a full beard or a Van Dyke since. 
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I kept a clean shaven face for 20 some years; chicks preferred it and my job required it, I just shaved but hated it. It was part of the routine. Met my wife several years ago and she actually...........get ready for it.........PREFERS I have a beard. All I gotta do is trim it every now and then, I'm good to go. My job no longer requires sealed respirators/face masks, so I'm living good. Fucking hate shaving, man.
ETA: Yeah, I'd shave if I had to, but then I'd have to deal with the wife......but money coming in also has it's benefits.....she'd deal. |
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January 1st, 1985. Admiral James D Watkins banned beards in the US Navy. I never have had anything good to say about that SOB since. So, yes I would and did. Fucker. I joined ten years later, but may fuck be upon him. I should probably note that I'm sitting at home with about two weeks worth of beard going on right now... |
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Funny thing I've seen and sadly even in today's economy it is still common. Would you shave off your beard for a job? One of the requirements to wear a respirator is that "[no] Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function" but sadly I've seen, in the last year, about five guys just turn around and leave when we told them they had to shave. Is a beard worth several months of good overtime work? It will grow back, I'm sure but the excuses I've heard typically focus on their SO liking their facial hair or that it's their "winter beard." Of course it is their choice to leave but how important is your facial hair vs a job? I had to maintain a short goatee for my duties inside a Level 3 Bio safety research facility, it was no problem what so ever. If this job is anything like mine was you get fit tested X times a year and know what N-95 works best. Hair grows back, even though somewhat very slow at this point in my life. |
Mrs L this morning ... "From the looks of your face I guess I can forget lunch."
I go tell the guys in the tool room ... "Uh boss, you got egg in your beard." I have a hidden electic griddle I make the tool room guys bacon and egg breakfast tacos on ... busted. 
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