what jobs do u people do

I'm a registered nurse with not one but two jobs! I work full time in a busy intensive care unit, and one day a week in a chest pain observation unit. My dreads are five months old, and I've lost tons of length, so to keep them neat I wear a wide headband and clip the back up in a claw. Management has largely ignored them, and the only patient/family comments have been positive. As others have said, being able to project capability and competence is most important. Otherwise, being as clean and neat as whatever your job requires is the rest of it. So far, even in south central Arkansas, people have been pretty accepting. Either that or their mamas taught em if they didn't have anything nice to say, to not say anything!!
updated by @medusa: 07/23/15 05:04:44PM

thats funny! ok honestly you just need to find the right job for you. I work in a wonderful salon and i also have dreads my boss loves them and talks about them to our clients all the time. I also offer a dreadlocking service:)100 bucks and hour using all natural methods. your moms concerns are valid but like i said you just have to find the right job for you

i run my own webstore making all natural animal free products for mind & body, im not big on the idea of being rich aslong as i can pay my bills n provide for my little ones i'm blessed.. I am also studying herbalism.

Dreads shouldn't harm you. Just keep them clean and maybe pull them back or whatever your future job may require! ^_^ Sadly I am unemployed, but my mom gives me money for taking care of her so it works out. Plus it is hard to work with a bad neck and chronic migraines.

Hey Pokolo, as u can see having locks doesn't have to hold u back. Show that yr a descent, honest, trustworthy guy who's willing to work hard and u should be rewarded for it. Get yr mum to read this thread as these statements are facts and not here say. Good luck

I teach yoga for a living which is very nice...nobody cares about what you do with your hair!

I am a domestic godess and I teach dance technique and choreography. I think that if your lifestyle and dreads would cause you to forfeit a job, you should consider if that is the type of job you were really meant to have. In America sometimes we tend to "live to work" instead of "work to live". Your job should be a means to help you enjoy your life, it shouldn't define your life. Seek a career that makes YOU happy, and you'll find that when you find the perfect balance, it will all blend seamlessly together.

I'm studying E.C.E too! :D In the fall I'll be placed to work in a daycare one day a week to develop my skills. Not worried about what my hair looks like, since it's all part of the program. I can worry about my hair when it comes to being hired, but hopefully I'll be able to be competent enough that my hair won't matter

Shanxon Lemasters said:

I'm working on a degree of early childhood education so that I may start a daycare, that is my dream I love little kids and they are young enough at that age to not judge and maybe it can be instilled in them to be open minded and it may follow them thru their lives! The people I know personally or know OF near me, that have dreads, one works at a factory, one works as an artist/musician, and one works in our zoo with the kangaroos

I was a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Warfare and HAZMAT Specialist contracted thru the Army.

I am studying to be an Anthropologist/Archaeologist. Just began working on my dreads, but reading this thread really helped me too!