dreads and jobs
dreads jobs employment issues
I teach yoga, so the people I work with either accept the dreads in a sort of "well-that-figures" attitude, or they don't even "see" them because they aren't the sort of people who get wound up over things like hair, body modification, and so forth. The funniest looks I get are at corporate jobs - say I teach a lunch hour class in an office of some kind - and then it's usually the person at the front desk who prefers to stay in their cubicle during lunch anyway. But that's okay.I've lately gotten to a place where I absolutely don't mind the weird looks, the way people avoid me in the hall, or the way they talk about me like I can't hear them. I don't go out of my way to cause a stir, but I've stopped dumbing myself down in public just because some people think that the way they choose to present themselves is the ONLY way.Also, I've had to pick up random part-time jobs (yoga isn't necessarily the most lucrative, uh, "career") and I never had an issue related to my hair, tattoos, or piercings. It's true that if you carry yourself and present yourself like a pro, people are blinded to the dreads, for the most part, anyway...