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I don't know if it's sucky or just bothers me.
So there were a lot of annoying things today because it's Thursday, which is weird day for us. I don't know what it is, but it's always the day for weird questions, which I got today. So, I do get that I am going to get looks because of my current hairstyles; I've been going retro, as in curler sets and victory rolls and whatnot. But today was fairly tame; I had a sort of Rosie the Riveter thing going on, since I was working in food and my hair has to be covered. I hate hats and hair nets, and management and the sanitation people have no problem with it, so I do it. We wear khaki pants, so I had on a beige scarf. You could clearly see the big bow at the top, and that it was some kind of scarf or hair accessory, yet some guy in his 50s/60s asked if I "had a nylon on my head."
OK, now, let's just stop right here. I thought he was asking where we had nylons (pantyhose), but I had heard nylon in the singular and the word head. My brain shut down. Then I realized what he was asking me but I played dumb because it was too ridiculous and I just didn't know what else to say. "Do I have a nylon?" I asked. I was hoping, in my heart of hearts, that he had a communication issue and actually was asking for pantyhose and didn't just ask me if I was wearing them on my head. But he very seriously, almost in an accusatory manner, asked me again. I must've some look on my face. I said, "No, it's a scarf" really into the cooler I was stocking, because I couldn't even look at him. I mean, what did he think? That I was robbing the store? That the managers saw me with L'eggs on my head and said nothing? If so, was he going to report me? Good grief.
I think it bugs me because while I do wear things that skirt the line, management has never, ever had a problem with anything I've worn. Women will sometimes compliment it. But men--and only those over 50--are the ones who are concerned with it, like the guy that was all kinds of bothered that my shirt was a different shade than my coworkers' shirts. (Like if the company required light blue in a range of shades and my coworkers preferred sky blue while I liked periwinkle, but it was still acceptable). Why do they care?? What difference does it make? As long as my hair is covered, that's fine. I'm better covered than one of the other girls! She wears a hat, but with a ponytail that hangs all the way down to her hip. I won't do that; I feel it's not restrained enough. I put it in some kind of bun or at the very least a braid, but usually a tight bun. So why do old men care what I do with it?
ETA: The best part is that I told my mom and she said I should've responded with "I was upside-down when I got dressed this morning."
So there were a lot of annoying things today because it's Thursday, which is weird day for us. I don't know what it is, but it's always the day for weird questions, which I got today. So, I do get that I am going to get looks because of my current hairstyles; I've been going retro, as in curler sets and victory rolls and whatnot. But today was fairly tame; I had a sort of Rosie the Riveter thing going on, since I was working in food and my hair has to be covered. I hate hats and hair nets, and management and the sanitation people have no problem with it, so I do it. We wear khaki pants, so I had on a beige scarf. You could clearly see the big bow at the top, and that it was some kind of scarf or hair accessory, yet some guy in his 50s/60s asked if I "had a nylon on my head."
OK, now, let's just stop right here. I thought he was asking where we had nylons (pantyhose), but I had heard nylon in the singular and the word head. My brain shut down. Then I realized what he was asking me but I played dumb because it was too ridiculous and I just didn't know what else to say. "Do I have a nylon?" I asked. I was hoping, in my heart of hearts, that he had a communication issue and actually was asking for pantyhose and didn't just ask me if I was wearing them on my head. But he very seriously, almost in an accusatory manner, asked me again. I must've some look on my face. I said, "No, it's a scarf" really into the cooler I was stocking, because I couldn't even look at him. I mean, what did he think? That I was robbing the store? That the managers saw me with L'eggs on my head and said nothing? If so, was he going to report me? Good grief.
I think it bugs me because while I do wear things that skirt the line, management has never, ever had a problem with anything I've worn. Women will sometimes compliment it. But men--and only those over 50--are the ones who are concerned with it, like the guy that was all kinds of bothered that my shirt was a different shade than my coworkers' shirts. (Like if the company required light blue in a range of shades and my coworkers preferred sky blue while I liked periwinkle, but it was still acceptable). Why do they care?? What difference does it make? As long as my hair is covered, that's fine. I'm better covered than one of the other girls! She wears a hat, but with a ponytail that hangs all the way down to her hip. I won't do that; I feel it's not restrained enough. I put it in some kind of bun or at the very least a braid, but usually a tight bun. So why do old men care what I do with it?
ETA: The best part is that I told my mom and she said I should've responded with "I was upside-down when I got dressed this morning."
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