Grooming standards-Beards

[Soper]

if you are a foreigner you can claim its your RELIGION

Epic fail, right there. No. You can't. And that's pretty bigoted.

[Ingio Montoya]

Epic fail, right there. No. You can't. And that's pretty bigoted.

Damn Tiny.
Did someone piss in your cornflakes?

[Gung Ho Guard]

I have a beard and so does my supervisor but i make sure my neck is clean shaved and the beard is well trimed. I just cant stand the feel of it plus my hair grows back real fast by the end of the day i'd have a pretty heavy shadow going on anyways.

[ColePhelps1247]

Ive only seen one post where they dont allow it (Hospital). Others didnt care if you dont tuck in your uniform top. Sad day in security

[copelandamuffy]

I grew a beard and mustache one time. No thanks.
I buy the cheapest razor blades
Wally-Mart, 12 for $4.00
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Considering this original posting is "11" years old, some old names from long ago
Miss Hotel Security from Montreal
Nate
Mr. Security
Charger
Bill Warnock
Utah Protection Force
Lawson
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[Soper]

Damn Tiny.
Did someone piss in your cornflakes?

No. Since when is bigotry tolerated?

[Condo Guard]

This is one of those things where there is no right answer. It depends on the corporate culture, the location of the site and the mission of the security department. I have no problem with a bouncer having a beard. An EP officer protecting a pop star or an actor is going to have a goatee to blend in. On the other hand, if I walk into the Dewey, Cheatum and Howe Investment Firm to drop off my lottery winnings, I expect short hair, pressed suits and no facial hair.

It is also a generational thing. American society as a whole has been influenced by the music industry and IT worker "slacker" look. And let's face it - if you want to keep your entry level workers for more than a month at your low wage, no benefit warm body co., you're probably going to ease up on the grooming standard, whether it is good policy or not. (And you can blame the movie "Friday" for the whole untucked shirt thing. Uggghhh.)

[wascaptain]

i sport the clean shave look myself.

i had told my grandson i had never had a pro shave with a straight razor. for my 60th birthday, he paid for me to get one. i got to say i left the chair feeling like a million bucks

[Consolewatcher]

Epic fail, right there. No. You can't. And that's pretty bigoted.

From what I've seen, in a lot of liberal areas companies are hesitant to enforce policies regarding hair styles, beard styles or clothing, out of fear of discriminating against someone's cultural or religious freedoms.

[Squid]

I've done posts where I started bring and wearing my own dust-masks after the first day. IMO the company of course should've provided all that and I would've made a fuss but it was a very temp gig. My point is a SO never knows where he is gonna post AND should always be ready to tough it out.

You don't want a team of wise guys to run a SO off his post by kicking up a little dust upwind.

So I vote no beards that keep you from wearing at least a basic white "dunce cap" dust mask.

[Squid]

No. Since when is bigotry tolerated?

Try signing up with the military as a REAL AMERICAN, taking and spending LOTS of their enlistment bonus money, then springing it on them that you need to sport a nice full beard, a YUGE head of hair, like "its against my religion to cut it...EVER" and you are a hairy person with a very robust scalp....and....and....your religion also requires you to carry a goofy knife at all times. Putting on a G-suit, or wet suit? Gotta have the dumb knife. Everyone else in Boot Camp checks any outside knifes at the door? Sorry Drill Sargent, I made up a religion that says I get to keep MY knife.

Allowing all sorts of lawlessness and nonsense, then trying to silence everyone about it by name calling with "bigotry" etc is one of the worst diseases the USA has right now.

[Soper]

Try signing up with the military as a REAL AMERICAN, taking and spending LOTS of their enlistment bonus money, then springing it on them that you need to sport a nice full beard, a YUGE head of hair, like "its against my religion to cut it...EVER" and you are a hairy person with a very robust scalp....and....and....your religion also requires you to carry a goofy knife at all times. Putting on a G-suit, or wet suit? Gotta have the dumb knife. Everyone else in Boot Camp checks any outside knifes at the door? Sorry Drill Sargent, I made up a religion that says I get to keep MY knife.

Allowing all sorts of lawlessness and nonsense, then trying to silence everyone about it by name calling with "bigotry" etc is one of the worst diseases the USA has right now.

Bigoted posts regarding Sikh Religious requirements. You have issues.

[zm88]

I see this place is the same as the last time I popped in.

[copelandamuffy]

I see this place is the same as the last time I popped in.

Check in more often. We need sane, and wise people like you.
Some of us are getting old, and nutty Right ST?

[zm88]

I'll be around more frequently now.

As as far as beards, I've been in a plain clothes capacity the past 5 years and haven't really had any uniform standards except for no tank tops or sandals. Back in a uniform, I wear my beard trimmed low and "neat looking". It's funny, as just about every cop I see on shift is wearing a beard now.