For eight hours they own you
I worked in the medical profession for over forty years and had to adhere to a dress code. The younger generation has taken to bucking the system by coming to work dressed in ways unbecoming their positions. And it is causing problems in the workforce.
A young policeman – White – came to work with a cornrow hair style. This was not a street cop not an undercover drug cop where dress code is more relaxed so the person can fit in with the people they are watching. He was asked to get a more acceptable hair cut – military style – and put on desk duty.
What is the big hooha about? In this day when having a job is a good and rare thing, abiding by the rules should NOT be a burden. If you take a job where they have a dress code and you knew it when you took the job, where do you get off changing an implied contract by bucking the dress code?
This is a sore spot with me people. For eight hours that your employer pays, you if they ask you do something that is not unsafe, unethical, or immoral you Owe them to follow through with what they ask. Or get a job where you can do whatever you want.