Comment by Jennifer Easter on May 9, 2010 at 8:47pm

jess, i can already tell i adore you! your positive attitude is contagious! im finally getting to the "ah f-it" phase... lol :)

Comment by Norm on May 10, 2010 at 1:17pm

Hi Jen, great to see you're approaching the (as you so eloquently put it) "eff-it" point. We may never know what makes hair fall out (and neither should we care), but I love it when I see someone try to eff the ineffable. ;) So xxx, and have fun with the razor!!

But on a serious note.... (yes, this is still me)... here's something to consider. Is the boss still being a tosser, even after your explanations? Has she actually said anything at all about your baldness? Would she be prepared to let you go in with a shiny smooth head on display? I get the feeling she'd not be happy with that at all.... so ask her what she'd do if a guy was losing his hair, and/or he shaved his head. Bet she says "nothing - it's perfectly natural"... can you see where I'm going with this? Do I detect an upcoming argument regarding sexual equality??
(Oh, and if she counters with "but I wouldn't let a man wear a skirt", answer that the clothes people wear is something they choose... but no-one can do anything about going bald.)

And if she STILL keeps having a go, and you get to the stage where you quite fancy winding her up even more.... start covering your head in those little yellow Post-It stickers. Tell her you've not got a wig, and it's the best you can do at short notice (it'll even have a funky layered look!) :)

TTFN

Norm xx

Comment by Jennifer Easter on May 10, 2010 at 5:48pm

norm, i LOVE the post-it idea! my boss is still being dumb... she told me i would have to wear a wig, but i told her im done with the wig, besides, we have a balding guy at work & he doesnt have to wear a tupee, so forget her! im going to come in with a shiny, red-spotted (i have scarring alopecia too) head & she can suck wind! i figure if im going to get all the attitude from her even with me having hair, might at well get rid of it & watch everything hit the fan! so everyone in hinton, ok better get ready for the freak-show! lol

Comment by Petra on May 10, 2010 at 7:49pm

You go girl! Could you imagine how she would freak out if we all walked into your bank with our beautiful bald heads.

Comment by Norm on May 10, 2010 at 8:03pm

OK, let's run a little further with the Post-It idea, and move on to "Advanced Boss-Baiting". In this lesson, you'll learn how to bring her to helpless incandescence by using wit, humour and originality to gain the support and respect of your fellow workers, and in the process increase your popularity and self-worth. ...well, either that, or it'll get you fired... ;)
So, whaddya have to do to achieve all this? Dead simple.... think of fridge magnets.
That's right, all you have to do is write a word on each Post-It note. You'll have several "and"s, and a few "with"s and some "if"s and "then"s. The rest of the words will all be unique. Then, you just invite all your colleagues to rearrange the stickers on your dome to form daft, witty or pithy epithets.... everyone thinks you're fab, there's sod-all the Boss can do or say, and if she tries she'll look like a boring, humourless witch at best, or (more likely) a complete arse. Is that a result, or what??? Maybe prime your pals first, so they know what you're going to do, and then sit back and let everyone play with your head! They all get used to Bald You really quickly, they think you're a great sport, tell all their pals outside work, you become a local celebrity and very quickly comfortable with your newly-bald bonce.... and realise you're not, ever, by any stretch, any kind of freak-show.
Right, I'm booking my ticket to Hinton tomoz.... any good hotels over there???

The Norm xxx

Comment by Jennifer Easter on May 11, 2010 at 7:50am

fridge magnets... YES! you are too funny... now if only i was BRAVE enough to do any of these HILARIOUS ideas! lol... good luck finding a hotel that isnt nasty over here! my town is SO small that there is only 1 stoplight, and it blinks all the time!

Comment by Norm on May 11, 2010 at 1:29pm

So you think you're not brave? Well.... let's just rewind a few days and see how you felt when you started this discussion. Something about "freaking out about being the bald girl in town", right? And now you're going to shave your head, go into work bald and shiny and give your boss the finger?? Hmmm.... need I say more..... ;)

By the way: aren't stoplights SUPPOSED to go on and off?? Or maybe the U.S. is VERY different to what I imagined.... :)

Comment by Emma Sandell on May 11, 2010 at 4:15pm

i had this issue at one of my workplaces i went to my local citizens advise and was told if i can get on paper the reason(which at the time was i may scare the residents of the old folks home as i worked nights)a to why i had to have anything on my head i could take them to a tribunal for discrimination and there was something bout disability too. as it happened just asking for it on paper was enough to scare the s**t out of them lol
good luck n keep us posted
xx

Comment by Jennifer Easter on May 13, 2010 at 8:32pm

emma... i thought about going to maybe the town commerce or something, but the *itchy boss just happens to be the chamber president too! UGH! this woman just WONT GO AWAY! i'd LOVE to see how she would react if she lost all her hair! i've just been going to work, not covering anything & not even trying to. im still set on shaving it memorial day weekend, but im thinking im just gonna embrace baldness & rock it like its in style... or at least thats what im trying to convince myself to think :)
norm... you have NO IDEA how bad i want to give my boss the finger! its just about as much as i want to flick her on her forehead! lol... i still think im a little wimp though... id never have the guts to do either to her... i HATE confrontation! :)

Comment by Norm on May 13, 2010 at 8:51pm

Er, Jen.... how can you possibly be a wimp?? You're already going to work "au naturel", and you've got the clippers ready for memorial weekend.... just doing all that is "flicking her the finger". There's direct confrontation (where you wrestle her to the floor, then shave her head while shouting "NOW SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT, B*TCH"), and indirect confrontation, which is what you're doing now - you're winding her up by acting as though everything is perfectly normal.... which, in fact, it is!
I understand what you mean about avoidance, though - I'm a bit like that myself. But I suppose the internal conflict you face is between your desire to avoid a scene, and your intense instinct to dig your heels in and not be told what's acceptable.... methinks the latter's winning out!!! :)

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