I Started Wearing “Terrible Wigs” at Work After They Banned My Pink Hair

A 29-year-woman was faced with a dilemma shortly after she took on a job offer. She was told she either had to cover up her pink hair or look for work elsewhere. She accepted the challenge and her amusing way of overcoming the restriction has gone viral.

Emily Benschoter turned to TikTok to share her journey at her new workplace, but with the twist that she can never show her pink hair while she’s on duty. She only found out the fact after she had already been interviewed and offered the position, a front-of-house role in the hospitality industry, because there was no prior contact with her employers in-person or over video chat during the hiring process.

Her manager then suggested she wore a wig and that’s when she decided to pick the funniest ones she could find. Her first TikTok video with the first wig went up on July 19, 2023, and it read: “When you have pink hair, but corporate does not approve, so you wear terrible wigs.”

Since then, people have become invested in her wig choices and her clips have been viewed millions of times. “The worse the wig, the better,” she admitted in an interview. “It is a way to open up the conversation with the customers who think it is insane that I have to cover my pink hair.”

In the same interview, Benschoter also took time to explain why she didn’t just simply dye her hair instead. “Dying my hair for a job I work at for 40 hours per week wasn’t an option,” she revealed. “I am a self-expressive person and I feel very confident with pink hair, so I came up with a solution to keep the job and my hair.”

Despite her having fun with the situation, she doesn’t approve of it. “It’s dehumanizing that I can’t be accepted at face value because my hair is a non-traditional color,” she said. “It’s so superficial that my hair color is an obstacle.”

As we’ve seen, job requirements when it comes to our physical appearance can be an issue for some. For a woman known as the “Dragon Girl,” it’s actually been an impossible task to overcome. Amber Luke chose to get over 600 tattoos to change her appearance, but now people refuse to employ her.

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15 Gifts With Packaging That Turned Out to Be More Exciting Than What Was Inside

Winter holidays help us discover hidden skills and talents, be it with house-cleaning, cooking, or wrapping presents. Some creative individuals manage to turn even the most trivial gifts into masterpieces. In such cases, this inspired packaging proves to be more interesting than the present itself.

We at Bright Side appreciate all things expressive and original. So today, we present you with 15 creations from people who transform the task of wrapping gifts into a special kind of art.

“I have a talent for wrapping gifts in misleading ways!”

“My grandma decorates wrapping paper with hand-drawn patterns!”

“I’ve just finished wrapping a gift for my sis. The outward shape is a ruse — there’s a necklace inside!”

“I guess this is the start of a new tradition. This year, I wrapped the presents in the colors of my favorite flags!”

“My wife’s present to me — whatever is inside, I hope it survives until tomorrow!”

“I’m finally done wrapping the present for my brother. He’ll sure be surprised to find it’s a toolset!”

“Each New Year, my brother and I compete to give the most difficult-to-open gift.”

“This time, I wrapped his present in concrete!”

“This Christmas, I used old maps as wrapping paper for the presents. Quite pleased with the results!”

“My idea of gift-wrapping a couple of concert tickets…”

“No wrapping paper on hand? No problem! I used cardboard grocery bags and metallic markers!”

“I bought my girlfriend’s parents a gift for Christmas and managed to wrap it like this!”

“Each year, I wrap the last present with the leftovers of other gifts’ wrappings.”

“Mom, are you proud of me now?!”

“These are my friend’s presents for his wife. The left package contains perfume, and the right one, a sweater.”

“I’m 23. I can rebuild a car engine from scratch and make unique spare parts for it. I can drive anything that has a steering wheel. But I’m really lousy at wrapping Christmas gifts!”

And what about you — do you like giving presents to your loved ones? Do you have any cool gift-wrapping tales to share?

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