User submission 24.8K 251.7K OtherJul 26, 2016 This Woman’s Boss Told Her Headscarf Was ‘Unprofessional’ So She Went To Work In Cosplay LMA Community member Open list comments 78 Vote arrow up Vote arrow down 515 Open list comments 78 Checkmark Link copied! Share icon Share Checkmark Link copied! Share icon Share Modal close ADVERTISEMENT When June J Rivas’s boss told her that her dress code was unprofessional, she didn’t realize the can of worms she was opening. “So my boss didn’t like me wearing my hair in a ponytail everyday,” she wrote on Facebook. “Nor my hair in a scarf. “Unprofessional”. Nor my hair in pigtails. “Unprofessional”. So I filed a harassment complaint against her as our contract states “no dress code. just be clean and pressed”.” Her boss countered by devising a new dress code that outlawed all of the above plus a number of other items including straps, hats, sandals, cleavage, “and even (and I quote) “cultural head wraps”.” The new rules however said nothing about Cosplay, so after reporting her boss to the EEOC (Equal Opportunities Employment Commission), Rivas decided to have a little fun. See for yourself below.More info: Facebook (h/t) You May Also Like: This is the ‘unprofessional’ outfit that June’s boss had a problem withShare iconSo June filed a harassment complaint. Later, her boss responded with new rules banning all “cultural head wraps”Share iconADVERTISEMENTJune finally agreed to follow the guidelines…but not the way her boss expected!Share icon She started coming to work wearing Cosplay!Share iconThe new dress code never said anything about blonde wigs or contact lensesShare iconThe rules don’t mention anything about the leather or Spock ears eitherShare icon“I have come to work each day in an outfit that fits the guidelines,” wrote RivasShare iconADVERTISEMENTYou don’t mess with Cosplayers!ADVERTISEMENTShare icon Ic_puzzle Games View all games Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! 252Kviews Share on Facebook LMA Author, Community member View profile Follow Read more » This lazy panda forgot to write something about itself. Read less » LMA Author, Community member Read more » This lazy panda forgot to write something about itself. Read less » View profile Follow Get the latest inspiring stories via our awesome iOS app! Download Bored Panda app! What do you think ? Add photo comments POST Lyone Fein Lyone Fein Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report "No cultural headwraps" is a major discrimination lawsuit just waiting to happen. That boss has some sort of personal or racist vendetta going on. Either that or she is just a control freak. Vote comment up 45 45points Vote comment down reply Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Unequal Opportunity / Dissenting Action Employer Vote comment up 5 5points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... Anne Pike Anne Pike Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Anne Pike: That Boss has a screw loose, there is nothing wrong with your first out outfit I liked it, very smart and impressive, cultural wrap especially smart. Vote comment up 5 5points Vote comment down reply Steven Lee Steven Lee Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report How would headwraps be "racial", especially when there is only the human race? Vote comment up 2 2points Vote comment down reply Alex Armstrong Alex Armstrong Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report 100% Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Northern Perspective Northern Perspective Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report It's not really a racist vendetta as culture is learned behavior. I will still agree with you that such a thing is discriminatory and completely out of line. Vote comment up -1 -1point Vote comment down reply Joseph A. Langley Joseph A. Langley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Really? A boss -might- be a control freak? What a novel idea! Vote comment up -2 -2points Vote comment down reply Joseph A. Langley Joseph A. Langley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I'm confused as to how I could reply to two messages at the same time. Guess it's another 'bug'. Vote comment up 2 2points Vote comment down reply Yvonne Bernal Yvonne Bernal Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report DRESS CODE is very simple: Just keep your clothes on. Apparently your boss has never been to Wal-Mart (lol j/k) Vote comment up 25 25points Vote comment down reply Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Blaming the boss is perfect, and so is filing a harrassment complaint. Obviously, something is going wrong in that department. The cosplay, however creative it is and however cool these costumes look, is a clear escalation and provocation. A bit like "look what I think of your stupid rules, I stick to same and still pester you". It makes it questionable whether mutually solving a bad workplace atmosphere is really sought. The "don't mess with cosplay" says it all. A workplace is no place to mess with each other, neither upwards nor downwards the hierarchy ladder. Vote comment up 21 21points Vote comment down reply Arty Arty Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I can see your point. She's totally in her rights but that's doesn't make it the best way of action Vote comment up 8 8points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Exactly. We do not know about the politics of the company...and being right and being just are two different things sometimes... Vote comment up 1 1point Vote comment down reply Cesi Baca Cesi Baca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report It shows her immaturity, and posting all of this drama online I think is going to backfire on her. Future bosses and employers regularly check social media or just google applicants. Vote comment up 4 4points Vote comment down reply Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Typing too fast...sorry for the typos. Vote comment up 1 1point Vote comment down reply Quant Quant Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I would fire her after a couple of these, not because she's not cool, but you either conform to your workplace or you make one for yourself, there is no third way. Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Hugo Raible Hugo Raible Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report She conformed to the guidelines. Vote comment up 7 7points Vote comment down reply Load More Comments POST Lyone Fein Lyone Fein Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report "No cultural headwraps" is a major discrimination lawsuit just waiting to happen. That boss has some sort of personal or racist vendetta going on. Either that or she is just a control freak. Vote comment up 45 45points Vote comment down reply Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Unequal Opportunity / Dissenting Action Employer Vote comment up 5 5points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... Anne Pike Anne Pike Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Anne Pike: That Boss has a screw loose, there is nothing wrong with your first out outfit I liked it, very smart and impressive, cultural wrap especially smart. Vote comment up 5 5points Vote comment down reply Steven Lee Steven Lee Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report How would headwraps be "racial", especially when there is only the human race? Vote comment up 2 2points Vote comment down reply Alex Armstrong Alex Armstrong Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report 100% Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Northern Perspective Northern Perspective Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report It's not really a racist vendetta as culture is learned behavior. I will still agree with you that such a thing is discriminatory and completely out of line. Vote comment up -1 -1point Vote comment down reply Joseph A. Langley Joseph A. Langley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Really? A boss -might- be a control freak? What a novel idea! Vote comment up -2 -2points Vote comment down reply Joseph A. Langley Joseph A. Langley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I'm confused as to how I could reply to two messages at the same time. Guess it's another 'bug'. Vote comment up 2 2points Vote comment down reply Yvonne Bernal Yvonne Bernal Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report DRESS CODE is very simple: Just keep your clothes on. Apparently your boss has never been to Wal-Mart (lol j/k) Vote comment up 25 25points Vote comment down reply Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Blaming the boss is perfect, and so is filing a harrassment complaint. Obviously, something is going wrong in that department. The cosplay, however creative it is and however cool these costumes look, is a clear escalation and provocation. A bit like "look what I think of your stupid rules, I stick to same and still pester you". It makes it questionable whether mutually solving a bad workplace atmosphere is really sought. The "don't mess with cosplay" says it all. A workplace is no place to mess with each other, neither upwards nor downwards the hierarchy ladder. Vote comment up 21 21points Vote comment down reply Arty Arty Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I can see your point. She's totally in her rights but that's doesn't make it the best way of action Vote comment up 8 8points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Exactly. We do not know about the politics of the company...and being right and being just are two different things sometimes... Vote comment up 1 1point Vote comment down reply Cesi Baca Cesi Baca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report It shows her immaturity, and posting all of this drama online I think is going to backfire on her. Future bosses and employers regularly check social media or just google applicants. Vote comment up 4 4points Vote comment down reply Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Typing too fast...sorry for the typos. Vote comment up 1 1point Vote comment down reply Quant Quant Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I would fire her after a couple of these, not because she's not cool, but you either conform to your workplace or you make one for yourself, there is no third way. Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Hugo Raible Hugo Raible Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report She conformed to the guidelines. Vote comment up 7 7points Vote comment down reply Load More Comments Related on Bored Panda
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