And the sign said:

[mac56]

First of all: in this economy, a business owner would say that?

Second: is this a possible ADA violation? Maybe they CAN do the job with reasonable long-haired-freaky-person accommodations.

"So I shoved my hair up under my hat
And I went in to ask him why.."

Okay, now you're just being a dick.

[Aristus]

1. Do they accept long-haired people who aren't freaky?

Or freaky people with short hair?

And anyway, what year is this? 1966?

[mac56]

2. 1971

[Ohiogal]

3. Does anyone still use that term

“freak’? As in, like ... a hippie? (another outdated term)

[Croney]

4. Nice to revisit this oldie but goodie.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. That brings back some memories.

[OriginalGeek]

6. 19 years ago when I interviewed at the company I'm at now

I went in and nailed the interview until I said I would not cut my hair. I was over-qualified for the position they were trying to fill but I didn't care, I wanted to be in an IT department and was willing to start low and work up.

The interviewer smiled and shook my hand and said they'd let me know.

3 months later I had moved on, figuring I didn't get the job. I was doing temp work while still seeking IT work and out of the blue, the interviewer from before called me and asked if I was still looking. Of course I jumped at it and went to work for them.

I found out later they had gone through 2 other people that couldn't master the simple task for which I was being hired so he caved and called the long-haired guy. Been here ever since and I hope to retire from here. My hair is much thinner now but still long. My company photo on my ID badge is about 18.5 years old so I can remember how full my hair used to be.

Long-thinning-haired freaky people doing just fine here.