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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Frankie Valli at 89: The Iconic Singer continues to captivate audiences with timeless style and age-defying looks
Frankie Valli believed singing was his vocation from an early age while growing up in Newark, New Jersey.
Let’s just say that the 89-year-old legend has made a lot of progress since moving out of his rough, working-class neighborhood, and it makes people happy to see him now.
With his distinct three-octave range and unparalleled falsetto voice, Frankie Valli came to represent the mid-1950s American bubble-gum era, which was characterized by drive-in theaters and soda shops. His songs are still relevant to audiences today, a sign of the caliber and passion of his work, even after all this time.
Frankie’s love for singing began when he was seven years old, when his mother took him to see a young Frank Sinatra perform at the Paramount Theater in Manhattan. This encounter had a profound effect on him and helped him realize his long-held goal of becoming a popular singer.
“Because I did this for his mother, he kind of adopted me as a friend. For a decade or so, we had a tight relationship. Valli remarked, “Every time I saw him, it was a big hug and a kiss on the cheek.”
Frankie started singing with the men on street corners, and it wasn’t an easy road to popularity. Before becoming successful in the music business, he had a variety of occupations while growing up in downtown Newark, including truck driving, golf caddying, and barbering (like his father).
Frankie Valli and his band, The Four Seasons, became one of the biggest performers in the world when they rose to prominence in the early 1960s. The Four Seasons became well-known when hits like “Walk Like a Man,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” and “Sherry” topped the charts.
Fans loved Frankie because of his distinctive falsetto voice, which was instantly recognizable. More quickly than any record since Elvis Presley’s debut, “Sherry” shot to the top of the charts.
Frankie put out a number of albums under his own name when he was a member of The Four Seasons. With The Four Seasons, he was extremely successful, collecting 29 top 40 successes. He also had an amazing solo career, garnering nine more top 40 hits.
In 1990, Frankie received recognition by being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alongside Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, and Bob Gaudio, his fellow members of Four Seasons.
Valli is regarded as a key figure in the history of rock and roll today. The legendary musician is still involved in the business and has been performing and touring for a long time. The 89-year-old artist, who is currently a resident of California, has not indicated that he intends to retire anytime soon.
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