I work delivering pizza and my boss says I have to shave cos I'm handling food. Do you think I'd get away with

Question

saying I'm a Sikh (I'm not) and that he can't make me shave on religious grounds? I'm talking like 3-4 day stubble here not huge beard, just too lazy.

Where are you guys getting the showering thing from?!? I shower every day, I just don't like having raw skin from shaving, plus I'm one of those guys that needs to shave like twice a day.

Answer 1

I don't think you should say you're a Sikh if you're not as it undermines and degrades those who truly believe and practise the religion.

Also if you were, you'd have a full beard and long hair and turban. So if he knows anything about it at all he won't believe you. Even if he does believe you, he may make you wear one of them ridiculous looking beard hair net things instead then.

I suspect that you don't like shaving every day cause, like me, you get sensitive skin which causes razor burn.

You'd be better off saying that you have extremely sensitive skin & therefore can't shave every day as it gives you severe and painful razor burn & rash. And then remind him that since you're not in the kitchen and the food is already boxed up & packaged when you handle it, there's no legal requirement for you to be clean shaven.

Most times I get a pizza delivered the guy isn't clean shaven or has a beard & like for most people (I imagine) it doesn't even register with me, let alone put me off so he doesn't really have anything to worry about.

If you really want to get serious you could go see your GP, explain the situation to him (make sure you emphasise severe razor burn & pain) & persuade him to write you a note saying you came to see him about this. Then you can tell your boss you have medical grounds to not shave every day.

Or just buy a foil style electric razor.

Answer 2

First of all your dealing w/ the public as well as being a tipped employee. The big issue is hygiene, but secondly its appearance.And an employer can require you to maintain a certain appearance as a representative.There was a section on your application about anything interfering w/ your ability to perform duties. You blew the defense then.Buy a razor or get another job.How often do shower if you don't shave for three or four days?

Answer 3

Well if you were Sikh you wouldn't just have 4 day stubble, you'd probably have a long beard by now. Just shave, or you could wear a hair net over your chin.

Answer 4

You don't want to get into a p-ssing contest with your boss. I need to shave twice a day also, what I found is that if I shave with my razor real softly (don't press real hard against your face) my face doesn't get so irritated. Using a gel type shaving creme also helps. I haven't had any luck with electric razors, they seem to pinch, and don't remove all your whiskers. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Are you rubbing the pizza's with your face? what a load of crap your boss is coming out with there. tell him where to get off, my husband cannot close shave at all and has stubble all the time ( yummy) and he has told many people where to get off!

Does it specify you MUST be close shaven in your employment contract? If not, he doesnt have a leg to stand on

Answer 6

Lying is never a good idea, they come back to bite ya in the butt eventually.
My son got fired for growing a "stash" at a national burger chain! Guess they wanted it their way.
Check the rules section of the booklet they gave you when ya got hired, does it say anything about appearance? Neat and clean dont include razor stubble dude!
I would shave anyway, just in case.

Answer 7

i think your boss is telling you to shave because you appearance my be a little scruffy when delivering the pizzas, not a good impression for his business, not that you are handling food, there are plenty of chefs out there with beards

tidy the line of your beard and you should be fine

there really isnt any need to lie is there?

Answer 8

I think your boss is just playing it safe. According the Serv-Safe, which is the ultimate sourc in food safety all food workers must show goood personal hygiene, which incldes fr men, having reagularly and being clean shaven. I know its a pain, but you're the face he put out to the world, so he wants you to look food-safe, too.

Answer 9

Shave over the pizzas..

deliver them


NOW IN YOUR BEST ARNIE VOICE !!!

You've reached Ahhhnolds pizza shop.
I'm not here now, im out killing pepperoni.
If you want to reach me, if you want a pizza, i don't care, cause I'm not here. Can't you realize that? Idiot. But, if you need a pizza sometime during the next few days, I can have it delivered to you, or maybe I will staple it to you. I don't care what you want on it, every pizza come with pepperoni, and with 9 millimeter bullets on it. The only difference is the 9 millimeter bullets might be in a gun, or they might be on your pizza.
If you don't like it, i dont care , as you will recive one anyhow. If you don't **** around I'll give you good pizza. If you do **** around I'll take a pepperoni and punch it to your head. So if you want mushroom, shut up. If you want broccoli, WHAT THE HELL IS BROCCOLI ANYWAY?! SHUT UP WITH THE BROCCOLI!!! If you want something crazy, like pineapple, I'll kill you. If you like pepperoni and bullets, youve come to the right place. So leave your name, number, serial number, how tall you are, and if you are ceceptible to any diseases, and if you are, I'll come over. Maybe I'll give you a pizza, maybe I'll break off your arm.

and watch out.. the fuked up pizza has got my hair on it...

and does little bastsrds are terrorists...

they will anili-hate you...

idiot...

now I am of to kill my boss, possibly by impregnating him with this moped...!!!

Answer 10

I dont know the law on this, however, i have seen some with beards wear a net type thing around their chin.