Salon Accused to Being Heightest.

[Plurralbles]

An angry mother accused a hair salon of being 'heightist' today after her daughter was rejected for an apprenticeship - for being too short.

The 15-year-old had already studied hairdressing part-time for two years and had a school portfolio full of successful projects on all sorts of hair lengths.

So she appears to be capable.

The boss of the salon "feared he would be in breach of health safety laws because she might suffer a bad back standing on tiptoe to cut clients' hair."

It seems that he might have been damned if he did and damned if he didn't in a nation wracked by petty lawsuits.

Manager defending himself:

Tom Stears, 57, who has owned Edwards salon for seven years, said: 'I didn't say Rachael was too small, I said I thought the height of the chairs were too tall.
'I bought these chairs specially and they are quite high.
I don't know how high they are, or how high the standard ones are but I've had smaller members of staff in the past and they've struggled with the back washers and chairs, and in jobs like where you have to take the locks of hair at the root.
'I'm 5' 8" and I struggle with some taller clients' hair.
'It's a health and safety issue. Within weeks she'd have had back problem.
'There are no height restrictions, I just can't afford to get new small chairs.
'It's nothing against her.'

Get her a box. Height didn't stop Gimli from fighting a bunch of orcs ya' know!

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Gimli: He disapproves

Or some platform shoes!

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1294297/Girl-15-rejected-hairdressing-apprenticeship--short-cut-hair.html#ixzz0taAu6OyV

I kind of like this news site...

Anyway, what do you think, and what solutions can you come up with.

 

[rockytheboxer]

The solution is simple, kill the mother.

 

[Shockolate]

I've had women under 5 feet cut my hair. Wanna know how they did it?

They lowered the damn chair.

We have the technology people.

 

[fundayz]

Lol, what kind freak tall-chairs does that salon have that a 5'8" person can't reach someone's head without having to tiptoe?

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

One does wonder why he would buy such tall chairs in the first place...
Anywho... no, that's about it, wondering "Why one would buy such chairs" and all.

Solution? Jetpacks Decent chairs.
If a 5'8" guy is struggling with some of his clients (Taller clients, but still), then it's time to ditch the weird chairs and get some of those adjustable ones.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Solution: The man is a small business owner and can do whatever the hell he wants.

My bet: He doesn't want to hire her because she's 15 freak'n years old.

 

[Ironic]

Lesson here- Don't leave school until you've learned how to be tall.

 

[Kajt]

It's his salon. If he doesn't want her to work there, then so be it.

 

[tomtom94]

When they were handing out stupid, America got stupid lawsuits, Britain got stupid health and safety laws.

And the Daily Mail to tell us all about them.

 

[Kukakkau]

A 15 year old cutting hair? Something tells me she didn't have the training to do so in the first place

Not worth suing someone over since he WAS looking out for her health - he didn't say "you're too small, get out"