Warehouse workers comply with a strict hair-length policy of "can't touch the collar", by wearing increasingly absurd wigs, forcing management to eventually drop the rule: 'The wigs became more and more ridiculous'

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Emma Saven
Sep 4, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

If this isn't iconic, we don't know what is…All we can say is, Sia would be proud. No, they didn't swing from any warehouse chandeliers, but we're pretty sure one of the coworkers got inspiration from her for his Wednesday Wig. After these employees are reprimanded for their long hair, a new rule of 'nothing below the collar' is implemented. But remember this was the 90s, an era of self-expression and rebellion…so they decided to listen to the new rule, but left some room for just a tad of self-interpretation…

So instead of cutting off their luscious locks, these employees decided to show up to work in the most outrageous wigs that resembled anything but natural. Rainbow hair, crazy curls, they did it all…getting increasingly stranger every day. But the most important part: They stuck to the one rule, no wig's length passed their collars…So what could their boss do? Well, as you can imagine, four months later (Still shocked it lasted that long), they were told that as long as their hair was clean and presentable… the length shouldn't be a problem…Sorry, Sia, back to the one-tone we go. 

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  • That's one way of getting rid of an unwanted regulation, by making them wish they had never made it in the first place! Suddenly, floor-length hair doesn't seem as drastic in comparison to Mike's multi-coloured bangs….They were a vibe, though, really brought out the color in his eyes. Malicious compliance just took a new form, and fortunately enough, it smells like cucumber shampoo with a hint of revenge. 

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    Men wearing colorful wigs to work
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    No hair that touches the shirt collar? Okay. We’ll wear wigs!

    This is setting the way back machine to the early 90s. Back when the membership warehouse I worked for allowed smoking in the breakroom.
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    One day, seemingly out of nowhere, our warehouse manager decided to enforce the dress code that men's hair could not be long enough to touch the collar of our shirt.
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    This was a problem for a few of my coworkers who had very long hair. One guy had been growing his out since high school, and it was down to his a
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    Well, none of them wanted to cut their hair, but were being given no wiggle room.
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    Well, one day the guy referenced above came to work with short hair. It looked like he actually cut it, but after a few days he told us, no management,
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    that he had a wind made that looked like his real hair. This led to all the other guys with questionable locks getting wigs.
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    Now where the malicious compliance comes in is that the wigs became to get more and more ridiculous. A ginger got one that was jet black.
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    An African- American guy had a wig with red hair. It got to the point the shoppers were making comments, and these guys weren't shy about telling them
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    that management said they weren't allowed to have long hair.
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    Boss screaming at employees
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    The whole fiasco lasted less than 4 months before we were told that as long as the natural hair was clean, presentable, and didn't interfere with working duties,
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    length would no longer be an issue.
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    SkwrlTail Another perfectly cromulent response would be to wear shirts with low collars.
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    lazyfoxheart Spiky mohawk time!
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    fallguy19 Man-buns and Blowout afros!
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    Blk Bear1 Hummmm.... Touching outside of the collar? Just stuff inside the shirt. I see a lot of long haired men and women, put pony tails and long braids down the inside of their shirts/vests.
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    essiemessy Yeah I would have showed up with a clown wig.
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    A modern office space
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    Nenoshka Why spend the money when a barrette or scrunchy would have done the trick much cheaper.
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    Present-Assignment99 This sounds like a SNL skit. I love it!
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    DreamerFi I imagine they all saw the Queen in Bridgerton and thought they could do the same. Well done.
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    Prof1959 In the days before man-buns
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    Aggravating-Sport359 My dad did this in the seventies! I think he went for a natural color...and then got a new job as soon as possible
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