No weaves allowed at work
6:31Byron from the job calls Risa after hours with new workplace rules, then says weaves and wigs are banned starting tomorrow morning. She refuses to take down a weave she paid hundreds for and dares them to fire her before learning coworker Jennifer set it up.
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99 linesUh, hello, I'm trying to reach Risa, please, Risa d***s
Hi Risa, my name is Byron, Byron from the job, how are you?
I'm okay, how are you Byron?
I'm good, listen I hate to call you after hours at your home
But there has been some new issues that will be going into effect as of tomorrow morning
And we're calling everyone letting them know the new changes that have been issued
That will take effect first thing tomorrow morning
So we're giving everyone a call so don't be alarmed
Okay, there's no problem.
I've got a few minutes to listen.
Okay.
As of tomorrow, what's going to happen is when you guys come in,
you'll be issued a new key card,
and that particular card will actually register when you come in and go out.
Okay?
Okay.
All right.
Second one is there will no longer be any personal Internet at the job any longer.
You won't be able to.
They're actually putting a block on all computers.
All the computers will no longer be able to go to a lot of these sites that you guys go to
here in the past okay okay all right the last one is uh Risa do you um do you wear a hair weave
what do you wear a hair weave or a wig yes okay well here's one thing I then hopefully you can
get this changed by tomorrow there's no weaves or hair or wigs going to be allowed uh at the
job site from this point on so as of tomorrow morning everyone must be wearing their natural
No, these are the issues that are going to be, that are instated,
and these are going to take effect as of tomorrow morning, 7 o'clock.
What does hair weave have to do with any of these changes?
The first two I can understand, punching in and being on the Internet,
yes, that's something that corporate, but hair weave and wigs?
You're getting into changing people's appearance.
I understand the higher-ups are looking down upon it.
Wigs and hair weaves, they have to go.
do have one. I suggest you start taking it down now and prepare your hair to be natural as you
come into work tomorrow. I'm not taking my hair down. I've been here seven years and I've dealt
with all the changes that y'all have made but there's no way that I'm taking my hair weave
down. I'm sorry what's your name Byron? Yes my name is Byron and I'm sorry. Let's get back to
your weave. Is there someone that you can call tonight to help you get your hair down and so
look presentable with your natural hair tomorrow no my weave cost over two
three hundred dollars and I'm not about to take that down I mean it takes a long
time to take that down okay I mean is this something maybe you can take it
down and just wear it on the weekends because as of now you're not going to be
allowed to actually wear it on the property and how will you know if
someone has a weave or not are you gonna do head checks or something okay I'm
telling me that you you have a weave then I have to write it down that you
have confirmed that you do and we got to make sure that tomorrow morning you're
not wearing one but you don't know what my natural hair looks like from my weave
are you heard how much I pay for it so it's a good weave ma'am it's not about
how good you know with the quality of your weave or anything they don't want
it they want natural hair I don't know what that means but they're going
They're going natural, and so are you.
Tomorrow morning, you need to come in with your hair completely down, okay?
I won't do it.
I'm not taking my weave down.
Okay.
What is that?
Y'all going to write me up or something?
Okay, ma'am, do you not want your job?
Yeah, I want my job, but this don't make no sense.
You're talking about personal appearance.
I can understand y'all have a dress code and enforcing a dress code.
That's one thing.
But telling somebody to change their ***, you lost your mind, man.
You're crazy.
Ma'am, I'm not going to.
I have to call bottom line is get your head out and get your butt into work tomorrow
And let's not go back and forth anymore. Okay. Well, listen by ranch. You're not mine if you think and I'm taking my weave out
I'm not taking out at all
Risa is coming up in there with her hair and I'm gonna sit down in my desk and do my job
Yeah, I'm gonna have to drag me out there
wait a minute wait a minute listen are you telling me that you're coming in
regardless with your hair on you right that's what I just say it okay why don't
you go ahead and bring some boxes in because you may I'm not you bring this
well I don't want to have to pack you to get your stuff and box it up and you're
losing your job because you can't take what you can do that because I'm a call
You're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong, you stupid *** behind *** weed.
You need to watch your language, young lady.
Why do I need to watch my language? I'm at home.
You call me on my own home phone on my time.
I'm at my house. I'm not on your *** clock.
I say what I want to say on my *** phone.
Okay, can I say what I want on my phone, and then I'll let you go,
and you can come in to work any way you want to tomorrow.
What is it, Byron? What else you got to say?
I want to tell you this.
I want to tell you that your girlfriend Jennifer at your job
phone call you this is nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey morning show this is
nephew Tommy baby from the Steve Harvey morning show Jennifer your co-worker got
me to play my blood pressure up I'm gonna kill it come on and I'm gonna pull
You know I got high blood pressure.
You can't be doing that to me behind my weave.
I pay too much money.
That's the money I could be spending on my kids.
Oh, ain't nothing like a black woman and her hair.
Oh, man.
Okay, baby, I got one more thing to ask you, girl.
What is the baddest, and I mean the baddest, radio show in the land?
Well, after this prank, it has to be the Steve Harvey morning show.
God.