Nurse Criticised For Having Rainbow Hair Comes Back With Powerful Response
[Photo: Facebook/Mary Walls Penney]
When young nurse Mary Walls Penney popped to her local shop, the cashier that served her criticised her appearance and its supposed effect on her career.
Penney dons rainbow hair, tattoos and piercings, so after discovering she was a nurse, the cashier said she was “surprised they let you work there like that” and asked “what do your patients think about your hair?“
The criticism continued, so Penney soon took to Facebook to share her thoughts with the world explaining that her appearance in no way makes her “unfit to provide nursing care and unable to do my job”.
This is what she said in the post:
“After work I went to the store to pick up a few things. (sic)
“While checking out, the cashier, looked at my name tag and said, ‘So what do you do there?’
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“I replied, ‘I’m a nurse.’
“She continued, ‘I’m surprised they let you work there like that. What do your patients think about your hair?’
“She then proceeded to ask the elderly lady that was in line behind me, ‘What do you think about her hair?’
“The kind older lady said, ‘Nothing against you honey, it’s just not for me.’
“Then the cashier continued to comment that they didn’t allow that sort of thing even when she worked fast food and that she was shocked that a nursing facility would allow that.
“I can’t recall a time that my hair color has prevented me from providing life saving treatment to one of my patients.
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“My tattoos have never kept them from holding my hand and as they lay frightened and crying because Alzheimer’s has stolen their mind.
“My multiple ear piercings have never interfered with me hearing them reminisce about their better days or listening to them as they express their last wishes.
“My tongue piercing has never kept me from speaking words of encouragement to a newly diagnosed patient or from comforting a family that is grieving.
[Photo: Facebook/Mary Walls Penney]
“So, please explain to me how my appearance, while being paired with my cheerful disposition, servant’s heart, and smiling face, has made me unfit to provide nursing care and unable to do my job!”
The post has been shared more than 150,000 times since.
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