1. If your employee threatens to go on strike whenever you wash her hair, you might negotiate the following deal:* The Manager will shampoo employee's hair with a minimal amount of product for a very brief period of time, just enough to initiate a bit of lather. Next, The Manager will back off. The employee will then be responsible for getting the shampoo out of her own hair by whatever means she chooses, whether it's dumping a cup of water onto her own head, or using a Bob the Builder washcloth to scrub it out. *Recommended only for employees who have been with the company at least two years.
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Great managerial approach to have employees take partial responsibility for their own cleansing. It sounds especially suited for those highly independent 2 year hire folks. Make it an accomplishment on their part rather than something you are forcing on them - brilliant!
You can't always enforce the grooming standards set forth in the Employee Manual - it would just take too many resources.
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Elijah is no fan of the hair washing, but we have (finally) found sensitive skin bubbles (as to not have total breakout) and I bribe him endlessly with them! Of course, I still don't get all the soap out of his neverending hair (totally straight it is nearing the middle of the back!!!!)
Also, We were sent a really cool photo album after Elijah was born and he LOVES to look through it. Also the fridge pics are a big hit!
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just thought you'd like to know that yesterday i had to go to a sound mix for work - a really gross horror flick. i CANNOT watch those. they disturb me to no end. so since i hadn't been to the lo co. for a few days, i brought up the blog on my laptop. whenever it looked like things were going to get out of hand, i distracted myself with your stories and photos of your lovely children. it worked very well! no nightmares or anything. : )
"Look, Don't Touch!" would make a nice workplace sign.