Do you have an impression.....

[kirstenb1]

I think of someone that is likely coming from the gym. Wet hair is clean hair and thats better than those that dont shower.

This is what I think of when I see either a gal or guy with wet hair.

 

[simba20]

When I was an undergrad, I was doing a field experience for teaching where I'd teach in a school for an hour or two three days a week.

About halfway through the semester, my university supervisor met with me to discuss my progress. I was doing well, academically, but my cooperatibve teacher (the classroom teacher I was working with) had made some comments about me coming to the school with wet hair. It was then that I learned that wet hair in basically any type of environment (unless I really had come from the gym) was unprofessional.

Even now, as a SAHM, I was and blow dry my hair every morning (well actually except for today the little one is sick and I didn't shower until 12 when she took a nap and I just let it air dry).

 

[castmemberb4]

Does she have curly hair?
I can't blow dry my hair and make it look decent, it's much better to dry naturally. I used to wash mine at night and sleep on it wet. Now I use a CPAP and can't let my hair dry with the straps around my head.
Most days now it's either semi frizzy or pulled back when I get to work.
I'm the office manager for a dentist and would never come to work with it visibly wet. I would however go to Home Depot or my local Chili's with it wet.

 

[Buckalew11]

I agree with unprofessional.

I went to work once with wet hair. It was damp, air drying because I had washed it, got an emergency phone call from the school about DD and was on the phone too long to get my hair dried before my 1st appointment. I felt very unprofessional.

 

[Cornhusk]

At least it is clean.

 

[LaurenLC]

I leave my home with wet hair, but I also have a one hour commute to get to work. The vast majority of the time my hair is completely dry by the time I get to work, but occasionally it isn't. Should my hair not be dry I have my own office to work in, and I won't be seeing anyone outside my 'office area' for at least an hour.
The only comments that people at work have ever said to me is that they 'hate' me for not having to spend time on my hair for it to look nice. I may use a hair dryer once a moth...

 

[johnsontrio]

Maybe she is a swimmer....

My DD has wet hair every morning for at least half the year. I'd hate for someone to assume she is a slacker when she gets up at 5am to swim. Something to think about...

 

[CathrynRose]

Yes.

Either she gets up too late, doesn't care for her appearance, or prefers to save her hair by not blow-drying.

So, two negatives and a positive. Still, if she wants to save her hair, wash it at night. Clients shouldn't see wet hair.

Agree (to the underlines). It's one of my completely irrelevant pet peeves. I hate the whole wet hair thing some women do. I just hate it. It, to me, seems lazy.

Like others have mentioned - wash at night, then.

Would this be an issue if this person was a man?

Yes - same thing. Be dry. But rarely will a man's hair still be dry once they get to work, as it's not long.

 

[Heidict]

I never use a hair dryer on my hair. It's really thick and would take forever to dry and I don't feel that using that much heat on it is a good thing.

Yes, I could go to bed with it wet, and I generally do, however when I wake up it doesn't look to great so I still have to use a flat iron on it to get all the kinks out.

On the mornings that I am washing it, I will throw some mousse in it and go. I know it is wet when I get to work, but not horribly so. I have never had anyone comment on it, well except in the winter. Then people tell me I'm going to get pneumonia and die.

 

[WhateverLolaWants]

Definitely unprofessional. This is actually a recurrent dream I have - showing up to work with my hair wet in a towel.

 

[PatsGirl]

Wow, I never really thought about it I guess I often take a shower and then either braid or throw my hair in a pony and go...It's mostly dry before I arrive anywhere because I shower at least an hour before I leave the house, most often much earlier.

I think it all depends on whether it is the type of cut that SHOULD be styled or if it's a cut that needs no blow-dry or curl or straight iron. If it's straight hair that just needs to be brushed and then air-dried, it wouldn't bother me at all. Of course, thats assuming she doesn't work in a high-profile job or ultra-professional office such as a lawyer presenting in court or a sales associate at Neiman Marcus.

 

[Heidict]

Definitely unprofessional. This is actually a recurrent dream I have - showing up to work with my hair wet in a towel.

We'll yeah, I would definitely call that unprofessional.

 

[Planogirl]

Our office claims to be professional but we see no one but each other and the work is tedious and menial. I show up with damp hair occasionally but truthfully it's irrelevant at my workplace.

 

[FireDancer]

Maybe she was at the gym, maybe she showers in the morning and doesn't want to blow dry for whatever reason, maybe it is some passive aggressive protest of what she sees as a double standard when it comes to the sexes and appearance. As long as she was dressed professionally and acted professionally I wouldn't judge wet hair as anything negative by itself.

Of course if she was attractive wet hair pulled back into a pony tail is pretty hot IMO.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I've been guilty of this. I have extremely thick hair. Heck, when I go to the salon, more often than not they sit me under the cap for awhile because it takes so long. I am also not a morning person. So there are days (not many)when my hair is damp when I go to work. I try to wash at night, but then it is completely unmanageable in the morning. I figure if the choice is damp hair or late to work, my principal would rather I have damp hair.

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

I have very curly, thick hair. If I shower the night before my hair looks horrific the next morning even after I brush it.
I wake up in the morning, shower, towel dry my hair, brush it and put it up in a bun.

I have been doing this since I was 14 (will be 25 next week), I work in the hospitality industry (currently an assistant innkeeper at a bed and breakfast) and I have NEVER had a boss, coworker, guest, friend or family say anything about it.

It does not drip anywhere. It is not soaking wet but it is quite clear that I showered that morning.

 

[phragmipedium]

I have very curly, thick hair. If I shower the night before my hair looks horrific the next morning even after I brush it.
*snip*
It does not drip anywhere. It is not soaking wet but it is quite clear that I showered that morning.

This is me - except for my naturally curly hair is fine and shoulder length. If I washed it and slept on it or if I blew it dry, it would be a frizzy mess. I wash it in the morning, towel dry and put curling cream in, but I have to let it airdry. It's damp for the first half hour to hour or so I'm at work, then I flip it over and shake it out and it looks good - that's just the way it is.

I do work for a state office but it's pretty laid back...jeans, sandals, etc, not quite like a private sector corporate job.

 

[Sparx]

Even if I wash my hair the night before, when I wake up it can still be damp. I have very thick very curly hair. It takes it a couple hours to dry (and no, I won't blow dry it. I don't even OWN a blowdryer)

I wouldn't think twice if I saw someone with damp hair.

 

[Pigeon]

My impression is she has a great cut that doesn't require blow drying. Lucky her.

This.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Unless I was her boss, it would not fall on my radar because I don't care.