"Speak to the Manager" Haircut

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the face a white woman makes when you tell her the manager is on their way

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"Speak to the Manager" haircut refers to variations of a women's haircut style that is short in the back and longer in the front, which is sometimes referred to as a "tannie haircut." Online, the hairstyle is often mocked as representative of middle-aged women who insist on complaining to managers at retail stores and restaurants.

Origin

On August 5th, 2014, Facebook user Crush Rush submitted a picture of a woman's profile with the haircut, along with the caption "The 'can I speak to the manager' haircut"^[5] (shown below).

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On September 12th, 2014, Redditor johnnylogic re-uploaded the image to /r/funny^[1]. Prior to being archived, the post gained over 3,100 points (72% upvoted) and 370 comments.
On December 13th, 2014, a photograph of the haircut was featured in a "Can I speak to the manager" starter pack submitted to the /r/starterpacks^[2] subreddit (shown below, left). On July 27th, 2017, the @MensHumor^[4] Twitter feed posted a photograph of a dog with a side-swept hairstyle captioned with a joke about it being named "Kim" and wanting "to speak to your manager" (shown below, right).

The "can I speak to the manager" starter pack

Kim, 35, has 2 boys ages 7 and 13, cooks a mean boiled egg, drives a Ford Flex, and wants to speak to your manager

On February 10th, 2018, a collection of photographs of the haircut was published on Ebaum's World.^[7]

On September 30th, Redditor vidoardes submitted a screenshot of a Facebook conversation about the haircut to /r/FuckYouKaren,^[3] where it garnered more than 6.1k upvotes (100% upvoted) and 20 comments within three months. On October 9th, the Vice site Broadly^[6] published an article titled "Can I Speak to Your Manager?: The Beauty & Necessity of A Notorious Haircut," chronicling the history of the hairstyle.