Bad hair days are making thousands late for work: More than one in ten admit to being tardy because they are having problems with their locks
- A poll of 2,000 women found 12 per cent blame their hair for tardiness at work
- Some 20 per cent of women aged 25-34 said they were late due to their hair
- Newcastle and the North East women were most likely to be late due to their hair
It’s a worry that a lot of women have when they get up in the morning – how their hair looks.
Now a new survey reveals that more than one in ten admit to being late for work because they are having a bad hair day.
The nationwide poll of 2,000 women found that 12 per cent overall confessed that problems with their locks, including blow-drying and styling, had made them turn up late to their place of work.
The nationwide poll of 2,000 women found that 12 per cent overall confessed that problems with their locks, including blow-drying and styling, had made them turn up late to their place of work
Women from Newcastle and the North East were most likely to be late because of styling issues, with 17 per cent saying they were delayed more than once a month
In the 25-34 age bracket, an astonishing 20 per cent of those questioned, or one in five, admitted often being late as they tried to get a dodgy hairdo in order. Women from Newcastle and the North East were most likely to be late because of styling issues, with 17 per cent saying they were delayed more than once a month.
Welsh women were least worried about how their hair looked, with just seven per cent saying they had arrived late as a result.
For the South East, the figure was 12 per cent and a similar 13 per cent in the South West.
In the research by hair care giant TRESemmé, just eight per cent of women aged 55 and over admitted being late as a result of their hair.
Amazingly, two per cent of the women overall said they had even called in sick due to their troublesome tresses.
Leading stylist Aaron Carlo said: ‘From greasy roots to unwashed and unruly locks, a bad hair day can often determine the kind of day we’re going to have. With so many of us juggling work, social commitments, family and more, a quick and effective hair care range for those days in between when we wash our hair can be a saviour.’