Pink-haired shop worker must wear wig and cover tattoos

A woman has had to cover her tattoos and wear a wig over her pink hair to appear "more normal" while working at a Suffolk shop.

Friends said Trudy Moorhouse, from Badingham, had been at the Co-op in Laxfield for eight years without any complaints about her appearance. After a shop refit Mrs Moorhouse was asked to "dress more appropriately".



Mrs Moorhouse has now chosen to wear a black wig as she "did not want to get rid of her pink hair". She is also wearing long sleeves to cover her tattoos and has put sticky plasters on her face to cover her piercings.

A Spokesman for The Co-operative Food said: "There is a clear policy in place regarding dress code and how colleagues present themselves in our food stores. An amicable arrangement has been put in place at the store with Trudy." A petition has been set up calling for the store to change its policy. Mrs Moorhouse would not comment.