We devs love AI tools, but using ChatGPT to inspect a candidate's hair? Dive into this hilarious Reddit drama of a hiring manager going totally rogue with AI.
We devs love to brag about using AI tools to write boilerplate or fix our spaghetti code, but have you ever seen a manager use ChatGPT to... inspect an employee's hair length? You literally can't make this sh*t up.
Here's the rundown from a wild Reddit post: The OP was interviewing for a "server" gig (a restaurant waiter, not an Apache server, guys). Their hair was on the longer side, but they literally worked the exact same role at another joint with zero issues.
Enter the hiring manager, who probably just discovered AI and decided to upload OP's face directly into ChatGPT without permission (privacy violation, much?). The goal? To check if the hair was "up to code."
The irony? The AI actually replied logically: "The length is fine, you just need a hairnet." Did the manager listen? Nope. They hit OP with: "A hairnet isn't okay, you need to cut it shorter," and flat-out rejected them.
The dev and tech community on Reddit had an absolute field day tearing this manager apart.
AI is a fantastic tool for productivity, but using it as a shield to hide behind when you lack the spine to just say "I don't like your haircut" is a major red flag.
The takeaway for us? If you're interviewing and spot a manager using tech completely wrong just to justify their ego, run. Dodging that bullet is worth more than getting stuck in a toxic workplace managed by a human who acts dumber than an under-trained bot.
Source: Reddit
