I’m rarely at the ‘mandatory’ events that get noticed. Probably not seen as one of the team etc etc as a result. But my role requires me to deliver both cadet and staff training as well as maintain my own currency. There are only so many weekends…
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Stupid retailers and their stupid contracts with their stupid suppliers or stupid manufacturers resulting in me not being able to buy everything I need from one shop and so have to either to pay extra postage or visit 3 separate shops to get what I need.
Turning this on its head.
Stupid customers shopping around for stupid quick win savings without considering the stupid long term consequences if the stupid product goes wrong or needs stupid supplies or stupid maintenance.
To add another dynamic…
Stupid US manufacturers not using sensible metric measurements then making me pay stupid tax to get things imported. Then the stupid EU manufacturers using (sensible) metric measurements, but I still have to pay stupid tax now because of stupid brexit.
And yes.
It’s been a stupid day.
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Instructors telling female cadets they have to put their hair in a bun because they think the other options aren’t smart. It just annoys me so much. Last time it happened was a parade night where the cadets were doing fieldcraft…
Also, why is it normally the female instructors who are the main offenders?
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Feed it up the chain of command…that type of rubbish we need to stamp out. Im sure your RWO/WWO would want to know.
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It has been my experience that a minority of women seem to feel that because they suffered at the hand of a patriarchal society that made them jump through unnecessary hoops, that other women should also so suffer.
I see it often at work, some of the female judges treat female lawyers like crap, for minor infringements, and ignore my similar faux Pas, even when they are far worse. There’s one in Plymouth who is very critical of the appearances of female barristers, but won’t bat an eyelid if I look like a slob.
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The other odd thing is the actual dress issues that were present, such as big earring and laces sticking out everywhere. Priorities definitely wrong there.
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I think that field craft is one of the few times you can mandate a bun (ATC world anyway) due to the field conditions & the all the mud & snag factors from brambles.
However I do remember a similar big whoo ha about dinners & wearing hair up. Male OC wasn’t that bothered but female staff were very insistent on the(ir) dress regs being followed.
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As a female FC instructor, trust me a bun is not going to save you from snagging on brambles or low branches, I’ve had more issues with my hair up in a bun then I even have with it in a pony tail or a plait, if you get caught in a bramble then having it long often means the bramble just pulls through it, in a bun it gets tangled and caught on itself.
Buns are also often held in place with bobby pins, the last thing you want is someone landing on their bun and knocking one of those into their scalp
I will always have mine in a plait or pony tail when out in the field, mostly because I find buns are really uncomfortable to be worn all day.
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No worries - as some one who doesn’t have long hair I can only go on the opinions & advice of those around me.
the female field craft instructors I know (esp the non-ATC ones who do lots more fieldcraft than I) took a very different view, plaits apparently made sense but are very faffy in the field. Bun work best but no need to do parade ground overboard with loads of hair clips etc. Just enough to what’s needed.
Loose pony tail was an absolute no to them 
So this seems to be the big reason behind to bun or not bun. There are those with long hair who get severe migraines if their hair is tied back tightly particularly in a bun but the majority don’t which is probably why that it’s the cultural norm. Not having hair tied up would be a reasonable adjustment in those cases.
Health & safety is the only reason to insist on a particular hair style even if it’s uncomfortable , and for the vast majority of cadet activities hair style doesn’t affect.
I suspect that the RAFP still have to wear long hair in buns as if you get into a scrap you don’t want your hair ripped out by the offender.
And yet real Police forces don’t require such dross.
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Ooh - my local one does, or at least words it that it needs to be secured above the ears & collar & you’re not allowed pony tails or pig tails. Whether it’s enforced effectively is another matter - saw one new response cop with a nose ring ! 
Plaits are a standard choice really for fieldcraft exercises. It doesn’t bother me as long as they are wearing an appropriate style that keeps the hair from falling over the working parts of the rifle.
Brambles etc happen to the general public, and I rarely see ramblers putting their hair in buns before their head out.
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Personally I don’t think the other options are as smart, but that’s a personal opinion. Is it my place to push that opinion down the CoC? Definitely not🤔
If you’re going to enforce anything maybe the breach in regulations should come the first…
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Trying to enjoy your first holiday in six years but it always gets upstaged by that country’s common cold viruses
Maybe, but they’re not planning on crawling the whole ramble are they?
You clearly haven’t met the public who take their constitutionals on my local training area 
Does your child even walk yet? #justyouwait
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With his brick trolley, yes. Otherwise no.
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Maybe stop crawling through brambles? 
Per-booked Taxi for the airport not turning up, so 45 minutes of stress trying to get a replacement.