The Forbidden Moustache

Peter is forcing a smile like a man trying very, very hard to look unfazed. The moustache—thin, valiant, and wildly controversial—sits proudly atop his lip, the kind of facial hair that inspires equal parts admiration and HR inquiries. His friends have called it “a phase,” his coworkers have called it “not client-facing,” but we ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

What no one realizes is that Peter loves this moustache. He has named it. He has moisturized it. He has defended it in group chats. And behind that polite, camera-ready grin lies a boiling, incandescent fury: he knows this is the last day he’ll be allowed to keep it.

Peter was livid. He couldn't believe that they were making him get rid of his moustache after weeks of manicuring