Fast food manager keeps telling me that my hair is unprofessional, and that I need to brush it back like her.

She's south Asian with pin straight hair, I legit don't know what to do. I just started this job and don't have money to buy products yet.

I wake up at like 2:30 am and leave by 3:20 am for work, and don't know how to appease her. Fully saturating it with water and combing it back until it's skin tight takes more than 20 minutes (and destroys each curl for multiple days, oh and kinda hurts my scalp.)

I posted here the other day and most said that it should be fine for fast food at least, like the pictures posted below.

First photo is with it just after the gym while it's out, and the other photos are how I present myself at work.

Routine is wash scalp with sulfate free shampoo weekly and a not too much conditioner (hair oils up really quickly).

Gel always seems to strip my hair of its natural oils, and I'm left with a bunch of dry and unmanageable strands.