you have done it again dear friend @meesterboom congratulations for this great story.
The beard was a struggle in my time as a worker under the relationship of dependence, I understand that by a custion of hygiene in some work you can not use beard, such as dining rooms, kitchens, hostals. but there are others where the baraba can coexist in harmony with work, in short it is a matter of taste.
However you made it look very funny to the situation, I regret that you will have to lose your beard.
I wish you a wonderful evening, dear friend