Thank You But My Hair Is Not Your Plaything.

[ralerin]

This happened Tuesday night at Aid of Rite.

I was the floor sorting out the jewelry when a customer asked me if I could see if we had <popular brand of water that makes you smart> in the cooler. So I stand up and the customer follows me towards me the back, yammering about how nice I am and how much of a pain she must be. Suddenly she says, "Oh look at this fricken gorgeous hair!" *TUG TUG TUG* "OH MY GAWD!" *TUG TUG*

Me: *backs away quickly* "Um...thanks." *disappear in cooler*

Yeah...left me a bit confused, that.

[SilverOrb]

You're nicer than me. I'd probably get fired for saying "Get your f*cking hands off my hair!"

[Lil Bunny]

Much nicer than me as well. I have a bad hand smack reaction. Not hit but a brush off if you will. My hair, bad customer, bad!

[Amina516]

That used to happen to me when I go to a particular bar. Guys and girls alike would be trying to shove their hands in my head asking if it was real...

*For the record, yes it is real.

[LillFilly]

Hee, I had my hair in sort of a Liza Minelli style a few years ago, and it was dyed black. It was very sleek and straight. Apparently, a manager at my hotel at thought for weeks it was a wig. I found that out when she asked me what my 'real' hair was like. Apparently the country she came from has a lot of women who shave their hair close and wear wigs in a similar style to my hair!

Friend of mine, a guy, has beautiful red/gold hair. He was always insulted by women telling him his hair was 'too good for him' and guys hitting on him from behind!

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

Sounds like someone had one too many shots in her caramel-blueberry-guava-pumpkin latte today.

[gunsage]

Or you turn around and quickly grab the crotch. When they jump back like they're on hot coals you go "Oops, I thought we were playing touchy feely. MY BAD." This is another reason I don't directly deal with customers anymore.

[MadMike]

That would have freaked me out too, unless it was someone who was cute and female.

Of course, then there would be another problem. Having my hair played with does certain things to me.

[ralerin]

SC was female, but not cute. 40's and dressed rather raggedly.

Having my hair played with doesn't bother me, unless, of course, it's total strangers pulling on it like a bell pull. Least she wasn't doing it hard enough to cause pain, and that I also had a really fast escape.

[Iris Kojiro]

Ack. I get hair comments quite frequently, from both men and women. Sometimes it's nice, other times it's like "OMG get this person out of here!"

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

I'd have screamed out in fake pain, fallen to the floor (and yes I know this would have likely caused more pain) and continued to scream until the person let it go.

The look on their faces will be priceless and odds are to avoid a lawsuit they will drop everything and run.

Run like Peter Rabbit with Mr McGreggor hot on his heels with a Winchester Rifle in a ludicrously large caliber.

[Food Lady]

Ack. I get hair comments quite frequently, from both men and women. Sometimes it's nice, other times it's like "OMG get this person out of here!"

Me, too, but they don't touch it (seeing as how I'm behind a counter). I guess it's part of being a curlyhead.

[TimmyHate]

I used to get this almost daily when I had my Mohawk.

"Is it real"? *TUG* OW!

Of course it came in handy when i was out on the town...cute girls would ask if they could touch it...great conversation starter...

[HYHYBT]

I didn't know there was such a thing, but it certainly sounds like someone *needs* to drink more of a brand of water that makes you smarter.

[Antisocial_Worker]

When my hair was down to my waist, it always drew attention, whether it was in a braid or hanging free. It's chestnut brown and wavy. Thankfully, I was always able to dodge in time whenever I saw someone coming at me looking like they wanted to grab a handful of it.