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  • #1

    And that is your business because?

    Since I'm a teeny-tiny guy that gets mistaken for a girl ALL the time (having a feminine name doesn't help) I tend to take a lot of flak for how I look, but I'm used to it. For the past year or so, I've started wearing my hair in an undercut- most of it is long, tied back in a horsetail, but the right side is shaved. For the most part, if I get comments on it at all it's people asking where I got it done (I do it myself), am I going to put patterns in it, stuff like that. However, sometimes I get people like this older dude today:

    Me: /
    SC: Old Cranky McGrump

    Me: Hello! Will this be all for today, sir?

    SC: Well look at that. You must've banged your head up pretty hard, huh?

    Me: Oh, no, I actually cut it like this on purpose, I wasn't injured! (some people have thought I had a head injury that resulted in the necessity of shaving that area, so this I'm not surprised by)

    SC: Oh really? Well, it's certainly beautiful. (in the most sarcastic voice ever) Best part is it'll grow back. I bet your mother is just SO PROUD of you and how you choose to let yourself look. So professional.

    Me: Well, I wouldn't know, since I don't have a mother! Don't have any family, actually. Been alone pretty much forever. Foster homes and stuff like that aren't much fun, I can tell you.

    SC:

    Me: Here's your receipt, have a great day sir!


    It wouldn't bother me too much, but it's annoying to have so many people judging me based on a single aspect of how I look. I like my hair this way - it looks good on me, it's easy to style (my hair is super thick and curly so something that makes it more manageable is a huge HELL YES) and I just like it. Besides, it's none of their business. It's not nearly as bad as the few weeks I had to wear an eyepatch for medical reasons (if I heard one more person call me 'that pirate kid' or talking like a pirate at me, or trying to pull the freaking thing off my face - yes that happened) but it's still irritating.

    Anyone else get stuff like this?
    The customer is always WRONG.
    Tags: appearance, haircuts, sc judgement
  • #2
    I'm an orphan. Been there, done that. Thru away the t-shirt.

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    • #3
      Quoth smalltownclerk View Post
      I'm an orphan. Been there, done that. Thru away the t-shirt.
      - solidarity fistbump for the family-less -

      Gets super annoying when people start asking for details and want to know everything about how you ended up alone, what happened to you in the foster homes, ect. One of my coworkers kept demanding more information, and asked if I was abused in some of the homes, and I was like "Well, yeah, but I'd rather not go into it." He actually flat-out said, and I quote, "No, I want details! What kind of stuff did they do? Did they sexually abuse you?" It's like...dude, wtf?! None of your freakin' beeswax!
      The customer is always WRONG.

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      • #4
        Most that happened was some lady saying I should be ashamed of myself cause a portion of my hair was shaved and I had the choice to but not cancer patients in chemo. Jealousy much?

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        • #5
          Quoth cashierbex View Post
          Most that happened was some lady saying I should be ashamed of myself cause a portion of my hair was shaved and I had the choice to but not cancer patients in chemo. Jealousy much?
          Dude, seriously? Was she going to bitch at people because they had the choice to grow their hair out ten feet long, but because someone else couldn't they were being jerks by not growing out theirs? Blargh.

          I like to grow my hair out really long (the portion I don't shave) and donate it. You should tell her that's why yours is so short, you grow it out and then donate it all. Shut her up.
          The customer is always WRONG.

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          • #6
            Reminds me of how I had fun with customers who knew me before I started shaving my head.

            Them: "What happened to your hair?"
            J2K: "Why, what's wrong with--" (feels bald head) "--OH MY GOD."
            Them:
            PWNADE(TM) - Serve up a glass today! | PWNZER - An act of pwnage so awesome, it's like the victim got hit by a tank.

            There are only Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse because I choose to walk!

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            • #7
              I love Jay's answer!

              Me: Oh, no, I actually cut it like this on purpose, I wasn't injured! (some people have thought I had a head injury that resulted in the necessity of shaving that area, so this I'm not surprised by)
              I suspect that's because it's "off balance." Though Grumpy McGrumpasshole would probably have bitched even if it was shaved on both sides. (Paxillated is now having visions of you shaving for Locks of Love, and then growing it out on the right side, where it used to be shaved!)
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              • #8
                Yeesh...in March I shaved my head and donated over a foot of hair to a Cancer organisation that also makes wigs. Nobody's said anything negative, but then again, I'm lucky enough to not have to deal with the public much. Also, undercuts are SO VERY MUCH for the win. Especially in summer!
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                • #9
                  Quoth Faetouched View Post
                  it's annoying to have so many people judging me based on a single aspect of how I look.
                  meh. Even if you're plain vanilla, people will do this - step outside their comfort zone and you'll get judged harshly. BIG difference is, polite people don't show or indicate that judging. Think of it as an easy insight into strangers.

                  Quoth Faetouched View Post
                  want to know everything about how you ended up alone,
                  "Joe Chill shot my parents outside the theater!" (If you can work in an angry sniffle, all the better.)
                  It's unreal how insensitive some can be, although you'd think that even the terminally boorish would know that this topic is likely to be a touchy one. I can't think of a silver lining to being orphaned.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth sms001 View Post
                    "Joe Chill shot my parents outside the theater!" (If you can work in an angry sniffle, all the better.)
                    WIN!!
                    I am no longer of capable of the emotion you humans call “compassion”. Though I can feign it in exchange for an hourly wage. (Gravekeeper)

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                    • #11
                      I'll never understand why so many people fixate on OTHER people's hair....


                      It's not sizing you up to ATTACK you..... and claim you as a new host, so just leave it alone!
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                      • #12
                        Quoth Argabarga View Post
                        It's not sizing you up to ATTACK you..... and claim you as a new host, so just leave it alone!
                        The truck driver knowsssss.... ksssxh FOR THE SWARM
                        PWNADE(TM) - Serve up a glass today! | PWNZER - An act of pwnage so awesome, it's like the victim got hit by a tank.

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                        • #13
                          me and my mom have finally come to an understanding, as long as i dont wear my wibbly wobbly shirt around nana i can do what ever i want to my hair and my body. I told her i almost gave myself a mohawk but didnt want to shave my head in the middle of summer cause sun screen in hair sucks, she only laughed

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Argabarga View Post
                            I'll never understand why so many people fixate on OTHER people's hair.... It's not sizing you up to ATTACK you..... and claim you as a new host, so just leave it alone!
                            You mean like this?
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                            • #15
                              Asking about your personal family life/past? >_< No way. Off-limits.

                              If they press, you can always respond with something like "Well, the courts have sealed those records because *twitch* it all went down when I was a minor." Then give them your best gigantic grin. Preferably with eyes WIIIIIDE open.
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