Harassment/Comments on Your Dreads

That's not something I do. I may seem high to those who are always around high people, but I'm not the type you're talking about.

My most recent lock related/inspired comment was 2 days ago, when I went to buy a diamond sharpening stone. The two older clerks at the general store where talking about hunting, and where slow and disrespectful with service, I had to be demanding about asking to be rung up, and while they where talking about tracking something midway through checking me out, one of them said "Yeah, looks similar to barefoot hippy tracks". I didn't have the presence of mind to tell them that they where whitty and professional. (and I was spending 38 bucks at their store, too)

 

I consider my dreads like a "people filter". Anyone who is a jerk gets immediately filtered into the "close minded/don't want to be your friend" category. Nice people get filtered into the "hey, maybe we should get to know eachother" category...It's actually pretty handy, I get to see who they really are w/o wasting my time!

 

:iagree: What I find entertaining is with chill people that didn't even say anything about them at first. Then they get to know you and they ask funny questions but it's cool because it's honest and not like they're hassling you or anything. A ton of people at the gym I work at fall into this category.

 

^^...This Is What's Been Happening To Me Too, I Find It Rather Nice...



Cheers Glen.

 

This Post Rings So True, I Sent You A Pos Rep In Appreciation....



Cheers Glen.

 

I saw a guy at work the other who had dreads.

I first asked how long he had them for, then I preceded to ask him if they they were a pain in the ass to grow, but worth it? To which he answer me with a yes!

 

Barefoot, you totally have the right idea. My husband and I both have dreads and that's what he says all the time. The thing I hate and think is hilarious at the same time is when people grab their children's hand when they see me walking towards them. Because of my hair? Ignorance is bliss for some, but I like this dirty and beautiful world I live in, rockin my dreads proud : )

 

GlenGlen-Hey thanks!
Catiegb--I know, that always cracks me up! I just want to run like a crazy woman in circles and shout Raaaarrrrbbbbblllluuuuggggg! Ya know, really give em' a reason to run scared! Usually when people stare ate stoplights in the car I pick my nose or something equally ridiculous. lol, anything to make them do a double take!

 

The other day this one Chinese lady asked me if my hair was real. If someone on the street asked me that I would probably either laugh in their their face or ignore them, but I know that this woman is very smart about a lot of stuff and I assumed that she probably hadn't known many people with locks. I just smiled really big and said, "Yes, it is my real hair. It's been two years since I stopped combing. I just keep it clean." She is also very sweet (she gave me a red envelope for Chinese New Year) and often makes comments about how she must seem like a silly old lady for having to double check what lane she signed up for in the pool.

 

Get my bag emptied at airports.
At work theres a polish guy who tries to sing Bob Marley to me, i enjoy. Also at work theres a Ukranian girl who pulls them, dont enjoy.
I dont think anybody has said anything negative about them as such, in town i just get "look at the fuckin hair on that!" i enjoy it.

a question i dont think deserves a thread to itself. anybody ever dreaded thier facial hair? pics?

 

Get my bag emptied at airports.
At work theres a polish guy who tries to sing Bob Marley to me, i enjoy. Also at work theres a Ukranian girl who pulls them, dont enjoy.
I dont think anybody has said anything negative about them as such, in town i just get "look at the fuckin hair on that!" i enjoy it.

a question i dont think deserves a thread to itself. anybody ever dreaded thier facial hair? pics?

 

Nice barefoot - that would be a sight to see! : )

 

a lot of people seem to find me offensive. it used to take them a little while to realise that they were offended of me, because i wasn't visually offensive. it was the fact that i don't have a 'career', or a 'home', or i don't agree with their politics. i'm a 'deadbeat'.

now they know right away that they find me offensive, because i have messy hair.

that's usually middle-aged/ older people though.

i've had a few nice comments from younger people. a guy at a mexican restaurant told my friend he liked my hair. not sure why he didn't tell me himself, but whatever. and i've had a few random people come up and give me compliments. i get warm fuzzies.

oh, and i always get hassled at airports. about 9 times out of ten i'm the 'random' person they choose to pat down/ search bags/ use that weird bomb scanner thing on etc. last time i had 'mysterious powder' in my bag. it was cake mix.

 

i got asked if im selling weed all the time. seriously, i went to a festival last weekend and we counted... in 4 days i got asked if i had drugs 43 times.

i also get alot of genuine interest.. people asking if they can touch, how they form, what theyre like, cutting off etc. which is nice and i like talking about them

i also get alot of w*nkers calling me a rasta, whiteboy with dreads, calling them dirty, greasy etc, and just being ignorant dicks. the worst is when they call them dirty despite the fact i probably wash them more than they wash in general. Having said that, i live near alot of ingorant people.

 

That's 10.75 a day on average. Wow.

 

yup, sounds about right, it was an insane amount.
this is what you get for having dreads and wearing cut-up jeans and a peace sign shirt at a metal festival. you become the token hippie and therefore have drugs

 

"Way to contradict yourself. People joked you for being high because you were high."

Beutifulwarrior, would you care to follow the proceeding -rep statement with exactly where I contradicted myself? Just because you are the sort of **** who makes drug users in general look bad by not being able to handle what you do, where you do it, does not mean that I am. Don't project your own recklessness and transparency onto me.

 

I've never done drugs before in my life. I never would. I don't care what other poeple do with their own lives of course but not for me, not in my home and not around me.

You said you were in Wendy's high and people were giving you crap about it. It doesn't matter if you don't act like the guys in Half Baked; they were cracking jokes about you being in a state you just willing admitted to being in. That's like dressing up in goth style clothing, going to a Christian church and then being surprised that people are staring. Are they right to stare? No. Is it common sense that you'd get that reaction? Yes.

If you don't want people pointing and staring when you're high then don't go out in public. Plain and simple.

 

You don't seem to understand the situation, people, or drugs in general.

You have no clue how many of the people you see daily are high. I get the same thing when I'm not, just because of my hair. If you had nothing against people doing drugs, you would not have left me a negative rep telling my I contradicted myself when I did not.

Using your own logic, you considerably more than contradicted yourself, by admitting to not taking drugs but trying to assess what looks, feelings, or behaviors may arise from use of any one drug.

 

A great deal of my classmates did drugs. You're right some people you can't tell. Some you can. It's just like alcohol. Some people are cool as cucumbers under the influence, some are all over the place.

That's a snippet of what you said. If your complaint is that people always assume you're high you should a) say that and b) not use a time you were actually high as a point of reference.