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Brushing hair in public places? The stuff on our heads?

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Feminine · 14/11/2013 14:59

Is it that my Mother just annoying me? or is it bad manners to bring out ones hair-brush and give it a good going over...whipping it in to a fluffy ball-no matter where you are?

The cafe,

The street?

The bus?

This is a lady who prides herself on good manners. When she does this though, she seems to have no respect for those sitting behind/around her?

I am positive she would have told me not to do it when I was younger Confused

I think it should be done in the powder -room Wink

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sandfrog · 14/11/2013 15:04

YANBU. You brush your hair, apply makeup etc. at home or in the ladies.

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FracturedViewOfLife · 14/11/2013 15:06

I read that as "Brushing hair in pubic places?"

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KerwhizzedMyself · 14/11/2013 15:08

Argh I can't bear it. Especially when you are on the bus and the person sat in front of you starts doing it. Moulting hair floating everywhere

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Frettchen · 14/11/2013 15:09

I've done it in public... Well, on the way from my front door to my car (a bit of a trek) - if I'm running late it makes more sense to do it on the move.

Also, if I'd been doing something to mess my hair up (i.e. soft play with my niece & nephew) then I'd probably go ahead and run a brush through it rather than disappearing into a toilet to do it.

Maybe I've just got terrible manners...

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lljkk · 14/11/2013 15:09

Food prep or consumption areas is yucky to me, rest I wouldn't mind in the least.

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AnyFuckersfrogslegs35 · 14/11/2013 16:46

I've done it at work - in the toilet and at my desk. Also done it on buses but anywhere there's food I don't.

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SourSweets · 14/11/2013 16:49

Bad manners fo sho.

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KareninsGirl · 14/11/2013 16:56

I brush my hair all the time. I am clearly very ill-mannered :)

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LaurieFairyCake · 14/11/2013 16:59

Bad manners in a cafe or around others. Outside on your own in a field, fine.

I always think 'bathroom activity' about anything that attends to personal care.

I don't eat in the street either. (Apart from ice cream)

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rwepi · 14/11/2013 17:05

Yep very bad manners afaic

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BeautifulBlondePineapple · 14/11/2013 17:27

Shouldn't be done in public IMHO.

There is a woman at my work who puts her hand up her top and sprays deoderant on her actual armpits. At her desk. Every morning!!! Probably better than her smelling, but I have no idea why she can't do this at home or in the ladies loos.

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Chivetalking · 14/11/2013 17:32

Cafe?? Shock

V. bad manners near others.

I have no wish to be showered with a stranger's stray dandruff particles or loose hairs. Can't see anyone else welcoming it either.

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ShatnersBassoon · 14/11/2013 17:33

A woman sitting on the seat in front of me on the bus brushed her very thick, very tangled hair. Dandruff and loose hair all over me. Bad manners.

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fluffyraggies · 14/11/2013 17:51

I was taught it was bad manners. I think. I can't remember being taught it mind you.

I've always been a bit coy about putting on lipstick just any old where. Only now i'm older i give less of a damn, and will whip out the lippy and put it on when ever.

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SirChenjin · 14/11/2013 17:57

No, it's bad manners (and completely rank). It is just plain antisocial to spray bits of old scalp skin and hair over people in your immediate vicinity. Yuk yuk yuk.

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Famzilla · 14/11/2013 18:07

I had never heard of this being an issue before. Then again, I have long thick curls so it only gets brushed during it's once weekly wash

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Feminine · 14/11/2013 18:22

It annoys me as she would have been horrified if I had done it ( at one time)

Very odd that she has taken it up at 71! Grin

Thanks for your replies, at least I'm not the only one.

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SuperStrength · 14/11/2013 18:47

I think I'm the most fussy in that case as I can't stand women brushing their hair in the ladies loos at work, it gets right on my wick. They spend up to 5 minutes in front of the mirror giving it a good brush...dropping hairs & dead skin into the basin then walk out leaving all the mess behind....eurghhh...makes my stomach turn.
I would mind less if they had attractive hair in anyway.
Dont get me wrong, I don't mind someone repairing their do\replacing pins etc...it's the thorough brushing through with the cascading detritus that grates on my nerves...makes me want to scream...'stop wasting time & go back to your bloody desk'....and breathe...

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chandellina · 14/11/2013 19:23

I'm totally an offender, I brush at my desk, in the lift, on the street but try not to be seen and literally just run the brush through once for a quick tidy. IMO it's nowhere near as bad as colleagues who cut their nails. For real.

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dementedma · 14/11/2013 20:26

Short hair here and don't even own a hairbrush, let alone straighteners, hairdryers etc.

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Gruntfuttock · 14/11/2013 20:48

I'm a bit baffled by this TBH. I've never brushed my hair in a public place, because it has never been necessary so it wouldn't even cross my mind. Confused

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Thants · 14/11/2013 21:06

I brush my hair at work and on the bus but wouldn't in a food place. I do my makeup on the bus too.

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SirChenjin · 14/11/2013 21:10

Yuk. Don't do it. Have some respect for the people around you.

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Thants · 14/11/2013 21:40

I don't think it disrespectful. It does not bother me if other people do it.

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WhizzFucker · 14/11/2013 21:48

Generally I'd say yuck, but she's 71 - you're entitled to be rude in public at that age I reckon. There have to be some perks to being old.

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