Slight Vent!

[Jalen's Mom]

Okay, I'm walking in the mall with my son today, and this guy working at a kiosk comes up to me and asks me to come over. I was feeling friendly, so I followed him over to the kiosk. My hair was up in a bun with my bangs kind of swept over to one side, so they (the bangs) were the only hair out. This man proceeded to reach for my bangs and was gonna flat iron them with some mall flat iron! I was shocked that he was actually reaching for my hair! I backed up and told him NO! Is that rude? Am I making a big deal about nothing? I was just kind of taken back by the situation. I told him I don't know where that flat iron has been and my hair is full of product...you don't do that!

 

[LaidBak]

Yeah, he was dead wrong.

 

[mrsjohnson75]

No, you weren't rude but he was. I would have did the same thing.

 

[lusciousladie07]

I know your not questioning if YOUR ACTION was rude??? His was extremely rude. You did the right thing.. You were better than me.. It would have been a MAN DOWN,CODE 10 sit-u-a-tion!! Ya hear me..lol...him with that nasty flat iron..What nerve! He should have at least asked you first...

 

[mj11051]

No you weren't rude. I'd slap at his hand for reaching for my hair

 

[locabouthair]

I'm very protective over my hair. I'd react the same way.

 

[Ronnieaj]

You have to be like that with mall people sometimes! I was at a high-end mall in NOVA, making a quick stop and about to go home, and some man LITERALLY RAN after me in the mall with a flat iron!! I had to tell him off in the store. All the ...... white people (there's just no other way to say it) were stopping and staring at me. I was like no you don't come after my hair like that! I know you have lost your everloving mind fool! He told me that I'd be so much prettier if I straightened my hair. Hmph! I told him I might be in some high-falutin (sp?) siddity place, but I'm from East Oakland and don't get it twisted, you will be handled! Take one more step...... He went away. Gurl, got my blood pressure all up!!! Anyway, I think you handled yourself just fine!

 

[Nice & Wavy]

You would have been wrong if you let him do it, after learning all this valuable info on LHCF!!!

 

[longhairdreamzz]

I would've done the same thing. He's got alot of nerve. You don't know were the flat iron or his hands have been.

 

[doll-baby]

They are always trying to lure my frizzy haired self to their kiosk, I try to keep a safe distance from them.

 

[ad0rkabletash]

You are not overreacting, that was just RUDE! Couldn't have been me - the security would be escorting me to the nearest exit!

 

[Jalen's Mom]

Thank you ladies for your support. I'm ROTFLMAO! Y'all are crazy, but I knew you'd understand.

 

[amber815]

them fools armed with those flat irons kill me. they stop me all the time, im like no not wit all that smoke coming from that iron, and i have no idea where that iron has been!!

 

[newflowers]

It kind of reminds me of when the perfume ladies would spray you - never a good thing, but who the heck knows where that flat iron has been, in whose head, what products, how clean - not to mention his hands. You were the soul of politic politeness; he's lucky you didn't cry attempted assault with a flat iron - strangers, no matter what they're selling, have no right to reach out and touch like that.

 

[PatTodd]

Of course he was wrong to try to use some blazing hot hair implement on you without warning or permission! Sounds like he was a bit desperate also!

ETA: Everybody is talking about how they don't know where the flatiron's been - OK but, we also have no idea whether he has that thing turned up to four-fiddy or fi-hunned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Almaz]

Man he would have gotten slapped

 

[RadiantBeauty]

Okay, I'm walking in the mall with my son today, and this guy working at a kiosk comes up to me and asks me to come over. I was feeling friendly, so I followed him over to the kiosk. My hair was up in a bun with my bangs kind of swept over to one side, so they (the bangs) were the only hair out. This man proceeded to reach for my bangs and was gonna flat iron them with some mall flat iron! I was shocked that he was actually reaching for my hair! I backed up and told him NO! Is that rude? Am I making a big deal about nothing? I was just kind of taken back by the situation. I told him I don't know where that flat iron has been and my hair is full of product...you don't do that!

You gotta be kidding me! The way you reacted was in your right! He had some nerve! You should have complained to the company that he is working for!:hardslap:

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

You have to be like that with mall people sometimes! I was at a high-end mall in NOVA, making a quick stop and about to go home, and some man LITERALLY RAN after me in the mall with a flat iron!! I had to tell him off in the store. All the ...... white people (there's just no other way to say it) were stopping and staring at me. I was like no you don't come after my hair like that! I know you have lost your everloving mind fool! He told me that I'd be so much prettier if I straightened my hair. Hmph! I told him I might be in some high-falutin (sp?) siddity place, but I'm from East Oakland and don't get it twisted, you will be handled! Take one more step...... He went away. Gurl, got my blood pressure all up!!! Anyway, I think you handled yourself just fine!

 

[Jetblackhair]

No you were not rude, he was!

Next time wear an old wig, make sure it's synthetic and when they decide to just pull your hair and flat iron it, the joke will be on them for not asking in the first place.

 

[BrooklynSouth]

That man was crazy!!!!!!!!

 

[Nice & Wavy]

Of course he was wrong to try to use some blazing hot hair implement on you without warning or permission! Sounds like he was a bit desperate also!

ETA: Everybody is talking about how they don't know where the flatiron's been - OK but, we also have no idea whether he has that thing turned up to four-fiddy or fi-hunned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:rofl3:

 

[Tarae]

I really hate those stupid kiosks, especially the flat iron one. I ignore them, and it's like they're running after me with that 500 degree flat iron that has been all up in everyone else's hair.

And yes, they do try to just touch your hair. Before they even say a word, their hands are coming towards your head.

 

[Nice & Wavy]

Gotta get a can of Mace for some of those people in the mall. One time when I was in Orlando for a wedding, I can't remember the name of this mall, but it was huge...anyways, this guy wouldn't take no for an answer...he kept tellin me I was gonna get this thing...I had to finally break out on him and he was stunned...stepped back and turned around. Dh was standing there...., looked at the guy and said "you see I didn't say anything....my wife could handle herself very well"

 

[Nice & Wavy]

I really hate those stupid kiosks, especially the flat iron one. I ignore them, and it's like they're running after me with that 500 degree flat iron that has been all up in everyone else's hair.

And yes, they do try to just touch your hair. Before they even say a word, their hands are coming towards your head.

And what about the ones that want to put that stuff on your hands? They come up on you like they are going to eat you and I'm always like:

 

[lusciousladie07]

And what about the ones that want to put that stuff on your hands? They come up on you like they are going to eat you and I'm always like:

LMAO That pic is hilarious... Look at the Bruce Lee cat!!! LMAO

 

[mariofmagdal]

Wow, that's crazy! He was definitely wrong.

 

[Your Cheeziness]

Touching my hair unauthorized is as big a violation as touching a black man's car radio.

 

[Pandora1975]

Touching any part of me without invitation is dangerous. Goin for my hair is downright stupid. Perhaps that's why I avoid the mall like the plague. You did the right thing, and way more diplomatically than I think most of us would have.

 

[MsEllie]

OMG, I haven't been to the mall in years... don't do mall shopping and I think its for that reason - people be bugging when they should be minding their own business. You work to hard to get your hair where it is and he try to damage it in one swoop with that unsanitary iron erplexed. I would have done the same thing if not more

 

[Mik]

You should have snatched that thing out of his hand and flat-ironed his greasy hair with it, see how he would have liked that!