Well ... Not
Exactly!
My skin showed
up a bit too early along with the greying hair. Lucky me - my Stylist - if you
want to call her that, is polite and never brings up my diminishing return on
hair investment. After fifteen some years of same place , time and tips- my
styling time started getting shorter & shorter like my privilege status
driven shrinking wait time! 10 minutes’ drive....5 minutes wait and maybe a few
more minutes to tame my thinning patch of hair! Small talk big talk my ears
didn't care.
And then one day
- something different to chew on! My hair stood around the rim of my ear lobes-
Yes guilty...Exaggeration!
Yes she says I
should color my hair....before answering I looked carefully around to make sure
it was directed at me and only me!
Indeed!
My curiosity
driven smile turns into a laughter - which will soon become sheepish!
And then this...
"blah blah
blah... .being a sales man... blah blah blah ...you will see a change in your
customers outlook....blah blah blah ...Its ok to get old...but You don't have
to look one!... blah blah blah......"
A customer
waiting with a satellite like dish around her head joined the chorus and
another one and another one too!
Rewind....some
blah blah blah and rewind some more blah blah blah..and play it again in my
slowing brain which has become fast and furious suddenly.....It’s ok to get old...but.....
One more time
Rewind and Play! It’s ok to get
old...BUT YOU DON'T....
Hairs around the
ears...yeah yeah same old exaggeration...so YOU KNOW what I am talking about!
Now my head is
warming up to the idea...and suddenly I am thinking wow...what a great tag
line..and I certainly have under estimated this person all these years!
Forty minutes
later....a jolt! Yes I knew I shouldn't have! Its pitch black! How am I going
to face my Family with this? In that moment I didn't care about my hyper
inflated charge and my stretched out time! The drive back - though a short one,
looked even shorter as I was scrambling to find an excuse for this decision of
mine...Remember Sheepish? This is where I would add that to my look as I enter
the living area! And will see it a few more times the next few days!
Thanks to Disney
and Mickey I didn't garner any attention there and so I slipped right into the
shower and then study pretending to be busy and pre occupied!
Then started my
elaborate routine of explaining why and how I did what I did! Good ice breaker-
for a few days! Sailing smoothly-
Then came the
shocker!
Getting ready to
trim my beard..#%?¥#% (not so severe curse word)!! Now I understand what Salt
and Pepper look like together! The growth is good and uniform.
The growth
in my face and head- didn't know I had changed colors!
And a dinner
meeting in a couple of hours! €#£%^¥|#!?! (now this one is a strong &
severe curse word) my Stylist for not educating me on how to cope with this
complication!
Think....and
Think harder!
Can't be that
tough- a couple of black and white tubes, a small brush and a 4 by 6 inches
instructions sheet.
Mistake? well let’s
reserve the judgment for later and call it....
Mission Possible
and An hour later I am ready!
Japanese are
hardworking , polite and detail oriented. Keep an eye on Detail Oriented!
During a dinner meeting - the detail oriented Japanese friend kept staring at
my head over and over again - being polite asked ....You Exercising Jan-san,
You dieting Jan-san, You looking Healthy Jan-san...You this Jan-san , you that
Jan-san and more and more Jan-san....but kept silent about my darkened head
patch and facial growth while keeping a side eye on them! though squirm-ish I
refused to talk with my mouthful!
To get a break
in conversation - I excuse myself to the boy’s room!
Another shocker
was waiting for me there. Mirrors don't lie - Black and More black and it had
spread beyond its intended area. And I am thinking maybe it’s not a good
idea to defer any judgment ...especially if it’s spelt m.i.s.t.a.k.e as now I am staring not at a mistake but a
BIG MISTAKE!
No wonder my
detail oriented friend was working Hard at controlling his laughter...in trying
to be polite?!? I am thinking as I was walking back.
Start the sob
story all over again....yes..yes..Sheepish Again... from my stylist all the way
down to the salt and pepper induced self-help experiment!
Putting the
blame squarely on my Stylist- for being so innovative and talented and felt I
needed to support her creative sales pitch after all these years of bald work!
Before I could
end the credit rolls- the lady sitting in the next table butted in politely and
spoiled my party!
Yes She said
-she is also in that profession- for over 20 years and said that is the first
thing they teach in their Profession before one starts!
As if that was
not enough damage to my pride she went on and on.....
And went on to
say this is the easy way to double or even triple up on the bill without any
protest!
And blah blah
blah and more blah blah blah before butting out!
And the black
patch which had started spreading from the hair was now spreading faster and
faster and all over my face!
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