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[boxofdelights]

I forgot to tell you guys that Nixie is living at home this semester. None of the classes she wanted were being offered Fall semester, so she decided to make herself an internship instead. She's working for a psychology professor here at CSU, taking EEGs of people looking at pictures of faces.

She also got a job as a busboy at a family-owned breakfast and lunch restaurant. They seem to like her: they've got her waiting tables and running the cash register as needed. Her purple hair really stands out though. She could use some advice on how to tell people not to put their hands in your hair when you are in a customer service position and they are the customer.

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[telophase]

Well, my husband hates being touched (he's getting used to being touched by me, although I tend to poke him in odd ways because it makes him curl up like a pillbug and squeal) and he finds that when total strangers like salespeople who ring our doorbell stick their hands to to shake, if he looks them in the eye and deadpans "I have a phobia" they tend to get embarrassed and don't press him.

Might not work for a woman, unfortunately, but worth a try.

[boxofdelights]

I'll suggest it!

[bifemmefatale]

Perhaps she should just wear her hair pinned up or covered?

[boxofdelights]

It's a good suggestion! She does wear it up at work, but not covered.

[malka]

I have heard positive reports about making up fantastical do-not-X stories, like "Oh, please don't touch it -- I'm turning into a blueberry and I wouldn't want to turn you into one too." I think the logic is that it gives a distraction that the two people can riff on together, so it reads as play rather than as a rejection.

It doesn't suit my personality, so I haven't tried it personally, and with any of these things YMMV.

[bibliofile]

Cool. Well, except for the hair touching ("Please don't").

Also, HBD!