It suited him. Made him look kind of edgy and cool.
Male flight attendants, traditionally, (and formerly by absolute company mandate), have tended to look incredibly conservative. I loved that this guy was doing his own thing.
Another crewmember, a woman about my age, mentioned his 'man bun'.
Me: "Cool, huh?" She sort of guffawed and looked at me like I was a nut.
Her: "You've got to be joking!"
Me: "No."
Her: "It's ridiculous!"
Me: "I don't know. There's always something new. I read this book by John Hodgman where he tracked facial hair trends of men through the years; from handlebar mustaches to goatees to chopper sideburns. It was pretty hilarious."
Her: (Icy silence designed to let me know I am stupid.)
---
Me (to you today...since she wouldn't listen to me yesterday):
When you think about it, there's a constant parade of new trends. What's cool in one era looks weird in another. I mean, our founding fathers wore wigs. Sometimes really elaborate wigs with all kinds of swoops and curls and ringlets. Then they'd pull it all back into a ponytail...and tie it with ribbon. As if that wasn't enough, they'd powder the whole crazy coiffure to make it white.
How'd that become a thing? (Don't answer this. Seems like I read somewhere that they wore wigs because of lice issues or something equally disgusting that I'd really rather not think about.)
So, anyway, over time people’s looks change and evolve. I wondered about this chick's range of 'acceptable looks'? What would she say if someone came on board our flight with a curled and powdered wig?
In an ironic (french?) twist she was sporting a blast-from-the-past-shag-meets-Farrah Fawcett-70's-tastic hairdo. I was perfectly fine with whatever choices she made with her own appearance until she started acting ugly about someone else. Then I had to think: Uh..., I wouldn't be casting stones if I were you, sister.
I guess the bigger point is our founding fathers were determining the future of democracy with those whacky wig-'dos.
Male flight attendants, traditionally, (and formerly by absolute company mandate), have tended to look incredibly conservative. I loved that this guy was doing his own thing.
Another crewmember, a woman about my age, mentioned his 'man bun'.
Me: "Cool, huh?" She sort of guffawed and looked at me like I was a nut.
Her: "You've got to be joking!"
Me: "No."
Her: "It's ridiculous!"
Me: "I don't know. There's always something new. I read this book by John Hodgman where he tracked facial hair trends of men through the years; from handlebar mustaches to goatees to chopper sideburns. It was pretty hilarious."
Her: (Icy silence designed to let me know I am stupid.)
---
Me (to you today...since she wouldn't listen to me yesterday):
When you think about it, there's a constant parade of new trends. What's cool in one era looks weird in another. I mean, our founding fathers wore wigs. Sometimes really elaborate wigs with all kinds of swoops and curls and ringlets. Then they'd pull it all back into a ponytail...and tie it with ribbon. As if that wasn't enough, they'd powder the whole crazy coiffure to make it white.
How'd that become a thing? (Don't answer this. Seems like I read somewhere that they wore wigs because of lice issues or something equally disgusting that I'd really rather not think about.)
So, anyway, over time people’s looks change and evolve. I wondered about this chick's range of 'acceptable looks'? What would she say if someone came on board our flight with a curled and powdered wig?
In an ironic (french?) twist she was sporting a blast-from-the-past-shag-meets-Farrah Fawcett-70's-tastic hairdo. I was perfectly fine with whatever choices she made with her own appearance until she started acting ugly about someone else. Then I had to think: Uh..., I wouldn't be casting stones if I were you, sister.
I guess the bigger point is our founding fathers were determining the future of democracy with those whacky wig-'dos.
...I figure a person can manage to pass out pretzels with a bun.
"I don't know how people get so anti-something. Mind your own business, take care of your own affairs, and don't worry about other people so much".
-Betty White
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