I am sure you have all seen the random shoe or sock on the side of the road or on the sidewalk. We see this common item and wonder, “How do you lose one shoe/sock?”,  “What happened to it’s mate?” or even “Some poor soul lost a shoe/sock.”

But this morning I didn’t see a shoe or a sock. No, I saw pieces of someone’s hair weave abandoned on the sidewalk.  Still partially braided, matted and tangled it lay prostrate on the sidewalk.

The common shoe or sock scenario thoughts didn’t run through my head. Here was a chunk of hair, not a small one mind you, smack dab in the middle of the sidewalk. All I could think was “How the hell did this get there?”, “I hope it was discarded on purpose by the wearer” and “God, that had to hurt”.

I just had the overwhelming feeling that it shouldn’t be there. My brisk morning walk to get the paper was interrupted by a hairy interloper.  People shouldn’t be leaving their discarded hair anywhere! It just shouldn’t be!