NerdyBird's blog post

Today we had a little girl come through with her mom. She was not a crazy hell-child like we sometimes get, but she had her fingers all over our clean sneeze-guard, was hanging on the chip racks and tried to take money out of the tip jar (once she found out what the jar was for she tried to pull a $20 out of her mom's purse to add to the jar, so I can't really find it in me to be too aggravated, lol). As I was ringing them up, she pointed to my hair and said "Did you know that your hair is turning green!?" She was not trying to be funny, and was not really curious. She seemed worried more than anything. As she was staring at me, I leaned over the counter and replied " It was the leprechauns."

Now, most people would laugh. Hell, most kids seem to think that it is great, that a member of the fey may have messed with my hair. She just looked bewildered. I explained to her that leprechauns think it is good fun to turn little girls's hair green when they do not listen to their parents. She looked at me, looked at her mother, and huffed that at least Santa brings you presents when you are good.

Thankfully she no longer looked scared. I told her that she did not have to worry too much, as her coat would look lovely with a bit of green so near, and I think she at least caught that I was being silly then. Either way, she stayed next to her mother and kept her hands in her pockets until she left.

Thank goodness for the little people