I am undertaking a small social experiment as one of the things that bothers me is how do you end up meeting with people on the road do you approach them or let them approach you. How do they view you the way you look. Do you consider yourself to be approachable?

After a trip to halfords [in my uniform clearly displaying prison officer in white writing on it] I was followed by both the uniformed security guards and their plain clothes as well as the security cameras. When i asked them as they stood over me at the till why they did this as it is incredible overkill on their part and against everything I was told to do when I worked security they said I looked dodgy and so did the guy that came in with me[ an off duty police officer]. They then informed me i must have a guilty conscience if I didnt like having a security guard at each end of the shopping lane staring at everything I did and a plain clothes one standing 3 foot from me at all times.The little gimp of a manager stood behind them sniggering.
I did get the last laugh on them though as an ex con I knew came up to me in teh car park and offered me 2 socket sets he had just nicked while all the guards were following me. I declined of course and his invite to go into the pcworld next door.
This led me to thinking about how I was going to be judged by people I met on the trip. Im 6ft had a skinhead and a goaty people generally dont talk to me in bars[ except squaddies for some reason]. I will hold a door open for someone at the shopping mall and they will go to another one and people looked shocked if I show some manners. I am not the sort of person that people start random conversations with or speak to in the street.
So I decided I will grow my hair and see what happens as I used to have very long hair the only down side of this was the odd occasional ass grab from men at the bar[ they often got a shock when I turned round but on occasion some of them looked quite pleased.] and the fact my hair is very thick and curly so I look like a giant fluffy teddybear.

Im at stage one- hair and full beard 2 inches in length.

The look - think the old black and white wolfman crossed with albus dumbledore from harry potter.[ I am currently fighting the urge to start licking my own balls or anyone elses]

Upside- warm and cosey outside and no shaving required. No longer have the velcro effect on animal hair and fluff.

Downside- hairgel on the helmet liner, need to carry a brush, drying time after shower increased, prisoners and collegues taking the piss.

the effect-

on the street-
1 oap i have never met before in my life starting a random conversation in the street about dogs crapping everywhere and kids making his life hell with underage drinking . Not sure what it had to do with me as didnt I have a dog with me and I dont even live in the same town. Another speaking to me on the bus [had head phones on wasnt sure what she was saying]. One woman handed me her baby instead of the pushchair I offered to carry up the bus steps[ her reply was that men are useless at folding them]

the bar- approached by several people for random pub talk until a fight broke out and I split it up making me the random psycho at the bar again. That is until my friends turned up and in the typical female tradition of taking teh piss out their male friends started shouting about how soft and fluffy I was and trying to get random strangers to stroke my head as it was soft like a bunny. A great way to meet new people but perhaps not the best way to meet a new woman as having hair like a fluffy bunny is not high on their list of things they want in a man.

Animals- My dogs and cats have now started to groom me while im in bed this is annoying but a slight improvement on using me as a scratching post or something to clean their tongue on.

the ex- well she caught me coming out the shower and said I was starting to look like captain caveman. This I believe is one step up from asshole but I quickly blew it by telling her with all the spare razors she may wish to sort out the 2 squirrels nesting in her armpits. As she has a shoulder injury and due to me being an insensitive male pig she made me wax her legs and pits with those disposible strips, a very strange experiance, and a female ritual I had not witnessed before[ my ass is hairy and staying that way]
It is one I would not recommend trying on a current partner[ or one u wish to keep] and dont believe them when they say thats my best tweezers they work for me. I do not recommend trying to watch TV while doing this, asking for a break halfway through or leaving the strips anywhere near a cat. It may have been traumatic for her but it put a smile on my face and I doubt she will ever try to run that guilt trip on me again

So From this I can conclude that being a little hairy is a good thing unless your a woman whos into waxing.