A Take Away About Band Aids

So this lil tidbit of fun comes from my other job. At this establishment they are of the old school persuasion regarding piercings. Yeah they no likey. So I get to wear a fashionable band aid over my eyebrow piercing. I could just remove it for my shifts but that's a big hassle and a bit painful.

Now wearing said band aid fools no one, so I wonder whether it looks worse to wear the bandage or to just show the piercing. At any rate I do get sympathy from some customers who pass through my check out line, others just look at me funny, but that might not be because of the bandage, lol.

Tonight this little girl and her father came through my line. She must have been like 5, and kids that young are as blunt and honest as can be, so it was no shock to me when she turns to her Dad and asks, "why does she have that band aid on her head?" Half the check outs probably heard this question. I just smiled and looked at Dad wondering if he wanted me to field this question or if he was going to. The Dad replied that I had to hide something so that's why I was wearing it. Now I was waiting for the "why?" question but she seemed ok with that answer and let it go. Funny thing was they were buying 3 packages of different Band Aids. Go figure. Hers were cute ones though with Disney Princesses, Hanna Montana and Care Bears I think. Mine are "neutral" and boring cuz they have to be.

I told the girl that I liked her choice in Band Aids (though I could do w/o Hanna Montana but I wasn't going to tell her that). This must have impressed her cuz she then began to show me all of the Band Aids she was wearing, which were quite numerous. It reminded me of how I like to show off my tattoos. Maybe this is how it all starts. Today Band Aids, tomorrow Tats! It was really cute and it made me wonder if any of those Band Aids were actually covering wounds or if she was just putting them on to accessorize. I only had the one to show so she won the show and tell game. Luckily I didn't have a line so no one was getting bitchy at this lengthy show and tell. I think though that Dad had about had it. Perhaps it was Daddy/Daughter day and poor Dad was just worn out. I found it very touching and just too damn cute.

It was just a really cute experience and it stuck with me for the rest of my shift. It still makes me chuckle and smile. It was a highlight of an otherwise very boring shift.