horror story on the radio

I heard this on the radio the other day:

A firm was on a work related conference, very popular in Sweden is to take a cruise to Finland for this (due to the opportunity for taxfree shopping of alcoholic beverages), and that´s what they were doing. A woman sees a pair of scissors, gets the evil thought in her brain to take them and cut the ponytail off of her very longhaired collegue! (They didn´t say, but I suspect there was alcohol involved.) He called for security and the woman was confined for the rest of the journey.

Now the guy has sued her for ca 20.000 USD, to pay for extensions and suffering. He says that long hair is an important part of his self esteem.

Well, there are a lot of ways to hurt people. And why did I get the feeling that the reporters thought that he was a bit ridiculous? Like, a grown man shouldn´t fuss so much over his hair? I personally think he should have sued for more money!

Oh my, Viktoria, what a horrible story. Many people tend to be dismissive of the effects of this sort of assault & battery, perhaps because there is no visible physical flesh wound requiring surgical attention, but the perpetrator's behavior is, unquestionably, criminal behavior.

Lawsuits have been filed in the United States against stylists who have arrogantly disregarded requests for a small trim, resulting in major loss of hair length for their clients. Judges and juries have ruled in favor of the plaintiff. So, notice has been served to the profession at large.