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Sharing a hairbrush?

29 replies

Chiavennasca · 13/11/2025 23:02

Would you let a colleague borrow your hairbrush?

OP posts:
beccahamlet · 13/11/2025 23:03

Yes

AmyDuPlantier · 13/11/2025 23:04

Yep

Magnalux · 13/11/2025 23:04

Yes

DramaAlpaca · 13/11/2025 23:04

No!

AintNoPunshineWhenShesGone · 13/11/2025 23:05

Yes.

Makemeanonymous · 13/11/2025 23:05

No. I would never share hairbrushes or combs.

kittenkipping · 13/11/2025 23:05

Yes, why not?

usedtobeaylis · 13/11/2025 23:07

Yes

Makemeanonymous · 13/11/2025 23:08

kittenkipping · 13/11/2025 23:05

Yes, why not?

It's totally unhygienic.

ThePoshUns · 13/11/2025 23:11

No

soundsys · 13/11/2025 23:21

Yep

onceuponatimeinneverland · 13/11/2025 23:22

Nits

Arlanymor · 13/11/2025 23:23

Depends on the colleague, but generally if they were in need, then yes. And I would wash it when I got home. Sometimes emergencies are emergencies.

CanadianCooper · 14/11/2025 00:34

🤢 no way!

CanadianCooper · 14/11/2025 00:34

FFS making my head itchy thinking about it

patooties · 14/11/2025 00:37

Does your colleague have nits?
I can’t imagine ever needing to borrow a hairbrush- only I’d we were in a hotel and I’d left mine at home and showered? Do people brush their hair during the working day?

RememberBeKindWithKaren · 14/11/2025 01:20

Yes, I wouldn't know how to refuse..

EBearhug · 14/11/2025 01:25

patooties · 14/11/2025 00:37

Does your colleague have nits?
I can’t imagine ever needing to borrow a hairbrush- only I’d we were in a hotel and I’d left mine at home and showered? Do people brush their hair during the working day?

I brushed my hair st work today, before interviewing a candidate for a job.

Probably depends on your hair - mine is long and prone to tangling if left unbrushed too long a time.

I wouldn't want to share mine.

BashfulClam · 14/11/2025 01:28

patooties · 14/11/2025 00:37

Does your colleague have nits?
I can’t imagine ever needing to borrow a hairbrush- only I’d we were in a hotel and I’d left mine at home and showered? Do people brush their hair during the working day?

Yes I had my hood up on my way to work and on my lunchtime walk. When I got into the office I brushed my hair quickly.

AutumnLeavesFallingFast · 14/11/2025 01:34

Arlanymor · 13/11/2025 23:23

Depends on the colleague, but generally if they were in need, then yes. And I would wash it when I got home. Sometimes emergencies are emergencies.

No 'Emergency' can be alleviated with a hair brush.🙄🙄🙄

@Chiavennasca probably because I would feel too uncomfortable to say no. But I'd take it home & wash it thoroughly.

I don't know why it feels so gross, but it does.

Arlanymor · 14/11/2025 01:37

AutumnLeavesFallingFast · 14/11/2025 01:34

No 'Emergency' can be alleviated with a hair brush.🙄🙄🙄

@Chiavennasca probably because I would feel too uncomfortable to say no. But I'd take it home & wash it thoroughly.

I don't know why it feels so gross, but it does.

I had a colleague who was going for a job interview after her lunch break and during her lunch break she got caught in an unexpected cloudburst and came back in looking like a drowned rat.

Thanks for the eye rolls - I guess that's what you would have done to her in that situation - I didn't, because I'm nice. I gave her my hairbrush and my make up bag so that she could sort herself out ahead of her interview.

ohwoaw · 14/11/2025 02:22

No way. I don’t want someone else’s hair/dead skin on my hair brush thanks 🤢

gilesfaithbuffyangel · 14/11/2025 03:00

I don’t own one so they can’t Grin

AutumnLeavesFallingFast · 14/11/2025 03:37

Arlanymor · 14/11/2025 01:37

I had a colleague who was going for a job interview after her lunch break and during her lunch break she got caught in an unexpected cloudburst and came back in looking like a drowned rat.

Thanks for the eye rolls - I guess that's what you would have done to her in that situation - I didn't, because I'm nice. I gave her my hairbrush and my make up bag so that she could sort herself out ahead of her interview.

You're not that nice. I clearly said I would lend her it, so why say I wouldn't?

an interview isn't an emergency.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 14/11/2025 04:03

No way. Mine is a Mason Pearson, I’m not lending that. Maybe a comb because they’re easy to wash.