To not want to watch woman removing her daughter's nits in Waitrose cafe

[Rosie70]

After a stressful morning thought I'd treat myself to a cappuccino in Waitrose cafe. But there's a woman with her daughter on her knees having a very thorough but removal session. Methodically going through her hair, getting the nits between finger and thumb and then flicking them onto the floor. Am I unreasonable to think perhaps she could do this in the privacy of her own home?

oh god thats disgusting

Describe this woman. She needs to be shamed.

That is fucking gross!

I would not have been able to hold my tongue I'm afraid.

The HT of my school once gave us a talk on why personal grooming in public was a no-no. I still can't comb my hair in public!

I simply have no idea why you didn't discreetly inform staff and get then to deal with it.
I just don't understand why you wouldn't? What agro?

Op, making a fuss?? By saying.. Excuse me, there is a lady there nit clearing...

End of?

Itchy and scratchy.

But the real question is this, did she eat them after plucking?

Holy shit! Why? WHY?

Oddish
Where did you get that horrifyingly real emoji? They are so life-like Im having twitches! After years of delousing two nit magnet DDs

I can tell believe you didn't say anything and chose to say it on here instead. What's the point?

Surely she was picking dirt, sand, glitter, glue or dried food out or something. Still gross but surely if you're going to delouse you would use a nit comb and conditioner/proper solution not just pick odd ones out here and there in the Waitrose cafe! Might as well not bother at all.

vomit vomit vomit

Or cradle cap? My dc had it until the age of 8!
Whatever's being picked it's horrid but I can believe it's lice!
For how long did the picking session last op?

• I can't believe it's lice

Also some of the stories about them climbing up chair legs are funny. They can survive for very little time off a human head! There needs to be head to head contact to pass them.
If a deli using session like the op described was actually happening I'd be more concerned about one getting flicked into my coffee!

*delousing

I would have reported her to staff, health and safety and all that. Nits are contagious.

The dirty fecker!

Oh god, I checked ds’s hair for bits in the Waitrose queue on Saturday. In my defence he had a couple of likely looking bits of dandruff and the lady in front was taking ages

Not the best but I loved de Nitting the kids. On a par with a good yellow head or a deep black head

Also some of the stories about them climbing up chair legs are funny. They can survive for very little time off a human head! There needs to be head to head contact to pass them

Yeah I thought that until I watched a program on them. They don’t need direct contact with a head and they can live for longer than you think off a head. It’s much less common than head to head contact though.

That is vile!

EWWWW! I'm scratching my head now, and I'm pretty sure nits can't cross the ocean to get to me.

According to the NHS page they can only be passed from head to head contact or extremely rarely on intimate items like brushes. No mention of them purposefully marching up furniture.

This reminds me of a story in our local paper about 20 years ago....... a guy was arrested for picking his pubic lice out and flicking them at people.

In fucking Tesco fruit and veg aisle of all places.