This story is part of the November 22 edition of Good Weekend. See all 14 stories .

Recently, sitting behind a well-dressed lady on the bus, I noticed that her voluminous ponytail contained some errant vegetation: seeds and bits of grass. Should I have startled her by tapping her on the shoulder to let her know (she was wearing earbuds), or left her to roam the streets as she was?

T.J., Battery Point, Tas

A: The fact that this woman was well-dressed suggests she takes pride in her appearance, and the fact that she had a voluminous ponytail suggests she views her hair as a prize asset – so you can assume she’d want to know that her head looked like it had a nest of bush rats living on it. But it’s tricky because this woman was also wearing earbuds, which suggests she doesn’t want t

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