Miss Manners: What can I do to stop guests from dropping hair on my carpet?

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Miss Manners: What can I do to stop guests from dropping hair on my carpet?
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Some of my (grown-up) family members will pluck loose hairs off their shoulders and clothes, then drop them onto my carpet, without even trying to hide it!

Some of my family members will pluck loose hairs off their shoulders and clothes, then drop them onto my carpet, without even trying to hide it!

I don’t say anything, but I wonder if I may ask them to put these loose hairs in the garbage can or compost container. I’m pretty grossed out by their behavior. Your thoughts?First, you need one of those vacuum cleaners that they make for people with hairy pets. Then -- Miss Manners presumes you would prefer to stop the habit -- you could pick up the offending hair and say absently, “Is this yours?”Many people’s cellphones are set to show an image when they call.

She is in therapy, but still voices her heavy grief all the time. I realize grief has no proper timetable, and I respect her choice to speak about her husband and how much she misses him. But I find it profoundly jarring to see the face of this long-dead man whenever she calls me.

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