One of my ex-boyfriends was 6 foot tall, big motorbike, pierced ears, long hair, tons of tattoos (I was 15, you can see the appeal, he was my parent's worst nightmare ). We went out for food one night and were walking behind a little old lady. She kept looking behind at us and kept crossing the road as she thought we were following her! I just wanted to give her a hug and walk her home but she'd have probably had a coronary!!!!
Guess you can't always work out what planet people are on, and people do believe stereotypes sometimes