well, this weekend I ventured out to get my hair cut by a new person. Now for those of you who dont know, I had the same person doing my hair for about 10+ years. Current circumstances have led me to look for a new stylist. I hadnt any idea of where to start, so, since I live in Campbell, and drive by a "hip" looking salon each day, I figured I would try there.
I went in, with the intention of getting a moderate trim. (hair off my neck, clean up the sides, even out the stragglers, kill the sideburns) You see, I am trying to grow my hair longer, much longer then it is, and I didnt want to chop it off, contrary to what I was chanting in my head all afternoon. It's in that phase where it is ultra stubborn to any type of styling that I try, so I need to just bear with it.
Back to my haircut, or shall I say ghost cut.
So, in the chair I sit, and lots of cutting is going on, I hear scissors snipping, I see hair falling, lots of it infact, I feel the prickly stickery feeling of hair on the back of my neck, the kind you cant seem to ever brush off until you have taken a full blast shower. Everything is telling me that my hair is being cut. I try not to look in the mirror, as I want to be surprised by my transformation. When all the cutting stops, and he tells me he to take a look at his creation.... I peer into the mirror and keep looking, like when you look into your fridge, knowing nothing is in there that you want, but secretly hoping you have missed an item in the last 30 scans that will pop out at you at any moment. Then I exclaim, GREAT. looks great, thanks!
I then proceed to the counter to pay for this haircut that I still dont understand quite yet. I am a little anxious at the pricing, and with good reason. The clerk says, that will be $52.00. I say ok, pay the clerk, give the guy who cut my hair a $7 tip (@15%) because I dont know what is the going rate these days. I am a little stunned. OK, I am a lot stunned. said and done, I have paid 60 bucks for a haircut that doesnt even look like I got it cut. Seriously, I dont know what he did. I still have the sideburns, I have whisps of hair that protrude from the back of my neck. I even thought, does he have a stash of hair that he put on the floor, to make it appear like he cut my hair? Is this a scam? The back looks a little thinner, and well, I can almost see the sides being a little shorter, but I dont know if I am imagining it to be so. Needless to say, I will not be going back to this establishment for a haircut.
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In the past I've had Ann cut my hair because I've never quite trusted someone I didn't know that well with it. Ann had more of a vested interested in how my hair looked because if it looked like some uneven bowl cut, she'd feel funny going out in public with me. I too have a habit of not looking in the mirror while my hair is being cut. The main reason is I feel rude sitting there staring at myself. The other reason is I tend not to like to chat with the person cutting my hair. I would rather not risk them being distrated and make a mistake. I did look up in time once to see my hairdresser doing something I had specifically asked her not to do. Once she started I had no choice but to let her finish though.
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