OT: Why are barbers deaf or stupid?

Dec 20, 2006 31 Replies

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Elder

Solved the "not spiking" issue. Was getting short of Mangahead, the "matte surf paste" I bought wouldn't=20 cut it. So I invested in a tube of "got2be glued". I swear looking at the=20 ingredients, it is liquid PVA in a tube. Looks like it, smells like it.=20 Even holds like…

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You go in, you know what you want, you tell them what you want, they start cutting, and before you know it, they are right off and doing what you had last time.



Thing is, this is a different barber, infact the 5th different barber. And it always happens.



I used to have No3 clippers sides and back. Short on top brushed forward.



The last few times I've asked for "No3 on the sides, leave as much length as you can on the top and back but tidy it a little. I want to spike it and I like long spikes but it is a little grown out".



Before they have even got to "what are you doing for Xmas/Easter/Holidays" the clippers are whizzing up the back of my head and I'm really pissed off, but no point in stopping there with half a hair cut. They all do a reasonable job of the cut, but I can never get what I ask for. Doesn't matter whether they are male/female, or young/old. Always end up with same cut that looks terrible and won't spike at all, for about a month.


Solved the "not spiking" issue. Was getting short of Mangahead, the "matte surf paste" I bought wouldn't=20 cut it.

So I invested in a tube of "got2be glued". I swear looking at the=20 ingredients, it is liquid PVA in a tube. Looks like it, smells like it.=20 Even holds like it. I wonder. got2be glued =A33.99 for a normal gel sized tube. PVA from wickes not much more for 5 litres. If I don't get the=20 waterproof I wonder if it will still be water resistant but still=20 shampoo out easily.

--=20 Carl Robson Audio stream:

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Solved the "not spiking" issue. Was getting short of Mangahead, the "matte surf paste" I bought wouldn't cut it.

So I invested in a tube of "got2be glued". I swear looking at the ingredients, it is liquid PVA in a tube. Looks like it, smells like it. Even holds like it. I wonder. got2be glued £3.99 for a normal gel sized tube. PVA from wickes not much more for 5 litres. If I don't get the waterproof I wonder if it will still be water resistant but still shampoo out easily.

Seriously, and don't take this the wrong way, it's just a bit of friendly advice....

You're older than me Your recent employment history is a bit patchy

I think you should take a look at the image you're putting over to potential employers.

I know I don't work in your field, however, if someone came for an interview looking how you inspire to look, they'd be the first name on the 'reject' pile.

Yes, I'm becoming a miserable middle-aged git, but sometime you're going to have to leave the teen rebel look behind and start to look like a professional.

If he wants to come across as some sort of wannabee Peter Stringfellow, then let him.

If nothing else, he'll get a string of hollow head bints all keen to sit on his lap... won't he?

--=20 JackH

It sounds like the barber has better taste than you do. If you insist on having a chavcut, tell him so.

[snip hair woe]

Which one do you use? Ever tried Razors in Latchford? =A36.50, does me proud :-)

Oh don't worry. For interviews, black suit. Burgundy shirt and tie, hair neaty gelled into place looking very professional, shoes smartly polished.

I always check on the dress code in job i'm offered Even if I get creative with it once I've been there, I never break it.

Don't see how 1 year in a "first jobbing" position, two years at the next company, 5 years at the next one, then let go when his checks bounced 3 times is patchy on my part.

Tip: go to a hairdresser, not a barber. A proper hairdresser. And not some local Sharon, a decent one...

I go to Saks. F*ck you all who think it's poncy! The girls are sexy and they give a brilliant head massage when they do the shampoo...

Elder wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.individual.net:

I've just been reading a book by a chap with the same problem. Bill Bryson, maybe you two should swap notes. :-)

I'll look them up. Normally use Hairs Rock, on Orford lane. Guy plays in band part time, and has pictures of dead rockstars up=20 instead of the normal cheesy hair style pics. Shame he can't cut beyond=20 one style.

But I've tried a few others, including the two women who run the small=20 place at the back of the market.

--=20 Carl Robson Audio stream:

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We have a Toni and Guy, and then somewhere more expensive. After that it is all Sharon's types.

A pink Vitara with a white roll bar you mean.

*cough*MR2*cough*

Fraser

Haircute are like hookers; the more expensive they are, the better the experience ;)

No, I don't live near Ipswich...

Sometimes I do feel I should be a script writer for the next season of "Grumpy old men". Whenever I watch it and they say "have you ever noticed when/how...." I think yes, oh god yes, why is that people you are paying think they know better than you as to what you want (and I don't mean technical/legal/law of physics type stuff) and ignore what you ask for.

Only if it has the factory fit hairdryer option. ;) But I want the upgrade to a disco potato.

£10 is the absolute limit for a blokes haircut. HTH.

"Doki" wrote in news:nKzih.7270$1W1.6267@newsfe4- win.ntli.net:

Fiver up here, any more and you're gay. :-)

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