Unless you're in Mayberry I'd say make an appointment next time.

That's what I've been doing for 50 years

Frank

 

Unless you're in Mayberry I'd say make an appointment next time.

That's what I've been doing for 50 years

Frank

For seven years now, I've been making appointments.

After my haircut, we set up my next appointment, usually 30 days or so.

 

Everything changed during Covid, and likely won’t ever be the same. We can’t go to the tax collectors office without an appointment , that started with Covid and it doesn’t look like it’s going to resume normal business practices. I never needed to make an appointment to get my hair cut till then and I’ve just continued to make them.

 

What do you call a line of people waiting to get their hair cut?
A barber queue.

 

i get a hair cut twice a year. i have never been pretty and not looking like i will ever be. yes i have no pride.

 

Dang Leenie, did your mom have to hang a pork chop around your neck to get the dog to play with you too?

Was at the dermatologist getting some barnacles frozen off in January and the little helper gal grabbed the nitrogen sprayer thingy and asked the PA which tip she wanted.

I said, "Oh honey, you're gonna need the Ogre Nozzle for this job."

They LAUGHED...and then she put on the Ogre Nozzle LOL

Frank the Fugly

 

I use to just walk in like others. Appointments make all the sense in the world.

 

When I got married 56 years ago, her family presented me with the bill for $250 to pay for her just completed cosmetology school - they were financially, um, strained. She's cut my hair ever since - probably the best $250 I ever spent!

 

Plus tip!

 

My wife is a hairdresser and has her own salon and while she’s not a barber, she does cut a lot of men’s hair. She is strictly by appointment only and has one appointment stacked up against the other.

I understand that a walk-in type place may be different, but she has a lot of people that try to call last minute to get in due to lack of planning on their end and she has to turn them away, and or try to reschedule them for another future date.

And at least in my wife’s case being a hairdresser is a very lucrative business so she can pick and choose what she wants to do and when she wants to do it, and more importantly who she wants to do it for! Just because you want them to work late past the posted shop hours doesn’t mean they want to work late for you, they may have lives beyond the job.

 

I make an appointment and go once a year. Last thing I want to do is spend time in a barber shop.

 

My wife cuts my hair when SHE decides it's time. No complaints and can't beat the price. Once, a good while ago, when
I was working (as always, out of town) I got a haircut close to my apartment. The gal that cut my hair was incredibly good
looking - I mean stunning. That's the good part... It was, hands down, the WORST haircut I have ever gotten - anywhere. It
took almost 2 months for it to grow back so I could get a good haircut. Very memorable for all the wrong reasons.

 

So how many pairs of shoes do you have to buy her?

 

I've cut my own hair since I was 19 years old. Paid for a lot of firearms in the ensuing 52 years....

 

O k you will all laugh at this one. I got my hair cut by a dog groomer once. We were visiting my aunt at her grooming salon and I was a little scruffy so she trimmed it up right there.

 

That’s nice. I do however recommend you go to a real doctor rather than a veterinarian when you get a check up next time.😳

 

I wake up, look in the mirror and, at some point, decide it's time for a haircut. I then pull my clippers out and 15 minutes later, I have a haircut. I've been doing that for about 30 years. I have saved a ton of money in that time, not to mention the saved time.

 

Several years ago I did the math and figured for the price of a haircut I could buy a set of clippers. They have worked well ever since!

 

Back in the late 90's, I had a real barber where I lived at the time;
He did haircuts while providing ~8 hours of 'Rush Limbaugh'-style entertainment. Too funny.

 

#1/2 all around. Once in a while I go on the back porch and do it myself. Then my best half checks it and gets the stragglers. Mostly I go to the chain when there are coupons. Hard to get a bad haircut when it's a #1/2.

 

Lot of Flowbee's sold back in COVID times!

From my experience a good barber/stylist can make $100k/yr plus pretty easy.

Frank

 

From my experience a good barber/stylist can make $100k/yr plus pretty easy.

Yup, make that in 6 months if you want, work when you want, take off when you want. My wife will never retire, if anything she will just take on less clients and cut back her hours as time goes on.

 

My young barber is about 30 years old. He treats me right and we talk quite a bit.

I told him he gets this item when I'm gone.

 

When my spouse and I both worked I had a local barber cut my hair. When he closed, I went to a 'hair salon" which also did men's hair. The young lady talked me into getting a 'more youthful' cut. Ended up with spikes and a $$$ jar of hair stuff. Got home...ordered into the shower to wash 'that sh--t' out. Jar ($$$) went into the trash. Since then she alway has cut my hair with scissors and comb and does a doggone good job. We even bought one of those barber 'gowns' that wrap around you.

 

I started getting a bald spot and receding hairline a little over 20 years ago. Been shaving my head once a week since then. Saved a bunch of $ on haircuts in 20+ years.

The place I was going at the time had gorgeous women working there and free beer, so it was expensive. And booked solid.

 

I started getting a bald spot and receding hairline a little over 20 years ago.

The place I was going at the time had gorgeous women working there and free beer, so it was expensive. And booked solid.

I could be why you got the bald spot?😁

 

My barber is appointments only (9:00 to 5:00, Tuesday through Saturday)and it seems he always has full schedule. He tells me he likes it that way, as he has a small shop so little room for walk-ins and he has complete control over his schedule. When I call for an appointment, I usually have to wait a couple or three days for an open slot. Works for me.

Doug

 

Only problem is I’d forget I had an appointment. I’d need text reminders…..old coots probably wouldn’t go for that. I’m not going to even mention my fine Flowbee again. Of course a flowbee is no good without a shop vac…….of course all men have a shop vac.

 

For as long as can I remember my wife has done mine. In high school she was a cosmetology graduate and has been licensed. She’ll cut hair for who ever wants. But she never persuad her own shop or working in one. She’s been in accounting and manages an office for a long time firm. She’s glad she never went that route.

 

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On reflection, what I don't understand is their reluctance to extend their already short workday to take care of a potential customer that is already there. Is being a Barber such a good occupation that you can just do that?

Anyone's experience with barbers that might enlighten me?
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Could be they have other jobs to go to, or other shops. I know a couple that go to retirement homes,funeral homes,etc. on a regular basis.

 

Barbers are a law onto themselves; then again they are the one wielding the cut-throat.

Being in mil most of my life, always had short hair (SOP for the job), now nearly an OAP so lacking in hair department so last visit to barber was about ten years ago. Still like short so I cut once a week, easy, have my own buzz machine so it’s a 2 cut all-over and beard trim.

On a serious note, good barbers can make serious money, over here it’s on average 30USD for a basic man’s cut, that’s basic, nothing fancy, they charge my 16yr old grandson 15USD. Barbers who own their own shops and if big enough will often lease/rent out one/two chairs per week, that’s guaranteed income even if the renters don’t get any clients that week.

Covid also had an influence and lots of barbers are appointment only now, those who still do walk-ins are fine but you may be waiting so best to have a the daily paper to read.

Best scenario is buy a buzzer and do it yourself or let the other half do it and cross your fingers.

Oh, barbers over here dont work on Mondays, without exception they all take Monday's off, shop cleaning/re-stocking/bookkeeping/etc. , ...................

 

I can almost cut my hair with a bic lighter.

 

If you go into a two chair barber shop. Make sure you get your hair cut by the one with the bad haircut because they probably cut each other's hair.