regmcfly wrote:

3. C said "I hope you have a lovely haircut" as I was leaving the house.

Wookienopants wrote:

3- Finally getting a haircut! At the barbers now. Can't wait to look human again

What is this, Good Haircut Friday or something?

I see what you did there.

Fucking hate haircuts. These days I tend to wait until I look like a tramp, then I shave beard and hair off to go full skinhead. I know when it's time when they pause before serving you in pubs, trying to figure out if you're a homeless crazy person.

I don't even have a mirror in the flat so things can get missed.

I used to love haircuts when I had long hair. Lovely head massage during shampoo, coffee and magazine just before and during cut, loved the way they would cut my hair. Used to take at least an hour.

Now it’s 20 minutes at the barber’s using just clips and I hate it.

I can’t justify that anymore given I don’t really get it styled or keep that much hair. I should probably just do it at home myself and save the £10.

£15????? For 10 minutes?! Crikey. Mine sometimes takes 30 minutes cos he loves chatting and has footy on etc but still charges just £10.

Used to be a tenner for 15 mins but it crept up after the pandemic (and he got quicker cos I became a regular and he knows what I'm after). Still the best option I've found near me though.

regmcfly wrote:

Glass of prosecco

Easy tiger!

The guy who cuts my hair is the vocalist here


*fast show voice*... Which is nice.

Plus he makes me feel good about myself and talks my hair up even though I know it is failing in the battle against Father Time and he's a really nice guy so I don't mind the £25.

regmcfly wrote:

5pm Sunday it's good Friday get lit

Yeah, my barber is a top bloke. Iranian iirc. Been going to him for about ten years now, to get my bro-hawk trimmed once a month. Always pay him £20 regardless of what he's currently charging. Suffice to say his prices have shot up in recent years, so the reality for me is his tip is getting smaller. Would hate to see him go under tho. Tough times for these sorts of small businesses.
I like getting a haircut. When you have a daft hairstyle like mine, once you find the man that can do the job for you, he becomes worth his weight in gold, hence the overpaying.

£15 + £5 tip for mine. When it needs doing I'll get it done while Tilly's in a creative writing class after school, which lasts just over an hour. Takes 10mins to walk up to the barbers and I'm usually straight in a chair. It's always touch and go if I'm going to be on time for the end of her class because they take so fucking long doing all the gizmo bits - 'not too much much off the top and no.5 round the sides' seems to take about 4 different attachments followed by a straight razor before the scissors even come out. I appreciate the fact that they're taking pride in their work but the way they gradually shave it down over the course of well over half an hour is ridiculous. The alternative is John's barbers, which is closer to where the class is, but John's a wally.

But what if I feel good

I've been doing my own since the combo of Nate's barnet falling out due to the chemo and that crackerjack torching my barbers and setting light to himself in the process.

Used to have to go to a salon in town when I had my sexy long hair, the short back and sides universal haircut for everyone which most cheap barbers do no matter what you say wasn't going to do it justice. Loved a natter with the lasses as they washed my barnet, they were a funny bunch.

Once Nate's hair grows back proper I'll see what the old place is like after the enforced renovation. I've a feeling they're wrong 'uns but they are very local. Swings and roundabouts