Walked our on a barber today. Lousy Seervice

[Bekeart]

Needed a haircut.

Ray Stevens and his Haircut song have warnings about going to a new barber.

Previously had given up on some barbers for poor service.
Some could not leave their cell phones alone.
One ran out to talk about a car, after getting me in chair.
Last week went to one I had been seeing - GONE!

Today walked in to new shop.
One in chair and two waiting - I was third waiting.
Finally in chair and ready - WRONG!

Barber and the just-finished customer had a long story to tell,
After the story was finally finished; I said "I am leaving."

Barber did not ask why, and I did not bother to explain the reason for my departure.

Once I am in the chair, my haircut should be his highest priority.

His money is still in my pocket.

Bekeart

 

[Dave.357]

That's telling him curly!

 

[Baxter6551]

I'm afraid that's the customer service we will be forced to live with from now on….. I don't see it ever going back to when the customer was top priority. Self checkout is one of the most blatant examples.
And don't get me started how mobile orders and the drive through take precedence over my order at Starbucks and similar establishments when I took the time to park and walk in and place my order in person, but have to wait while all the other drinks or orders are made ….. they have closed two locations near me because of no drive through.

 

[mdf9183]

I did the same thing at a hair salon, they had a computer which showed how long the wait time was. As I sat there the time kept getting longer and longer as they were taking on line appointments. I got up and left when the wait time got to 71 mins. I bought a clipper and attachments and now cut my own hair.

 

[Rustyt1953]

My barber has the nerve to charge me full price for a two minute job.

 

[Mule Packer]

I guess I'm lucky. My barber is in his sixties and has a small two-chair shop in a small neighboring town in northern Utah. His father was a barber before him in the same shop. Two of his daughters, both mothers, have gone to barber school/cosmetology school and one or the other will occasionally come in to help out when her kids are all in school. So, as you can see, this shop has been in the family for quite some time.

He greets all his customers by their first name. For some reason, he knows my full name (middle name included) and will often spout that off for his greeting. He has a collection of all the latest hunting magazines, Western Horseman, Fly Fishing, and Popular Mechanics. Such magazines as Cosmopolitan, Women's Day, and True Confessions are nowhere to be found.

He's got one of the most positive attitudes I've ever met. Every day is "absolutely wonderful" according to him. He recently upped his prices. Instead of twelve dollars for a haircut, it's now thirteen. I always give him twenty because 1) he gives a great haircut, and 2) a visit to his shop always brightens my day.

Personally, I think it's sad that the day of the small town barbershop is going the way of the dodo bird and button shoes, being replaced by these big franchised clip joints where some gal snaps a number 2 blade on a pair of clippers and gets you out of the chair in under 12 minutes...and then charges you thirty bucks.

 

[NYlakesider]

My barber has the nerve to charge me full price for a two minute job.

Well in all fairness to the barber, mine tells me he has to spend a lot of time searching for stuff to cut!

 

[Roofuss]

Well in all fairness to the barber, mine tells me he has to spend a lot of time searching for stuff to cut!

LOL !! me too !!

 

[Muss Muggins]

His money is still in my pocket.

Bekeart

And you still need a haircut . . .

 

[yaktamer]

LOL !! me too !!

I ended up buying a Remington Balder head shaver and save a lot in the long run. Barber shops lost their lustre once they stopped stocking Field & Stream and Playboy. Not to mention the free beer that the old Marine vet barber I went to would hand out while you waited.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I have a Flowbee and a balloon. I'm good.

 

[jeffrefrig]

I'm married to my barber! That's how good she is, being that I asked her to become owner of 1/2 of my annuities and pension checks, etc.! I'll leave the perks out, but she can also do laundry and dishes!
Now, of course there's not quite as much hair to cut, but I actually love her very much! I'm lucky in that sense. Plus, she doesn't run me outta her shop when I fart! A real keeper indeed!��

 

[tomhenry]

My barber is someone I know intimately. I've known him all my life.

It's me. I use a Wahl and a mirror. Lucky me, a #1 comb on the Wahl is stylish.

And I've probably saved $5,000 doing it myself.

 

[lihpster]

I haven't had a haircut since 1999.

 

[woodsltc]

I got a new barber when "covid" came along ....... my barber is the pretty one next to the homely man.

Don

 

[Rustyt1953]

Don, I can see why you don't take your tonsorial business elsewhere.

 

[ZGrand]

I've been going to the same sweet lady barber for about 15 years. Now my hair is so sparse and she knows me so well it only takes her six minutes start to finish.

 

[BillBond]

The last time I tried to get a haircut was such a hassle,
I spent over $300 on a professional hair clippers and blades and will have my wife cut my hair from now on.

The first haircut she did left a little to be desired, but I think she will get better with practice.

 

[pawngal]

You guys don't have a lock on bad hair experiences, over the past 30 years 2 of my hair tenders have retired, another quit to work for the school, I cut my own a number of times, a few trips to Wally World for haircuts. Decided I wanted a perm. No clue where to go. New shop opened right by my PO and bank, I thought at least convenient. Should have skipped that thought. I look like a nappy headed whitey, kinky and frizzy. Her response? It'll relax. That was over two months ago and just as bad as ever. I should have done it myself.

 

[Dave.357]

Wife cuts mine . She started before
We were married. That is 45 years
worth of hair cuts. I don't have any
Idea if I have saved money.