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Got my haircut yesterday at a new place, was in a bit of a rush to get back to work. Got there, had to wait 25 mins before they could sort me out as had other customers already waiting, so I was already anxious. The woman then proceeded to spend the next 15 minutes ignoring all my requests to take more off (so at least it can easily be rectified) and decided she wanted to make me look like a skinny jean wearing 17yr old with way more up top than on the back or the sides!
I was in a mad dash, needed to get back to work, so got up when "finished", paid her (£12.50 is at least £3.50 more than I've ever paid for a haircut before, and almost every one of the others I've always been happy with), and ran back to work thinking "ah I'm sure it'll look ok when I've had a shower later".
Got home, had a shower... it looks worse! It's crap and I'm really unhappy with it, and I'm not normally fussy about my appearances. If it was only me in the shop, and I had more time, I would have made a deal of it then and there. There were 4 other customers waiting, another in the chair next to me, and the woman just kept ignoring me so I felt to have been taken notice of I'd have had to be very blunt!
So what to do...?
Head down there now? Make a scene?
Suck it up and put it down to experience (I'd prefer not to be confrontational if possible, especially as she's going to be wielding some scissors near my head) and find another barber and pay them more money to fix this one's crap job?
Clippers, all off start again
For the cost of a haircut I'd just go to another barber.
Bad reviews on the usual sites
Chop.
It.
Awf.
It'll grow back.
Clippers set to number 1, 2 or 3?
Oh, and pics so we can assess just how bad it really is.
This is why I just get a 2 all over..nowt to go wrong and you dont get annoyed by questions.
I think we're gonna need a picture.
My grandfather was a barber. He'd say the difference between a bad haircut and a good haircut
About 4 weeks.
Clippers set to number 1, 2 or 3?
2 back and sides and 4, maybe 5 on top is what I want...
What I got was 2 back and sides, and about 5mm off what was left on top, which is quite a lot, cos I'm lazy and only go to the barbers about once every 3 months...
Percussive hoof/slat interface?
£12.50 for a haircut? No wonder it was crap. I don't go anywhere fancy but it never costs less than £30.
We need photos 🙂
Bad reviews on the usual sites
I would always give the vendor of a sub standard service the opportunity to rectify the problem, before leaving bad reviews myself, especially as I own my own business too and would rather somebody asked me to rectify a problem before leaving a bad review.
The problems with that though...
-I'm open to constructive criticism. A lot of people aren't.
-I work on people's bikes. A barber wields scissors near my head!
-I looked for them on Facebook, Google etc. Last night and couldn't find them at all. Wanted to email the boss and explain my problems so they'd then email me back with an apology and "please pop down we'll fix it for you gratis tomorrow" response...
Got there, had to wait 25 mins before they could sort me out as had other customers already waiting, so I was already anxious.
What do you expect in a place with walk in service?
The woman then proceeded to spend the next 15 minutes
What do you expect in aplace that takes 15 mins to cut your hair?
paid her (£12.50
What do you expect in a place where they charge that much?
ignoring all my requests to take more off
What do you expect in a place where there is no pre cut consultation with the stylist/artist?
As others have said, get the clippers out.
Just leave it. It'll grow on you.
We need photos
No photos. But if you've got a 17yr old skinny jean wearing yoof in your family, it will undoubtedly be the same haircut as they've got. Way too much left on top with short back and sides.
£12.50 for a haircut? No wonder it was crap. I don't go anywhere fancy but it never costs less than £30.
As a man, I expect to pay about £8, preferably less, it take 15 minutes, and get it done 4 times per year...
Live with it, you don't have to look at it.
I've had shit hair all my life, like a white afro / bubble perm. Now it's thinning and receding (my daughters keep telling me I don't have a forehead, it's a seven-head at least). So I could go short, but then I have ears like a hackney carriage with the doors wide open and I'd look like Nosferatu.
Save your money and hide all the mirrors until it's time to do it again.
[edit] seeing your recent comment - if you've got the same haircut as your teenage son, start dressing like him as well. Really **** him up in front of his friends. It's the only option.
You need to move up north. £4 for someone to do a number 2 on you.
If that's your thing.
it'd better be good (i.e. bad)
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All the "what do I expect" questions?!?!
Seriously?!?! I've never had any issues getting my hair cut before. I was asked what I wanted, then I was ignored. And again when I asked again nicely. And again when I politely said "can you take some more off please"
Used to clipper my own years ago. Now I know what maybe my GF can get me for Christmas!
Not quite as bad as that scaredypants, but in the general vain of it...
😆 @ bearnecessities!
I only get mine done about 4 times a year too 😀
I would go somewhere else and ask them to sort it out even if it costs another £12.49
You need to move up north. £4 for someone to do a number 2 on you.
😯
ignoring all my requests to take more off
Missed this bit. It might be imagination, but I seem to recall back in the late 80's when I was at Uni there was a barbers in Newcastle where the stylists didn't have an awful lot more to take off, if you see what I mean. Did I imagine that or have I just invented a new barbering experience?
Mini THM has been thru the same
"Dad, I think there is a difference between number 2s here v Scotland - oops "
I'd take it as a compliment if they think you're only 17...... assuming that you are substantially older?!
If you only want a 2 on back and sides and a 4 on top then buy some clippers and DIY
I was asked what I wanted, then I was ignored. And again when I asked again nicely. And again when I politely said "can you take some more off please"
Your next step should have been to not pay.
They'd have not been able to ignore you then.
Wear a hat for a couple of weeks, trim it yourself, just live with it or go somewhere else. I wouldn't go back to the place that screwed it up to start with.
I know that feeling I've had it before 2 back and sides and a chop off the top is my spec, the 3 barber shops I like are great but usually busy even with old geezers who a bottle of shampoo lasts a year but have a lot of face to wash. The depth of my fingers is the perfect cut on top for me. I need one every month 5 weeks max can't believe only 4 per year surely not trying to cut your own fringe .Full head of hair here no satellite dish on top of head or much recede
Pop round - I have clippers and a razor 😛
Poo through letterbox. Merry Christmas.
Smear your head with sudocreme and tell everyone youre a cat
In the time you've taken to type about it on here, you could have gone down the street to some middle-Eastern barber and paid him a tenner to finish the job.
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£12.50 for a no.2? Bit steep. £7 or £8 here in the posher bit of Glasgow. could you have been ignored had you just stayed in the seat until enough was taken off the top? My barber waves a mirror at the back of my head before finishing. Which is the point to say the top isn't short enough surely.
Middle eastern barber? I tried the new Turkish barber. Took 20 minutes during which he stopped several times to send texts on his phone. No tip. Not been back.
A scathing review on SnipAdvisor?
Bad haircut blues?
1. You'll get used to it, or...
2. Buzz it all off
3. It'll have grown out in two weeks
4. Don't go back to the same barber's again
Sounds like you go for the same hair cut every time. Why not roll with it, you might get used to it. It may do wonders for your attractiveness.
It may have taken years off you.
What have your friends said about it?
I think we need a before and after photo because all I can think of is that you now look like the 5th member of the Beatles.
OP - You spend less each year than I do at each visit. It tells me that you don't really care that much for your appearance, so why are you so bothered?
In the words of my grandmother: it'll settle.
a) This thread? Seriously? £12.50 for a haircut, you don't like it and you're asking the Internet for advice?
b) Thank you for it anyway. That picture posted by unovolo is hilarious!
Get extensions for the back and sides.
So typically British . I bet you even said yes that's great as she showed it to you in the mirror , lest you upset her 😆
Did she offer you something for the weekend?
Last bad haircut I had, the shearer talked none stop about shooting fury little animals, I made the mistake half way through mentioning I hate hunting
worked next to a barber who used to cut my hair for a fiver, chap came in one day asked for a trim he got a trim an hour latter he was back screaming like a demented frog that the barber had taken too much off, and he was going to sue the barber, barber politely pointed out that by the time he had found a solicitorwho had stopped laughing the hair would have grown back 🙂
Chill out - at least you've got ****** hair. It could be worse. 🙄
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Embrace the liberation from the tyranny of hairdressers. One of these a couple of times a week*
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*unless you really have got a head like a potato
I'd just go some where else and get it sorted. I'm another one who doesn't pay more than a tenner
A bad haircut is really a communication malfunction.
However, I find blokes cut blokes hair well and women cut women's hair well.
Serves you right for having a full head of hair 😉
My tactic is just to not get a haircut more often than 2 years apart. Then there is plenty to work with in case they get it mega wrong.
As said above communication is key to a haircut. Did you ask for a number five on top and a number two on the sides? If so then fair enough you've every reason to go back and ask them (calmly if possible) to rectify it, although this would have been better done at the end of the haircut.
I've twenty five years experience as a barber and its almost impossible to please everyone but i'll always try my best to get it right.In this case your hair was left longer then desired and that can be sorted fairly easy, give the shop the opportunity to fix it for you, they will appreciate it.
It constantly amazes me how many people don't actually know how their hair is cut when asked. "oh i just get a trim" to me a trim is five mm to 10 mm off all over.. for others its virtually a restyle.
There's price points for everyone and clipper cuts shouldn't be anymore than a tenner or less unkless you are getting it washed too, buts its insulting when people think that a good service can be achieved on a full haircut for 6-7 quid.
I've yet to see anyone who can provide a good high skilled service at low prices as its high volume ten mins a haircut bish bash bosh.
Seriously?!?! I've never had any issues getting my hair cut before. I was asked what I wanted, then I was ignored. And again when I asked again nicely. And again when I politely said "can you take some more off please"
And you want to go back?
I'd cut my losses and just go somewhere I knew did a decent haircut that I liked.
Is she fit?
Well, someone had to ask. 😳
This post needs pics 🙂 of your barnet!
Firstly, kerbdog many thanks for the considered response. Agree with everything you've said to be fair. My annoyance usually starts with the insistence on not using clippers I always seem to come across in most places I go to get a haircut. They often seem to take offence if you insist on a grade above grade 2, often the response is "I can cut it that short and it'll look better I promise"... Which to me means "I want to give it a bit of style whether you want me to or not". It'd be like you bringing your bike in to me for me to service it, but at the same time I move your brake levers and shifters to my preferred position, slammed the stem and changed the saddle angle for you... Technically, my way of setting a bike up is both more aesthetically and ergonomically correct, but... You may have your own way of setting it up, and prefer it for a reason and you don't want me to tamper with it!
I have no problem with paying for a good service. It shouldn't take any longer than 10mins to give me the haircut I require, to a satisfactory standard. If that costs £10, then that's £60 per hour. I charge £30 an hour to fix people's bikes, with substantially more money invested in the tools I require to do so. Now there's an element of "what the market will tolerate" in the labour rates we can charge our customers, but you'd be pissed off if you got charged 25 minutes labour to fit a new chain in your local bike shop I suspect, a job which at the outside, including a quick index of the gears, takes 10 minutes tops.
Your next step should have been to not pay.
They'd have not been able to ignore you then.
In fairness, good point, well made. BUT... There was lots of people sat waiting, I needed to get back to work ASAP, and I didn't want to be "that guy" causing a scene... Besides, it didn't look "that" bad in the mirror...
Not until I got home and had a shower at least, then I got quite annoyed about the whole situation!
I'd take it as a compliment if they think you're only 17...... assuming that you are substantially older?!
36 and relatively baby faced, but definitely couldn't pass for a pubescent teen...
Smear your head with sudocreme and tell everyone youre a cat
2nd best thread ever! (after the original badger tubeless thread of course...)
In the time you've taken to type about it on here, you could have gone down the street to some middle-Eastern barber and paid him a tenner to finish the job.
Considering 80% of my inane ramblings on this forum are posted from my iPhone, whilst having a number 2 of the other sort (see teamhurtmore further up this thread), it really would be multi tasking to get them to cut my barnet at the same time!
OP - You spend less each year than I do at each visit. It tells me that you don't really care that much for your appearance, so why are you so bothered?
I'm quite happy with the "I don't look like I'm trying to look cool, cos I'm not trying to look cool" look... I wasn't at all happy with the "I look like I'm trying way too hard to look young and cool, but look like a prick" haircut that the woman forced upon me cos she kept refusing to listen to my requests to cut it shorter! It wasn't quite as bad as in unovolo's pic, but it was a similar look...
So typically British . I bet you even said yes that's great as she showed it to you in the mirror , lest you upset her
Embarrassed to say that's EXACTLY what happened... 😳
Embrace the liberation from the tyranny of hairdressers. One of these a couple of times a week**unless you really have got a head like a potato
Used to do my own Binners... And wasn't that successful, precisely cos my head is shaped like a potato! 😕
I'd just go some where else and get it sorted. I'm another one who doesn't pay more than a tenner
I tried... Much to my shame! Seems Xmas Eve it isn't easy to find a decent Barber's without a queue going round the block already!
A bad haircut is really a communication malfunction.However, I find blokes cut blokes hair well and women cut women's hair well.
Yup... I was communicating... She wasn't listening! And I didn't want to up my level of communication another level otherwise it would have entered the "FFS will you listen to what I'm telling you please!" realms of desperation!
Beginning to agree with you on the other part though...
Serves you right for having a full head of hair
I've spent most of my adult life, attracted to women that prefer their men with a Chrome Dome and covered in tattoos (I have neither!)...
And you want to go back?
I didn't want to...
I HAD to! There was no other choice as it turns out!!! 😥
Gathered myself, phoned up and got the manager and said "terribly sorry, my mind was elsewhere yesterday when your employee cut my hair, I said it was ok cos I needed to rush back to work but it's quite a bit longer than I'd like, is it ok if I pop back for a bit more of a trim?"...
To be fair, she was apologetic, and told me to pop back, she'd do it herself, and wouldn't charge any more...
Seems that the best course of action is indeed to be as pragmatic as possible! I now have an OK haircut, it didn't cost me any more, and it was only mildly embarrassing rather than fully embarrassing. Lesson learnt about that barber's anyway, will use another in future!
I feel your pain. For ages I've regularly visited a Greek barbers .Five chairs rented by different older gents.
One of them has clearly lost his eyesight ,it's a lottery .Get him and it's scrunts for a month!
You **** 🙂 sorry but 🙂
mboy, better get a mirror and check what word has been shaved into the back of your head
I'm going with *, unless your head's really massive in which case * ****
Middle eastern barber? I tried the new Turkish barber. Took 20 minutes during which he stopped several times to send texts on his phone. No tip. Not been back.
£8 at my local Turkish barbers. Top class cut, nice guy and the last time he didn't put his phone down for the whole cut yet still did a cracking job. Normally he talks though. I don't think a barbers nationality has much reflection on how well he or she cuts your hair.
FML
For ages I've regularly visited a Greek barbers .Five chairs rented by different older gents.
One of them has clearly lost his eyesight ,it's a lottery .Get him and it's scrunts for a month!
The barbers I used to go to had one good barber and one not so good. The trick was to time entry to the shop to when there was no queue and the good chair was free while the not so good had a victim in place. Which is the British way. Instead of just going in and saying to one "sorry, I'll wait and have the other barber cut my hair."
And is it just me or is the correct technique for clearing loose hair from a customers face to use a brush and not a sleeve?
I've been going to the same person in Bath since 1979, my then girlfriend had her hair cut by her, and I see no reason to change, unless Bev retires, in which case I'm stuffed!
She charged £10 for years, then £12.50, now £15, but she really knows how to cut, so I'm happy.
I think the OP did exactly the right thing in the end, and seeing as how they sorted him out for no extra charge, and there's a connection there now, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt, and try to get the same person who sorted it next time, by booking ahead.