[blueoceans]

Ok, I just returned from the barber shop after getting a nice trim for a job interview I am attending tomorrow. This is typical for me, and typical for a lot of guys to go into their local barber shop to get a touch-up trim to look their best for that important interview.

This last trip to the barber seemed to resurface many memories of previous barber shop visits that Ive experienced in the past,..not all the time..but once in a while it seems to happen.

I decided to try a new barber shop that is not my typical place I go, because I was on the other end of town. Upon entering I was greeted by a rather friendly smile and hello.,.a little bit friendlier and more cheerful than your customary hello, I might add.

She told me her name.."Jenny", and asked what my name was and how I was doing. Before I could sign in on the sheet, she immediately whisked me away to a nearby chair, and guided me to sit there. She asked more than your typical questions, her questions seemed rather personal, but I didnt mind it much. I answered her questions, as I looked at her desk for her certifications, etc.

It didnt take me long to see that she was certainly more than certified, as she had many accolades proudly displayed. Jenny told me she just arrived in town about 7 months ago from Beijing, China. She told me she was 23 yrs old. ...and..I wont lie, she was quite cute: 5' 1'' about 98lbs? long straight hair with some mild blonde highlights. I commented that her English was very good. During the course of my hair-cutting session, I noticed that she was very touchy-feely...this wasnt your normal touching that is required to touch hair, it was that and a little bit more. "barbershop love?"

As she cut my hair, her hands would occasionally glide across my face..almost as if she was intent on caressing me as she snipped away. At times she would press her body close against me. I would feel the side of her hips,..her hands on my head, she even pressed her chest against the back of my head.

Im thoroughly convinced that some female barbers tend to fall victim to some of their male clients. Ive noticed this thru recent years..it doesnt happen all the time,.but every now and then at the barber shop,.it seems to happen.

Now, Im certainly no Matt Damon here, but I'm a pretty nice looking guy. Not every girl smiles at me, but I do get occassional smiles here and there from the ones that do like me. Likewise, Ive noticed times in the barber shop that I would get a lot more than a haircut during my visit. It almost reminds me of an episode I once saw where Beavis & Butthead go to the barber only cause the barber is a hottie.

I actually just go to the barber to get a haircut, if the haircut I got was good..I tip well and return. Todays haircut was very nice. I will admit she spent about twice as long as normal timeframe cutting my hair..it seemed like the haircut lasted 45 minutes,.when usually Im out the door in under 20 minutes.

Today wasnt the only sole episode. Ive had many encounters where buxom barbershop broads with buddening bountiful bosoms would clobber the back of my neck with love. Is it the cologne I wear? I really dont know, but I am convinced that some women do fall in love with some of their clients. If not that, maybe these ladies are thinking that if they do show a man some love at the barbershop, then they have a guaranteed return customer who will ask for them by name each time, and tip them well...almost like a gentleman's club...almost,.but not quite.

anyways, guys..if you want to confess a similiar barber confession..do tell all in this thread.

and ladies,.if you want to share your salon stories, go right ahead.

This post has been edited by blueoceans: 25 April 2007 - 07:39 PM

[Deepsycher]

Out of all the barber shops I have been to there was only one barber shop that did a decent job at a reasonable price which was the last one I visited. Now I find it too much of effort since I got a lovelly sharp surgeons scissor to cut my hair.

The other barber shops were just horrible inside with rude quickly rushed attitude workers. The most typical common thing they do is strangle me with those cover strings.

When I complained about the tightness of the strings on one occasion an old lady said to me that she did the same for other customers and they don't "say a word." I said "but I am saying a word" with her reply of "Oh shut up! and let me get on with it. "I was so insulted that I felt like having a go at her and walking out but I reminded myself that I was not the one paying for it and it was someone elses choice whilst they were present.

I just didn't like how the horrible barbers who always rushed the job dug into my hair with the trimmer so hard I could feel it on my head for the rest of the day.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 25 April 2007 - 08:31 PM

[Spoon Poetic]

Hint: They do it for the tips. To almost every guy.

[Egfu]

Ah, there's nothing more beautiful than true love... of money.

[Chyld]

Hehe, they use tips... to get tips!

There's a barbershop about five minutes up the road from where I am in Hull, who not only cut hair good, at a reasonable price, with the requisite totty, but they give you a pint while you're having your hair done!

Now the only problem is trying to weild it properly with one of those big hair-stopping robes on. Tricky.

On the other hand, back in the South, there's my old barbers... oh gods. When I was first growing my long hair, my mother made me go get it trimmedand thinned. So in I goes, and I quite specifically ask "just thin it, and do not trim it too much. I want this hair long, take off as little as you can."

Half of it went off. I left looking like Prince Valiant.

And I had to spend a week in America with that hair. Thank the Lord for gallons hair gel.

[Slade]

I've not once been hit on or touched in any way other than a hair cutting way, nor have I ever been hit on, flirted with, or been asked any personal questions other than what I do by female barbers. Girls in general also never smile at me, even when I wear t-shirts with silly sayings on them, excluding my girlfriend and my very very very few female friends, and then it's a different sort of social thing, like I've said something silly.

A few years ago, I used to hope for this one cute barber when I went to get my hair trimmed, but not because she was or did anything special, just the cutest one at the barber shop. I don't think I would have tipped more if she was overly friendly, and I'd be more than a bit uncomfortable if any barber tried that on me, and even moreso today. I'm not fond of people I don't know getting too friendly to behin with, and I have a girlfriend whom I'm very happy with.

[looktothesky]

I've not once been hit on or touched in any way other than a hair cutting way, nor have I ever been hit on, flirted with, or been asked any personal questions other than what I do by female barbers.

What does it mean when you're a girl, and female hair cutters do this to you?

[Gobbler]

You already know the answer to that.

As for me, I love flirting with my barbers, sometimes even the male ones (Shhh! You didn't hear that!), because their profession gives them a natural +10 boost to their flirting ability and I always have a really good time with them. And yes, being on good terms with them really is the advisable thing to do, as it affects your hairstyle and the service you get - only 6€ for washing, cutting, massaging, flirting and exchanging Buddhist words of wisdom speak for themself, huh?

[Deepsycher]

Joke: If they want to flirt I'll buy them a pack of sausages instead and make them pay for it.

[Spoon Poetic]

I've never been flirted with, per say, but the hairdressers are almost always friendly and conversational, because it makes most customers more comfortable and amiable and therefore more likely to give tips. I rarely even get my hair cut, because I'm so afraid they'll get it too short. So I do try to give a pretty good tip to a hairdresser that makes me feel more comfortable, if they also did a good job.

[optimus_prime]

I am a robot, I dont have hair.

[Gobbler]

Poor thing...

Anyways, this stuff reminds me that I've promised the local barber here that I'd go and have a drink with her once I'm back in Stuttgart again. Whoo! That way I might get around having to go to that creepy fellow student's party! Whooohoo! Barbers are awesome!

[SimeSublime]

We use the nomenclature barber to be somebody who only cuts men's hair, whilst hairdressers cut either either just women's or both women's or men's. As such, I've never met a female barber. But of the hair dressers I have been to (back when I used to have regular haircuts, mind), most were over the age of 30 and thus well too old for me. Only one was young, and I knew she had a boyfriend, so there was never anything there. Regardless, they're all nice people who tend to enjoy having a chat and getting to know their clients. That all being said, Australian's don't believe in the stupid concept of tipping, so they get paid the standard fare anyway.

[Jane Sherwood]

That all being said, Australian's don't believe in the stupid concept of tipping, so they get paid the standard fare anyway.

Really? It must really suck to be a waitress or take-out delivery person down there.

...Not that those jobs don't suck anyway.

[Emu]

Thing is, waiters and waitresses here are allowed to be paid less than minimum wage because they also get tips.

then again, many of them make a killing in tips.

I haven't gone to have my hair cut in a pretty long time, and I think it's getting long enough that soon I'll be able to trim it myself. but when I had short hair and had it cut pretty regularly, the hairdresser would usually try to make conversation by asking lots of questions. I think it's mostly to pass the time, because otherwise you're just sitting there in a chair for an hour or however long it takes, being all bored and silent.

I am also amused at how men's haircuts are so much less expensive here than women's, because of the stereotype that women will flip out a lot more than men if their hair does not come out absolutely perfect (many will). It used to be that a guy could get a haircut, and a girl could get the exact same haircut, and the girl will have to pay more. (I don't know if it's still like this because I haven't been to a hairdresser in a while. but I would imagine that it is.)

I have had my hair messed up once or twice, but I tend not to worry about it, because it will just grow back anyway.