POOF
About a year ago I went to one of those generic "Get Your Hair Cut For $15.00" places. Guys have "Barbershops." They have a red and white twirly light in front so you know exactly where you're at. You grab an issue of Maxim, ask for a "Boys Regular" and soon enough you're on your way.
For gals, it's a bit more complicated. We have a banquet of options...colors, highlights, perms, short, long, layered...these are major decisions.
But on this particular occasion, I just wanted a haircut (I have since learned that when you go to one of these $15.00 a haircut places, you better check out the stylist's doo because that's exactly what YOU'RE going to end up with.)
I THOUGHT I told the woman what I wanted-a snip here and there, no fuss. Approximately 45 minutes later, after she finished washing, cutting, blowdrying, moussing,and gelling I looked at myself in the mirror and just started to laugh. It was probably rude of me, but I couldn't help myself. She'd given me the equivalent of a Marisa Tomei hairdo from the movie "My Cousin Vinnie."
And then the generic stylist got REALLY pissed, which made me laugh even more. That sucked doubly because I was laughing ALONE...no buddy with me.
HAIRDRESSER: (Totally Insulted): "Well, if you didn't like it, why didn't you say so before I went through all of that work?"
ME: (Still Laughing) "Sorry. I just didn't know it was gonna end up this...well...poofy."
I paid, left a tip, and went home immediately to wash the poof out of my hair.
But I do think there needs to be a place where Gals can go, grab an issue of Vanity Fair (it'll take you two weeks to get through one article, so it doesn't matter what you're having done) and safely ask for a "Girl's Regular." Minus the poof.
For gals, it's a bit more complicated. We have a banquet of options...colors, highlights, perms, short, long, layered...these are major decisions.
But on this particular occasion, I just wanted a haircut (I have since learned that when you go to one of these $15.00 a haircut places, you better check out the stylist's doo because that's exactly what YOU'RE going to end up with.)
I THOUGHT I told the woman what I wanted-a snip here and there, no fuss. Approximately 45 minutes later, after she finished washing, cutting, blowdrying, moussing,and gelling I looked at myself in the mirror and just started to laugh. It was probably rude of me, but I couldn't help myself. She'd given me the equivalent of a Marisa Tomei hairdo from the movie "My Cousin Vinnie."
And then the generic stylist got REALLY pissed, which made me laugh even more. That sucked doubly because I was laughing ALONE...no buddy with me.
HAIRDRESSER: (Totally Insulted): "Well, if you didn't like it, why didn't you say so before I went through all of that work?"
ME: (Still Laughing) "Sorry. I just didn't know it was gonna end up this...well...poofy."
I paid, left a tip, and went home immediately to wash the poof out of my hair.
But I do think there needs to be a place where Gals can go, grab an issue of Vanity Fair (it'll take you two weeks to get through one article, so it doesn't matter what you're having done) and safely ask for a "Girl's Regular." Minus the poof.
posted by Bemisdown at 4:27 PM
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Anunomess,
So WISH I had a picture....but the hairdresser was SO pissed at me that she would've ripped my eyeballs out of I had asked, even politely. "Would you mind taking a picture of this?"
I've gone to the same hairdresser for the last couple of years...but a couple of weeks ago, I went and got a haircut on a whim (it was driving me nuts) and ended up at a new place, near my dayjob.
Well, I won't do that again.
Me: "Keep it like this, just a little shorter. And I only put a bit of gel in it, so don't make it so I have to style it, please."
Hairgal: "Sure!"
After which she went nuts on me and filled it with three different kinds of goo and made me look like an early 80s gal. Terrifying! (Fortunately it looked fine once I washed it...phew.)
I hate haircuts.
No, really, you look fabulous.
aHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Just get it all waxed next time.
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