Hairdressers (38)

I think this is a sign of worrying too much.

I don't look forward to getting my hair cut because I don't like how it itches with cut hair down yer neck. I always dash home to get int shower post hair cut.

In terms of the actually getting it cut, I've been going to the same dude for 4ish years now so I always have a bit to talk about even though I only go every 4 months or so.

If he does an awesome job and I'm in a good mood I tip by 2 pounds or so but if I'm skint I don't tip. I never understand why people feel that they should tip because I see it as an optional thing rather than an unspoken mandatory (it's the same with resturants: i tip if they blow my mind but i don't feel pressured to do it because that sort of defeats the object of the good will of giving a tip...i think it should be given with a smile rather than with gritted teeth)

I see getting my hair cut as a means to an end...I'm always glad when I've got it done but that'll do for a few months then. I have mates who go every few weeks and i don't understand why tbh but each to their own.

I used to feel alienated and out of place going to the hairdressers but that was only in the uber mega ott trendy places whose image I can't relate to.

Chin up! It's done now xx

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On the flip side, because hairdressers work in a customer service based role, keeping your people face on all day can be a ball ache and as a result, having a quiet customer can seem like a nice break. It may be that they try to start a conversation with customers just so their boss can see that they're trying.

Nowt wrong with a bit of silence, it doesn't have to be awkward. I used to try and talk over having my hair dried and I think it annoyed them lol (this was in the days of long long long hair lol).

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice xx

I have been known to cut my fringe while he's driving, without recourse to a mirror, in sheer desperation because all of a sudden it has grown too long and it annoying me immensely.

When there I enjoy having my hair washed, and I usually chitchat about nothing in particular. I submit to whatever they want to do, and then go home and wash it and redo it to suit myself. If I'm leaving a tip - and I do most times because as I am sitting there I'm happy with what they've done - I leave roughly 10%. So this morning she told me it was £26 and I left her £2.50 as that was what I had available in my purse. She'd washed my hair as well as cut it, but if someone different had washed it I'd leave exactly the same and rely on them to share it out between them.

I'm fairly good at nothing chitchat, so cope well enough with that bit. I ramble on about all sorts of stuff and sometimes I see their eyes glaze over On the other hand I'm quite happy to sit in silence for the whole time I'm in there if I don't want to talk.

She didn't cut my fringe short enough this morning and I joked that I'd go home and take the scissors to it, so she cut it a bit shorter, then I told her to take yet more off.

It's your head and your hair, and your money. If you want them to do exactly what you want them to do you need to keep watching and be prepared to ask them what are they doing if you think something looks odd. They persist in using straighteners on my hair, though as it's dead straight I can't see the need for it, but it seems to be something they have decided they NEED to use and so I no longer protest and just let them get on with it. I have once or twice told them to not bother with them, and they will do as asked.

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I don't tip her but if i am using the services of the beautician (her daughter who's still quite young and really ace and accommodating to my last minute whims) I will tell her to keep the change which normally equates to a few quid. She only takes cash and i usually don't carry any so I pop to the cash point next door, pay with notes and generally her tip is rounded up to the nearest note, if that makes sense.

She also cuts my lil lads hair, we talk about him at lot and they are all very fascinated by my work and we talk about that too, plus any holiday plans how the house renovating is going, usual gossip really. I like her and she makes me feel comfortable. I've never had a bad hair cut from her and even "up do's" for special occasions which are very subjective to personal taste she's always gotten right.

Interestingly the only time I didn't really like the hairdresser was when I was living in a full time poly relationship and we both went to the same place, I was always worried I would trip myself up and didn't feel very honest when asked what I was doing this weekend ect. I always found living in an alternative relationship made chit chat difficult, maybe this has a little bit to do with it. Becoming a mum made me feel like a very normal woman with loads of common ground with other women, despite any uncommon areas, does that make sense.

I think a good hairdressers is a blessing and even when i moved to the other side of Manchester I'd still trek 40 minute to go there. I very much view it as a treat!

popi x

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Even now I don't ever get my hair washed there, just get it trimmed and over and done with as quickly as possible. I have a fringe so need to get that done fairly regularly and I hate how they have to be right in your face!

I normally will chat back to them, but if they don't bother talking I'm more than happy to leave it there and sit quietly.

I find it loads easier if I'm getting my Hollywood wax done because I know more of the beauticians and I'm much more comfortable with the whole process!

I generally don't tip because I don't believe in tipping really - I get paid to do my job just as they do and I damn well give friendly and helpful service every hour I'm at work and don't get bloody tipped for it! There is, however, one girl who does an exceptional job and is really naturally friendly with me when I go (she was also the first beautician at the salon I ever got waxed by and it was a really good experience, so I always try and get her, and tip her.)

Generally though it's a quick in and out!

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I haven't always hated the hairdressers it has developed over the years when my friend has been on holiday or unavailable. The thought they may get it completely wrong (because I wouldn't be able to tell them) and the inane chatter. Nope no holiday planned and no-one ever believes you are not trying to be some sort of snob when you say you rarely watch any television.

I think I have always been quite lucky my hair is done by a friend (family friend that I have known since we were children) and if I have to complain to her she just tells me to shut up and trust her, over the years I have learnt to do so and she knows me so well she has been right except once and I managed to tell her. Her prices are brilliant too!

Mind you - I hate shoes so perhaps I am still weird...

The more traditional male stylist appears to be more Dominant, but it's a difficult question to drop into mid conversation when talking about your next holiday.

I'm looking forward to the day when I'm taken by the hand, led into a hairdressers of HIS choice and have it cut and styled the way HE wants it.....

(with agreed limits, obviously)

Or maybe 'a forced haircut', as a punishment, now there's a thought !!!

I always take a book, and if they seem to have some conversational skills then give it a chance. It lasts about 2 minutes. I don't do tele, except the documentary channels (though BB is sometimes interesting as a lab experiment). I don't read the papers - those magazines are interesting once every couple years as a glimpse into another world. Really, there is absolutely nothing to talk about.

Except....her mother is my next door neighbor. The topic came around to "going out" and she said her mom really likes to go out - Where do I go? oops. I just said I cadge lifts and haven't a clue where they are except London. *rolls eyes* You can tell I'm the suburbanite stepford wife. LOL

Anyway - anything that requires you to go and sit and let some stranger fiddle with you for a couple hourse. etch.

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