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March 9, 2008

SCARE-CUT

Those of you that have been to this site over the years will know that I have had more than my fair share of haircut experiences. Well, I've had another one.

"Name?" the man asked as I walked into the shop, having not been there before. "Jack, 11.30" I replied, adding in the time of the appointment and hoping that the man was clever enough to realise that 11.30 wasn't actually my name. "Great", he said and crossed my name off the list.

As I was having my hair washed by the Polish assistant, the man came over again to ask my name and whether or not I had an appointment. "Cook. Jack Cook. I booked online yesterday and got a confirmation email for 11.30am". The man went off again to a new customer at the door, who it turns out also booked an appointment at 11.30 under the name of Jack.

The other Jack's usual hairdresser asked me what I wanted done, so I explained, only to be passed off to another hairdresser moments later. "We're behind schedule now, because your appointment wasn't in the book" the bloke said, clearly implying that I had messed up the workings of their day. I bit my tongue a bit, but still managed a stern "it's not my fault is it? I booked online yesterday and got a confirmation email there and then from someone called Sam, if you didn't write it in the book then that's not my fault". Slightly taken aback, the guy (who actually turned out to be Sam himself) went off to check once more. As expected, I was right.

But now there was a problem. This man was about to cut my hair, he was annoyed about being put under pressure, I was annoyed at the mix-up and the embarrassment and I really wanted my hair to look great for this coming week in particular. I told him what I wanted and he just went off and did precisely what he thought was best for me and my hair. Utter buffoon. And there is no way I'm going back there, 20% discount or not.

So now I have much shorter hair, which I severely dislike. Any suggestions for rapid hair growth products?

Posted by jonola14 at March 9, 2008 10:38 AM

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