So whatever happened to a good haircut? <rant>

[UNCjigga]

Damn.

Left work early so I could get a haircut. Don't usually go for one near work so I had to search yellow pages online. First of all, 99% of all the haircut places are Great Clips or SuperCuts. What's the deal? These places are like Starbucks now. So I go to the closest "Great Clips", walk in and sit down. 17 year old girl behind the counter says "sir, you need to sign in." OK. Walk up to her, and I start to say my name and she cuts me off with "phone number please?" OK. Give her that and she's like, "is this your first time here?". Well obviously, if you DON'T SEE MY NAME now that you've put the phone number into your terminal thingy, I haven't been here before! :| Anyways, now I'm in the "queue".

I sit down and leaf through the magazines. 90% of all the reading material they have is for women. The one issue of Car & Driver I see is from 2002. It doesn't matter because after only a few minutes its my turn. Wow, no waiting. Sounds good, right? Wrong.

I sit down and this Eastern European woman in her 40s with BUTCH, SPIKEY PURPLE HAIR is like, "vhat nomber?" Huh? Err...umm? "Vhich GARD?" she says, starting to get impatient. I see she's holding the clippers now. "Ohh, umm, 3 I guess." She then proceeds to mow through my hair with the clippers...in about 2 minutes she's done. She then sprays the top of my head and uses her scissors for all of about 30 seconds. WTF?? Haircuts used to take 20 minutes...what's the rush? What's all this clipper nonsense? Use the damn scissors like a professional! I look in the mirror and the left side is all puffy while the right side is flat. Umm...ok...fix it b1tch or I won't pay! I ask her (nicely) to even it out, and she gives me this disgusted look before taking the clippers out again. Finally, when she's done, she proceeds to remove my cape thingie and gets ALL THE HAIR ALL OVER ME. THEN, she brushes off my neck, getting MORE HAIR all over my clothes!!! :| :| :|

So now I'm ready to pay. Not a great cut, but hey what do you expect for $8??? "That will be $12 please. Would you like to leave a tip?" :Q $12???? Tip???? WTF, the nice place I usually go to is $15 and they do a much better job to DESERVE a tip!!!! These bargain places used to get by on charging less than $10 for a cut...how the HELL do they get customers now? Oh wait, that's right, they BOUGHT OUT all the good places in town :| :disgust:

Anyways, I learned my lesson and I'm never going back to that place again. If I do go to a bargain chain spot again, it'll be Sport Clips in the fall. At least at Sport Clips I get my own personal TV inset into the mirror and I can watch football. And they take their sweet time, cuz all the customers in the waiting room can watch the game on the giant 60" projection set they've got there.

/rant off

 

[zsouthboy]

Cliff notes, please.

 

[LeeTJ]

hehehe

i never learn. my wife gets on me all the time because i keep going to local places to get a hair cut and NONE of them know how to cut hair. i was talking to the most recent victim and she told me that for what i want i'm better off going to an old time barber. apparently most of these young "stylists" don't really learn how to CUT hair, they learn to use guards, a little bit of mousse and blow dry. if you want a real CUT you have to go to a barber. basically my wife likes me to get a marine type fade cut. very short, no lines, all faded in. the "stylists" just can't do it, they don't have the skill.


the places that do seem to do a good job are all Korean places, the "stylists" there seem to learn how to CUT hair, not just put on a guard and go, they don't even use those damn guards. and they can cut and shape.

problem is all those Korean places are like 45 minute drive from the house. i hate driving 1.5 hrs just to get a hair cut.

.

wish someone local knew how to cut hair.

 

[MacGaven]

FVCK YEAH!

What the hell is with Supercuts, Great Clips, America Cuts charging $12.95 and expecting a tip and they give the crappiest haircuts ever?

My local barber shop charges $6.75 and I usually leave a pretty generous tip of $4.00- 6.00 because it's fvckin' worth it! (They do an extremely good job and I don't usually cut my hair that often)

I went once to supercuts as an emergency and THEY BUTCHERED MY HAIR! I HAD TO WEAR A HAT!

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ
hehehe

i never learn. my wife gets on me all the time because i keep going to local places to get a hair cut and NONE of them know how to cut hair. i was talking to the most recent victim and she told me that for what i want i'm better off going to an old time barber. apparently most of these young "stylists" don't really learn how to CUT hair, they learn to use guards, a little bit of mousse and blow dry. if you want a real CUT you have to go to a barber. basically my wife likes me to get a marine type fade cut. very short, no lines, all faded in. the "stylists" just can't do it, they don't have the skill.


the places that do seem to do a good job are all Korean places, the "stylists" there seem to learn how to CUT hair, not just put on a guard and go, they don't even use those damn guards. and they can cut and shape.

problem is all those Korean places are like 45 minute drive from the house. i hate driving 1.5 hrs just to get a hair cut.

.

wish someone local knew how to cut hair.

those Korean salons sure know how to do hair... they give you the full treatment and stuff... but it cost me $45

 

[ivol07]

I had the same problem so I bought my wife a set of clippers and asked her to do it. Even tho she's never cut hair before I knew it couldn't be much worse than what I was getting at the "Professional" places. She's been doing this for around 3 years now. Same quality, if not better, haircuts and I've saved who knows how much money. You should consider this option.

 

[Instan00dles]

barber shops are where its at, dont go to those sissy bargin salons.

 

[SoylentGreen]

Originally posted by: Instan00dles
barber shops are where its at, dont go to those sissy bargin salons.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ
hehehe

i never learn. my wife gets on me all the time because i keep going to local places to get a hair cut and NONE of them know how to cut hair. i was talking to the most recent victim and she told me that for what i want i'm better off going to an old time barber. apparently most of these young "stylists" don't really learn how to CUT hair, they learn to use guards, a little bit of mousse and blow dry. if you want a real CUT you have to go to a barber. basically my wife likes me to get a marine type fade cut. very short, no lines, all faded in. the "stylists" just can't do it, they don't have the skill.


the places that do seem to do a good job are all Korean places, the "stylists" there seem to learn how to CUT hair, not just put on a guard and go, they don't even use those damn guards. and they can cut and shape.

problem is all those Korean places are like 45 minute drive from the house. i hate driving 1.5 hrs just to get a hair cut.

.

wish someone local knew how to cut hair.

it's because they do the haircuts for all those asian kids all the time :laugh:

 

[isasir]

How interesting... I just went to SuperCuts website, and who do they have on their main page? A cartoon version of bald Terry Bradshaw, and a pic of some guy at the bottom who looks like he doesn't even comb his hair. I guess even SuperCuts is acknowledging how bad they are.

On the plus side... there apparently is some coupon for $2 off! Hot deal!

 

[Ime]

Originally posted by: ivol07
I had the same problem so I bought my wife a set of clippers and asked her to do it. Even tho she's never cut hair before I knew it couldn't be much worse than what I was getting at the "Professional" places. She's been doing this for around 3 years now. Same quality, if not better, haircuts and I've saved who knows how much money. You should consider this option.

I keep asking my wife to cut my hair for me, but she won't do it.

Maybe if I just tell her to get me a buzz cut.

 

[anxi80]

if your a guy and you go into a haircut place and see Home & Garden and Martha Stewart magazines, just leave. You know your in safe hands when you see Car & Driver, Sports Illustrated, Maxim, and sometimes Playboy.

reminds me of the married with children episode where al's barber dies and he goes to a saloon.
al: so, whatcha think of the Bears this year?
guy next him: well, they wouldnt attack so much of the people would stop feeding them.

 

[MacGaven]

uncJIGGA,

You sir have stated the exact same experience I had with one of these "stylists" in my regretful visit to Supercuts.

I completely agree with you and your story is like a vivid flashback of my traumatic hair cut.

I feel your pain.

Thank you,

MacGaven

 

[Booster]

Not all barbers are at the same level. I usually go to one and the same barber (an old woman in her 60s), this way at least I know what to expect. One time I went to have a haircut and she wasn't there, a young woman barber at her place. It was the worst haircut I ever had. She spoiled my looks for months. I shiver even thinking of having my hair cut by that barber again!

 

[isasir]

Originally posted by: Booster
Not all barbers are at the same level. I usually go to one and the same barber (an old woman in her 60s), this way at least I know what to expect. One time I went to have a haircut and she wasn't there, a young woman barber at her place. It was the worst haircut I ever had. She spoiled my looks for months. I shiver even thinking of having my hair cut by that barber again!

My barber shop, which is about a 15 min. drive away from where I live (it's close to where I used to live). I've gone there, found out the barber I used for the last 6 years isn't in, and I've left to come back the next day.

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: LeeTJ
hehehe

i never learn. my wife gets on me all the time because i keep going to local places to get a hair cut and NONE of them know how to cut hair. i was talking to the most recent victim and she told me that for what i want i'm better off going to an old time barber. apparently most of these young "stylists" don't really learn how to CUT hair, they learn to use guards, a little bit of mousse and blow dry. if you want a real CUT you have to go to a barber. basically my wife likes me to get a marine type fade cut. very short, no lines, all faded in. the "stylists" just can't do it, they don't have the skill.


the places that do seem to do a good job are all Korean places, the "stylists" there seem to learn how to CUT hair, not just put on a guard and go, they don't even use those damn guards. and they can cut and shape.

problem is all those Korean places are like 45 minute drive from the house. i hate driving 1.5 hrs just to get a hair cut.

.

wish someone local knew how to cut hair.

it's because they do the haircuts for all those asian kids all the time :laugh:

Close, but not entirely accurate. it takes a LOT more skill to cut STRAIGHT hair like most Asians have than it does to cut the wavy hair that most "white" people have. the wavy, curly stuff tends to hide mistakes better.

also cutting a nice fade is a skill in itself.

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: RishiS
How interesting... I just went to SuperCuts website, and who do they have on their main page? A cartoon version of bald Terry Bradshaw, and a pic of some guy at the bottom who looks like he doesn't even comb his hair. I guess even SuperCuts is acknowledging how bad they are.

On the plus side... there apparently is some coupon for $2 off! Hot deal!

"We Know How It Is"....WTF???? IS THAT A FVCKING SLOGAN? WHO THE HELL GOT PAID TO COME UP WITH THAT ONE? THEY DIDN'T JUST RAPED YOU, THEY RAPED YOU, DID THE WIFE AND KILLED THE FVCKING KIDS!!!

 

[idNut]

<-------Only go to a barber shop.

 

[Sealy]

I am a hairstylist myself, have been for 6 yrs. now.

When I was in hairstyling school a couple of girls....still in school, so not fully licenced, got jobs a great clips!

They said they were encouraged to cut hair in 15mins. or less! They were timed and given a review at the end of the day.

All those discount places are good for are for people who just want shorter hair with absolutely no style.

When I do a guys cut it takes me about 20-25 mins. because I take the time to shape the cut so that it is most flattering to the face shape. I texturize if need be and I don't always go for the clippers, sometimes I use scissor over comb technique. Depends what my client is looking for.

I actually do it out of my home now so I only charge 10 bucks but when I was at the salon we charged 19.00Cnd.

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: Sealy
I am a hairstylist myself, have been for 6 yrs. now.

When I was in hairstyling school a couple of girls....still in school, so not fully licenced, got jobs a great clips!

They said they were encouraged to cut hair in 15mins. or less! They were timed and given a review at the end of the day.

All those discount places are good for are for people who just want shorter hair with absolutely no style.

When I do a guys cut it takes me about 20-25 mins. because I take the time to shape the cut so that it is most flattering to the face shape. I texturize if need be and I don't always go for the clippers, sometimes I use scissor over comb technique. Depends what my client is looking for.

I actually do it out of my home now so I only charge 10 bucks but when I was at the salon we charged 19.00Cnd.

Let me know if you ever move to NC and if you're willing to cut my hair!

 

[amnesiac]

I went to a SuperCuts once. There was some old Asian guy that spoke no Engrish, and motioned for me to sit down in a chair COVERED WITH HAIR with A PILE OF HAIR on the floor. I said "no thanks" and walked out.

I usually get my cuts from the barber shop across the street from my office. $16 and they never do me wrong.

Sometimes I'll make it up to Silverlake and get a cut from Rudy's Barber shop (ultra trendy joint) because their cuts are AWESOME and worth every penny.

 

[Sealy]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA

Originally posted by: Sealy
I am a hairstylist myself, have been for 6 yrs. now.

When I was in hairstyling school a couple of girls....still in school, so not fully licenced, got jobs a great clips!

They said they were encouraged to cut hair in 15mins. or less! They were timed and given a review at the end of the day.

All those discount places are good for are for people who just want shorter hair with absolutely no style.

When I do a guys cut it takes me about 20-25 mins. because I take the time to shape the cut so that it is most flattering to the face shape. I texturize if need be and I don't always go for the clippers, sometimes I use scissor over comb technique. Depends what my client is looking for.

I actually do it out of my home now so I only charge 10 bucks but when I was at the salon we charged 19.00Cnd.

Let me know if you ever move to NC and if you're willing to cut my hair!

lol okay...will do!

 

[BooGiMaN]

place i used to go to i got a great haircut and a shave ..

and he used a straight razor to do the shave....talk about close shaves...never once did i get cut

sad thing is he retired...

 

[Nitemare]

If you are ever up in the RTP area, I'd recommend where I get mine done. She used to cut hair at a Great Clips but they got tired of everyone coming in asking for her while 3 stylists had nothing to do, so they found a reason to make her quit. Now she owns her own business. Costs a little more than Great Clips, but you don't have to run the risk of having someone else cut your hair or waiting very long (cuts it in 5 minutes..80% of her clientel are men, mostly professionals that work in the area)

A good haircut is hard to find, took me over a year before I could find anybody that could cut hair worth a damn in this area.

 

[jlee]

I go to Campus Cuts down on University Ave in Gainesville...$6.95 + tip = 8 bucks. I've been going there for a while (to the same guy)..he knows me & my family by now, how I get mine cut, etc. It only takes about 10 minutes..but I'm not exactly getting a fancy haircut either.