Random Thoughts Thread

[missdpuck]

Crap. My couch is too comfortable. Every time I sit there to read I fall asleep.

[enthused]

I cannot for the life of me finish the paper I am working on.

[Ice]

I'm so tired I can't move. I had to get up at 3:50am in order to get to my son's hockey game on time and I think I'm going to be wrecked for the rest of the day.

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by missdpuck

Crap. My couch is too comfortable. Every time I sit there to read I fall asleep.

Maybe whatever you're reading is too boring.

[Dion]

Damn barber got talking with the client in the next chair and wasn't paying attention to how much of my hair he was cutting. Now i look like a bloody Military recuit

[4X4]

I wonder what the world would look like if all the ice melted. I want to see a map of what that would look like.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Dion

Damn barber got talking with the client in the next chair and wasn't paying attention to how much of my hair he was cutting. Now i look like a bloody Military recuit

I always find it odd how some lines of work get away with things that simply wouldnt be tolerated elsewhere.

I mean hell, you're not the world's first recipient of a bad haircut, but you'll probably tell yourself: "whatever, series of events X occurred, give buddy the barber another chance."

Right?

But if an accountant/lawyer/judge/cop/prostitute/doctor had the same lapse of judgement or concentration during their professional duties they'd be crucified at the stake.

I guess my question in all of this is: Where do Barbers get off slacking when no one else gets that kind of consideration?

Lazy slacking basterds with their rotating candycane poles....

[Temporary_User]

^ Tailors are the same. I applaud the guy who tried to sue one.

[wittynickname]

Originally Posted by Dion

Damn barber got talking with the client in the next chair and wasn't paying attention to how much of my hair he was cutting. Now i look like a bloody Military recuit

I'll never understand how someone can screw this up. The only time I ever cut someone's hair too short was when he told me he wanted a number 3...I used a number 3 and he FREAKED. Which I can't claim is my fault, as I did what he asked for. I figure if you tell me, with authority, that you want a number 3, that you know what number 3 means.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

I'll never understand how someone can screw this up. The only time I ever cut someone's hair too short was when he told me he wanted a number 3...I used a number 3 and he FREAKED. Which I can't claim is my fault, as I did what he asked for. I figure if you tell me, with authority, that you want a number 3, that you know what number 3 means.

I know what a number 1 and a number 2 are, but number 3?

[wittynickname]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I know what a number 1 and a number 2 are, but number 3?

Basically they correspond to how many 8ths of an inch. 1 is 1/8. 2 is 1/4. 3 is 3/8ths, 4=1/2 and so on.

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

I'll never understand how someone can screw this up. The only time I ever cut someone's hair too short was when he told me he wanted a number 3...I used a number 3 and he FREAKED. Which I can't claim is my fault, as I did what he asked for. I figure if you tell me, with authority, that you want a number 3, that you know what number 3 means.

Oh, I think he knows what a 'number three' is...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...m=number+three

But he shouldn't have been going to a hair salon for it.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

I'll never understand how someone can screw this up. The only time I ever cut someone's hair too short was when he told me he wanted a number 3...I used a number 3 and he FREAKED. Which I can't claim is my fault, as I did what he asked for. I figure if you tell me, with authority, that you want a number 3, that you know what number 3 means.

I have no idea what a number 3 means.

I think in this sense people are deathly afraid of looking out of place. Some people watch others interact and assume that its standard procedure, I see it all the time, the biggest giveaway is that some people really suck at it.

The biggest one is at bars. I went with a friend's little brother to a pub on his 18th birthday and he ordered drinks like one would in a movie, it took a while to show him how to interact with people in a pub in a non-confrontational manner that serves his end purpose.

In films you see people snap their fingers or wave their servers over. You just dont do that or shes going to squat over you drink and relieve herself before you ever get it.

Its the same thing with haircuts or any other service industry, the naive uninitiated watch how others interact and copy them out of fear of not knowing what they're doing and lack of confidence, just talk to the server and ask.

Maybe he'd been in a barbershop years ago and saw a guy ask for a #3 (I honestly have no idea WTF that means) and liked what buddy came away with and then assumed that if he asked for the same thing anywhere else a similar, standardized cut would be the end result.

I'm making assumptions here, but there is no Generally Accepted Barber Protocols that anyone has to adhere to or that are enforced as far as I know. The dude he saw in some barbershop in Milwaukee or wherever the hell could have been ordering his side of blow for all buddy knows, but he could have just copied him hoping for the best out of insecurity.

It could be anything, the product he may have seen may have had someone else's interpretation on it or he could simply be delusional, the kicker is that usually in instances like this he wouldnt have had the balls to complain or he'd have had the balls to ask in the first place.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

Oh, I think he knows what a 'number three' is...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...m=number+three

But he shouldn't have been going to a hair salon for it.

Well. You learn something new everyday I guess.

Does anyone have that: "The More You Know!" graphic?

[driveway]

I need a good hairdresser in this town. I had an amazing one in Victoria and haven't been able to find anyone who can do what she did with hair.

I'm willing to pay way more than most guys for haircuts, as I'm startlingly vain.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by driveway

I need a good hairdresser in this town. I had an amazing one in Victoria and haven't been able to find anyone who can do what she did with hair.

I'm willing to pay way more than most guys for haircuts, as I'm startlingly vain.

In Calgary? I can recommend one. She is amazing. Seriously.

[Temporary_User]

no offense to wittynickname, but if you go in to some place and ask for a #3 (any number), expect a bad haircut. Find someone who knows what they are doing and cuts with scissors.

[missdpuck]

Blah. American Psycho 2 is not what I expected. And I'm not sure what I expected.

[REDVAN]

Thanks for the wished everyone.

As for haircuts... I have been letting it grow for the past 2 months. Should be good in another month or two. But now I have to decide where to go get it cut. I think the gf has decided where she wants me to go... but I have to decide if I am that whipped.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

I'll never understand how someone can screw this up. The only time I ever cut someone's hair too short was when he told me he wanted a number 3...I used a number 3 and he FREAKED. Which I can't claim is my fault, as I did what he asked for. I figure if you tell me, with authority, that you want a number 3, that you know what number 3 means.

My barber uses no number system, in fact i've never heard of barbers or hair stylists using that system.

Thing is he's been cutting my hair for years and should know better. He went on some rant about the Montreal media and how they over blow things in sports. It wasn't that long afterwards when i heard the dreaded oops!