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Things that confuse me about haircuts

Nessie
over 4 years ago

Neurotypicals seem to place quite a high priority on how their hair looks and I really don't understand their fixation with it. For example:

  1. Why they talk about going to the hairdresser (who cares?)
  2. Why they enjoy having their hair cut (bright lights, horrible chemical smells and a hairdresser who talks incessant b*****ks)
  3. Why they walk up to you periodically with a big grin and say, "So, what do you think? Do you like it?" (as if I'm expected to notice that something has changed. Hint: I never do)
  4. Why they constantly brush, fluff-up or re-style their hair throughout the day (I ran a cursory brush through it when I got up, and I go to work to, y'know, work, not play with my hair all day)
  5. Why hairdressers are always trying to convince you to 'try something new' (err, it's taken me a decade to find something that both looks and feels acceptable, why would I change that?)
  6. Why they cost so much (especially with the amount of torment we have to put up with, per point 2, frankly we should be paid to be sat there)

Do you understand it? Funny stories and explanations both welcome and encouraged.

Parents
  • over 4 years ago

    I had a haircut today.

    I went to my regular barber's shop which is probably the cheapest in the city. £4.10

    It's in the basement of a large covered market.  I think it's been there for around a century.

    It's a very traditional barbers. The type that was common in the first half of the twentieth century. But now has almost died out.  There's a spiral stairway to the basement, with  traditional glossy bricks lining the walls. At the base,  we turn left for the Gentleman's toilets,  and right for the barbers shop.  The toilets closed down around twenty years ago (I suspect hygiene problems). 

    I like the atmosphere there. It's unchanged since my first visit 40 years ago.

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  • over 4 years ago

    I had a haircut today.

    I went to my regular barber's shop which is probably the cheapest in the city. £4.10

    It's in the basement of a large covered market.  I think it's been there for around a century.

    It's a very traditional barbers. The type that was common in the first half of the twentieth century. But now has almost died out.  There's a spiral stairway to the basement, with  traditional glossy bricks lining the walls. At the base,  we turn left for the Gentleman's toilets,  and right for the barbers shop.  The toilets closed down around twenty years ago (I suspect hygiene problems). 

    I like the atmosphere there. It's unchanged since my first visit 40 years ago.

Children
  • over 4 years ago in reply to Robert124

    I feel comfortable going to the same place every time.  going elsewhere is stressful, costs more money and isn't an improvement.

    Here are a few photos of where I go in this traditional market.  It looks and feels like being in a time warp.