i'm coming to the slow realization that my current barber can't quite cut as well as i'd like. he's not bad, and i've kept going to him because he's cool and i never have to wait when i go into the shop.
so yeah, whats the best way to cut ties and find a new barber? also who has a recommendation for a good shop in Atlanta?
68. "Oh the awkwardness" In response to Reply # 27
You're waiting for the popular barber, and the guy who nobody ever chooses looks at you and asks "Would you like to be next?". You feel sort of bad, but it's just not worth the risk. "No thanks, I'm good"
16. "I'd be like dating your ex-girlfriend's best friend...." In response to Reply # 2
Unless you go to a whole new shop altogether.
I was thinking he strolls into his shop. His regular barber gives him the head nod and starts sharpening his tools and dusting off his chair (because no one sat on it for about two weeks).
Then ol' boy says, "I'll just wait until Malik is through" That's a little awkward
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4. "just quit goin, they don't be takin it personal like that." In response to Reply # 0
I fucked up because all the barbers in my hood is Ethiopian and ALLLL them niggas know each other so I'm basically stuck with mine for life but he straight tho
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10. "barbers be knowing you ducking too" In response to Reply # 0
i moved out of state and had to let a barber know i didn't skate when i came back in town once. feelings do get hurt
honestly if dude wasn't fire from the gate that relationship would never have been built to the point i have to let him know just disappear and hope you never see him out and about the real awkward is when you move to another barber in the same shop lol
33. "Real response? Just stop going." In response to Reply # 14 Wed Feb-18-15 10:06 PM by b.Touch
He's a barber, not a wife. There's no paperwork to file or "Dear Whoever" letter to write. If dude is a bad service provider, you do not owe him an explanation.
Whatever you say will essentially be a euphemism for "you wack" as it is anyway.
18. "Talk to him and tell him what the deal is" In response to Reply # 0
No need to just disappear on him, that's lazy and corny. If you can't tell him to his face then that's your problem, not his.
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24. "You don't have to do it. That's why it's called etiquette" In response to Reply # 23
and not obligation.
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60. "Whatever works, it's still bad form" In response to Reply # 49
Extend people the same courtesy you'd want yourself, not just when it's convenient for you do to so. You've made extra trips and gone out of your way for less than that. It's your life so do what you want, but it's still corny to not at least call your barber-especially when he's a professional about his business.
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35. "So... at a time I was in between barbers" In response to Reply # 0
this dude, Tyrell started cutting my hair. The first cut was good enough, but he might've knicked me once or twice. I wasn't making appointments back then and when I would walk into the shop he would usually be finishing up with someone. He probably cut my hair 4-5 times... and each time would be worse than the last time. I came out looking straight but he would always knick me. And for some reason he would trim the corners of my eyebrows. I don't got a uni, so i never understood why. But the last time he cut me up and i was like fuck that I'm done with dude. Started making appointments with another dude in the shop. That dude told me that he and a partner were about to open up there own shop. So when they did I started going there. Then Tyrell who cut me got a chair there... it was kinda awkward for a bit. He'd always be trying dap me up like we were friends. He stopped cutting hair there pretty shortly afterward. One day last summer I was with my homie at his family's office. A shared office building that had a oddly located barber shop. So we're walking out and I hear someone yell my name... wouldn't you know that Tyrell comes bounding out to say what up and give me his card. It had been 7 years since he had touched my head.
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37. "Had to cheat on my barber yesterday. " In response to Reply # 0
I dropped in on a day I usually wouldn't get a cut. He wasn't there, he had business to tend to, but I needed a cut RIGHT THEN. So I went to a shop down the street I was going to while my barber was on "vacation". Dude that cut remembered me and did ya boy NICE.
Bad part is I got to take my boy to get a cut tomorrow, do he gone see me. This should be fun.
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53. "I 'dated around' for a few months then came back to my original barber " In response to Reply # 0 Thu Feb-19-15 10:07 AM by DavidHasselhoff
shit was mad awkward, I had to make up a lie like I was staying with my gf in another city 3 hours away.
Also the barber before my current, I really did move to a different city and I just quit him cold turkey. Visited him out of the blue while I was on my 'dating around' period and he messed my hair up something major.
55. "Clearly your barber ain't texting y'all if you saying just stop showing ..." In response to Reply # 0
If it's been a while he will give me a "what's good?" text. I've had to lie and say I had my brother cut my hair because clearly someone else was doing it.
Having my barber's number is good because I can set appointments and pretty much just walk in and get a cut. Also means he can get at me.
Who am I fooling at this point. My barber has been to my cookouts and bday parties. I am sure he considers us boys at this point.
Now how am I suppose to break up with that?
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57. "Oh yeah he has dropped by. " In response to Reply # 56
I live around the corner from where he cuts.
Thing is he is a good dude I support. But he only works one day a week and charges 25. At this point he is really only cutting the hair of small list of very long time customers. Somehow I got on that list.
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58. "$25 and only one day a week? 86 my name off that list" In response to Reply # 57 Thu Feb-19-15 10:27 AM by legsdiamond
back in the day we all went to our friends house to get cuts. Well, everyone but one dude named chris who's momma wouldn't let him. He was still getting the fucked up cut from Mr. White.
Last year I asked him how he was able to get out of going to Mr. White. He said one time Mr. White turned the chair around and rested his nuts on his hand. He ran home and told his mom and dad.
His dad screamed "I knew it, I knew that shit was true" apparently this was a rumor for years about dude....
I only went to Mr. White 1 time with my dad and he pushed my hairline back so far my mom forbade me from going.
59. "Where do yall go in DC?" In response to Reply # 0
I had the same barber from 7th-12th grade, moved away for college & had the same guy 5 years, but once I moved to DC it's been hit or miss.
had an ethiopian dude cut it for a couple months but once I stopped getting just straight line ups (moved to a Miguel fade/lineup/length on top wave) he couldn't keep it looking right. plus he would always talk my ear off about his cheating wife that only stayed with him to come to the states. Only weirdness is this shop's by my work so I see him every day when I'm walking to the office. just give the quick head nod & keep it moving
for me, getting a haircut is my time to relax unless we chopping it up about music/sports. not trying to hear your day.
I'm still a free agent, went to a spot on U street & got an alright cut even though I had to wait for a minute since the open barber "didnt cut my kind of hair" (wtf?).
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65. "cats wanna act like its not a big deal in here, but if you see somebody" In response to Reply # 0
for an hour two every two weeks for a few years, disappearing is really not that cool. if he shut his shop down w/ no notice, you'd be slandering the man's name. customers barely let him take a vacation day. cats be all fake understanding and quietly salty when their barber's at a funeral and sh*t on a saturday morning, lol
leaving a barber's gotta be easier than getting a cut from someone else and coming back. , tho
73. "I don't know how to feel about this" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Mar-09-15 06:59 PM by final_prospect82
on the one hand I want to give you the brush off and say just stop going. don't make it a big deal.
on the other hand, a man and his barber is a hard relationship to break. even if your barber aint top shelf but just good, you stick with dude because the grass aint greener or the ordeal of taking 2-3 cuts before your new try out barber gets your shit right is too costly.
truth be told....it's both. just dont say shit. That's my preferred method of dealing with businesses. I won't call customer service or make a complaint. If I really am slighted I will not patronize a business ( or in the case of ESPN, I will not tune into your programming).
but at the same time, do take the bond between man and barber at full weight cuz that aint shit to play with.
My patna cuz has a shop 45 minutes each way outside of town. He faded me up on special occaisons (weddings, bday, etc) but I stuck with my "Michael Finley" barber because I wasn't ready to drive 45 minutes each way. But eventually I grew sick and tired of the 15 point 3 assist nights and decided I had to make a trade for Kobe.
Never looked back
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75. "I really am in an abusive relationship with my barber." In response to Reply # 0 Tue Mar-10-15 01:12 AM by Goldmind
I think he HATES me. We have this crazy tension, and it's just so bizarre because I'm, you know -- a customer!!
But at the same time, he won't let me leave him. He's super possessive. And if I ignore him, his text messages become increasingly aggressive. He's on that "If I can't have you, nobody can."
But I have to admit that he's consistently good. I feel trapped
79. "y'all effing w/ the Southern Barber's Convention? " In response to Reply # 0
tawmbout you got to get a letter from your previous barber saying you are a member in good standing before being admitted to the chair? later for all of that.
(and no, i ain't doing all that for church, either)
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