I learned something about women today

[thcri]

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So what I learned is that women accompish very little because they take 45 minutes to do a 15 minute task, they spend over twice as much money to do it slower, and they focus on the wrong things when they discuss things while trying to while away the time that they are wasting.


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boy wait until the women see this post. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

murph

 

[DannyD]

Dont get to go back while I have that other clippy thingy, cat hair may take care of that though.

As for fighting over who cuts my hair, only use one gal. the others know to not ask.

 

[DannyD]

OUCH, Bob you just got smoked.

As for the place my wife goes, the stylist is a family friend and gets 45$ every 3rd month for cut and color, and 15$ each and every other month of the year for cut. I can usually count on 4 hours of time, since the shop is also near some shopping so the wife does that while out............and NO not complaining at all.

 

[DannyD]

You mean they talk about you while they work, oh man that would stink. My wifes shop has magazines too, all girly ones. I used to enjoy going to just see the cute sylists there. Now that I am old it does not make any difference.

 

[frank_f15]

i go to the local barber in town. it is a no nonsense place my wife and kids (when they are home) complain that it is not a good hair cut, my theory is it is cut period. and the only difference between a good hair cut and a bad haircut is $10 and about 2 weeks(thenu can;t tell the difference anyhow /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bird]

Even when I knew barbers that I liked, I always hated having to go to the barber shop. Might or might not have to sit and wait, but was going to have to drive there and back, possibly wait awhile, and of course, spend a few bucks, so a few years ago when we were living 24 miles from the nearest barber shop, my wife bought some Wahl clippers and I haven't been to a barber shop since. It's saved us lots of time and money. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Bob_Skurka]

<font color="red"> Bob, did the gal that cut your hair have a bunch of extra hardware on her face? I think those nose rings (and lip rings) are totally cool, especially with the multi colored hair that refuses to lay next to the scalp. I totally enjoy having this kind of (boy or girl) wait on me at the eatin' joints. I would die to have one cut my hair-way cool Dude!!!
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NOPE, just 7 different colors of hair. I actually sat there smiling wondering if her dad had a youthful dalliance with a <font color="red">p </font> <font color="green">a </font> <font color="blue">r </font> <font color="purple">r </font> <font color="orange">o </font> <font color="brown">t </font> .

 

[thcri]

I father in law has always told me, "the differene between a good hair cut and a bad hair cut is three days" Not sure I totally understand it.

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murph

 

[hickchic05]

this is soo wrong!!!! all of ya'll dissin women!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm disappointed!!

 

[Cliff_Johns]

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I'm not sure it's dissin women so much as dissin hair salons as differing from barbers. Fact is, much as they complain, they like their SOs to have nice looking hair.

I think Bob just had a out-of-comfort zone experience. Notice he never said it was a poor haircut or that he didn't like the shampoo or head massage, just that it took longer.

Hope you don't feel too bad about the chatter. Certainly none of it is meant in seriousness. You should look back at some of the "How great is my SO" or "My SO's better than yours" type discussions that have gone on in the past.

Cliff

PS. SO = Significant Other (which for most of the guys here means wife)

 

[DannyD]

we are not dissing women in any way.

Hope you decide on UK or UL, both great schools............

 

[ScottAR]

Take it easy... It's not that we're being disrespectfull intentionally, We simply don't understand...

I'll have a try at representing about 3/4 of the male race. (yikes!) For men, a hair cut is more or less an obligation, like takin' out the trash or feeding the dog. We want it finished as fast as possible, and we don't want to pay much either. Cut is cut, if its even and so on all the better. 10-20 minutes max and waiting is not good.

I'm taking a stab in the dark, but I'm guessing for a lot of women a haircut is a bit of a treat, a bit of pampering I guess. I speculate your paying for the experience, a bottle of fancy drinking water, massage of this or that, get your hair did, nails done, come out of there lookin' good and feeling great.

Just a different point of view about life is all. I hope I was informative, or at least amusing... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[ByronBob]

I believe that going to the grocery store or the barber for a man is looked at as an obligation.

To a woman it's a social event. You couldn't just power through a womens cut like a man's. Just look in the shower. I have 1 bottle of shampoo. The wife has one for high humidity, low humidity, winter, summer and on and on. Reinforced the wall behind the shower for the Vidal Sassoon racks.

Hair to a women is sacred. Your walking a fine line when you go in this direction with a saloon.

So when is Hooter's going to open a saloon for men? Be worth $23 to me!!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[MossRoad]

Bob,
I gave myself a hair cut the other day... just grabbed the old pony tail and whacked a foot off about 4 inches below the collar with one snip. The kids loved it and it was free, although the conversation wasn't very long... went something like this...

"Dad! What are you doing?"
"Getting a hair cut."
"Is it gonna hurt?"
"Nope!"
SNIP
"MOM! Dad cut his haaaiiirrrrr!"

Always good for a laugh every couple of years. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[slowrev]

Sure we are dissing women, just like women diss men. You ought to hear what women say about men in the salons /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Used to have a small office next door to a salon with thin walls in between. What I overheard was both intertaining and a bit scary sometimes /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Varmintmist]

I got some Wahl clippers about 7 years ago after I moved and was working a boatload of overtime. Either couldnt get to a barber, or when I could they wanted 12 bucks to do a crew cut.

I dont use a blade cover right around the ears, a #1 does the beard, mustash, and a little farther out around the ears. A #2 does the sides and back, and a #3 on top. Good to go in about 5 min. Get the wife to square the back every other time.

 

[alan40]

I take my boys to a barber shop and not a stylist.The reason is that barbers are getting harder and harder to find. I want my boys to have a memory of what a real haircut expericence is like. Mine happens to raise hefiers,make maple syrup and loves to talk about tractors. He's also a vet and tells things just like they are. You don't like it leave. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
He has a great business but will retire in two years. His daughter is taking over the business. She is younger, cuter, has a nose ring and my oldest boy 8 likes her to cut his hair. Imagine that. The youngest says Tom's his barber but can be convinced to take her chair with a well timed lolly pop. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Have a great day!

 

[Bob_Skurka]

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Are we really showing disrespect for women or are we simply pointing out the cultural differences between the experiences that men and women have?

We both (men & women) get our hair cut. Yet I have never seen a "barber shop" (nor would I choose to frequent one if I found it) that did peticures. Men go it with the intent of getting something done that NEEDS to be done. Women seem (I may be wrong) to go in with the intent of enjoying the experience and they turn it into a social event.

Those differences are reasonable to point out.

It is not unlike the mystery of the bathroom. When couples go out to dinner or a club together and a guy needs to use the bathroom, he simply goes. No public announcement or need to gather up a support group to achieve the desired result of bodily relief. Women, on the other hand, turn the simple act of going to the restroom into a social event, and the outcome is not bodily fluid, it is a group converstation about what is going on, which guy is a pig, which guy is cute . . .


Again, these are differences between men & women, it shows no disrespect.

 

[slydog]

Bob,
Seeing how's you are new to all this "styling salon" stuff... I only have one major piece of advice for you. Don't make the same mistake I did. While trying to go with the flow of the female conversation, in the middle of my "styling" job, and actually thinking I was being polite for bringing up the subject, I asked the stylist when she was "due"?? I couldn't have pushed the lump that developed in my throat on down with a broom stick when she said "HUH"??? Luckily for me, she didn't have the sense of humor that I do, or my head would have looked pretty stupid when I left that shop. You're tempting fate my good man! Stick with the barber shops...and stop playing with dynamite! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bob_Skurka]

I consider the trip to the she-she-la-la salon to be a 1 time (mis)adventure. I'll be back to the regular barber shops, or more likely to my cousin's chair in her basement the next time I need a $10 clip.

But I will say, because I didn't say it earlier, my hair does look good! Not sure that it justifies double +++ the price. Oh, and I found out something else from the stylist, apparently I have great "wave"

What the heck is "wave"?