Anyone have this happen? I’ve been going to this shop for over a decade, and a barber takes it upon himself to cut off about 8 inches when I told him to cut off 3. Once that first chunk hit the floor it was too late. It’s actually a good hair cut, but not what I asked for. I was in shock, since the guy’s cut my hair before. Obviously I won’t be going back there. I texted my wife to warn her while she was at work; my long hair was what attracted her to me initially. I just tell people that it’s better than having the wrong tooth or body part removed.
It’s hair. It will grow.
Do not go back to this person. He’s cut your hair before?? Did he bother to tell you WTF he was thinking when he started hacking away?
And yes, I have had a hairdresser do this and when I saw myself after the haircut I threw a major hissy fit. I may even have cried. Finding a hairdresser who listens to you, who attempts to do what you want, and who is CAPABLE of doing what you want time after time (intentions are good, results are better) is a miracle. Never let that person go.
Do not go back to this barber.
Perfect opportunity to shout, “NO TIP FOR YOU, SHIT-HOOK!”
You should go to a salon anyway. They can handle long locks better, I think. I have long hair and I never get more than 2 inches cut at a time. I take a small ruler and make the cosmologist look at it and agree before she picks up the scissors.
I actually did have the wrong tooth removed once. I didn’t go back to that dentist.
Now you can say, “I know a guy who had the wrong tooth removed. He says he’d rather have a bad haircut.”
Ah, but would you rather be the guy who had his wrong leg amputated?
I’ve had the same thing happen to me (bad haircut, not wrong tooth or leg) and it sucked. The stylist swore up & down that I had said “four inches” instead of “quarter inch”, which is crazy since my hair wasn’t nearly that long anyway. This was at a nice salon, too (but not my regular stylist.) It’s possible that he was right, since I was really stressed that day and might’ve had a brainfart – in any case, it’s certainly not the end of the world. Hair grows back. But I never did set foot in that salon again.
I don’t believe that for one minute. No one would mistakenly say four inches instead of quarter inch before going under the blades, no matter how stressed they were. Your stylist was trying to CYA out of your complaint.
Was there loud music in the salon? Was English your stylist’s second language? I think that’s more likely what happened.
TIP?:eek:
No tip
No payment for the service
And if they could offer any reasonable explanation for hacking my hair off I may leave without a scene.
Wife is reading over my shoulder, she says I should change “scene” to “felony”:rolleyes:
Hey, I remember how much hassle went into keeping it long.
Yeah, the word for ‘four’ in Romance languages sounds similar to the English ‘Quarter’
Also, if you say “fourth of an inch” instead of “quarter”, the stylist may have only heard the “four” part.
Once, a barber in Baghdad misunderstood my request (I keep my hair almost buzzed on the sides, and about an inch long on top. He thought I wanted it almost buzzed, almost everywhere). The only real change was that since I now looked like a security dude, important-looking people were asking me to escort their car.
This is one of the reasons I cut my own hair!
Condolences on your loss, but it will grow back, nice and healthy.
And he can’t even sue- he wouldn’t have a leg to stand on.
I’ve had the too short haircut once. It caused me to call in sick while not being sick for the first and only time in my life. But it grows back, so on the scale of life calamities it’s pretty low.
It happened to me once, too, but since I just got it cut to an eighth-inch length instead of my usual quarter-inch, it didn’t take long for it to take care of itself.
I also once made a mistake in cutting my own hair, for which the only reasonable fix was to temporarily go billiard-ball.
I guess this sort of thing is a lot easier for men than for women.
That’s what the clipper guard combs are for.
Every time I get my haircut, I ask for something like a “quarter inch off” and then I’m briefly terrified that they are going to cut my hair down to a quarter inch length.
I usually also hold up my thumb and forefinger positioned to show exactly what I mean by <whatever length>. This sometimes helps…
I do the same and usually pull down the hair in front and more or less mark where I want it to be with my finger. Even if it’s different lengths, it at least makes clear that I’m not looking to lose 6". Then again, if someone cut 6-8" off my hair, they’d be well into my brain.
I’ve had overly short cuts before but that’s the price I pay for going to Russian Roulette strip mall franchises and paying $12 for a hair cut.
It comes down to the stylist, not the venue. I go to a Rios Golden Cuts in a strip mall, and the stylist there gives the best, consistently great haircuts I’ve ever gotten. The senior citizens’ cost is $9.00. :eek: So I pay that and tip her $20. Still cheaper than the $40 I used to pay @ the fancy-schmancy salon for a haircut that I might like one time but wouldn’t the next. I’ve told her she could make a fortune going out on her own, but she’s happy there, God bless her. Three of my friends now go to her, too.
It’s Russian Roulette, for sure, even at an expensive place.
Yeah, but one thing I’ve noticed at Supercuts/Great Clips/etc is that I rarely see the same stylist there twice. Those places are like rotating doors so each time it’s a new person and another roll of the dice.
I’ve never had a really BAD cut, or else I’d stop going. I have had cuts that were shorter than I preferred.