# Barber cuts hair much shorter than directed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107 "2017-11-30T00:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107/21 "2017-11-30T17:19:11Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > 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. True. If you find a person who’s good, exchange phone numbers so you can find them again. Most salons won’t tell you where to find someone when they leave. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107/22 "2017-11-30T20:52:56Z")
I’ve never had anyone cut my hair shorter than I requested, but my eyebrows were ninja-waxed once. I’d been going to the same stylist for several years, and one day, while I was sitting with my eyes closed against the clippings falling from my bangs, I suddenly felt her press something just above the bridge of my nose. I opened my eyes, and they immediately crossed on her fingers holding the end of a wax strip. Before I got a chance to ask what she was doing, RIP. She had apparently gotten curious what I’d look like with standard-issue dual eyebrows instead of a monobrow. I wasn’t terribly upset; it was more startling than painful, and I had no more than the obvious attachment to those particular hairs. It didn’t stop me from going back to her, but I did tease her about it until I moved away a couple of years later. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107/23 "2017-11-30T21:11:05Z")
A short haircut means you don’t have to go back for three months. The barber saved the OP money. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107/24 "2017-11-30T21:45:47Z")
I think that’s why it’s important to have a stylist you can trust. I generally tell mine to get rid of the split ends and trim it up. She never does a hack job. In fact, I’m going in on Sunday to touch up my highlights/lowlights. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107/25 "2017-11-30T22:07:34Z")
I went to a Hair Cuttery for a trim once, even told the guy that I was there for a trim. The fool gave me a crew cut instead! Been avoiding him ever since. I go to the barber across the street from my doctor’s office now. [Bunch of nice looking Asian women](https://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/nqMXJuqe3q2QZL3Q9sRfGQ/o.jpg) who give free massages (shoulders & up) and they do quite well with my short hair. I go in for a check-up every three months then cross the street for a cut after. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107/26 "2017-11-30T23:28:08Z")
> [@BobBitchin](#): > > 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.😃 My Ex used to make it clear- if any peice of cut hair ends up being more than a inch, you will not get paid, ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107/27 "2017-12-01T00:31:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > A short haircut means you don’t have to go back for three months. > > The barber saved the OP money. I usually get my hair cut once a year, twice at most. It’ll be a while before it gets cut again. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107/28 "2017-12-01T04:43:38Z")
I just this week had a discussion with a multi-generational audience on how attached we are to our hair. From young women flitting from stylist to stylist, to guys despairing over bald spots. I confessed how in my middle/high school years, I’d sit in the barber’s chair with my heart pounding. I really felt like my Cool Cred was on the line if anything was cut too short. (Of course, this was back in the late 60s/early 70s. The days of Hippies = long unstyled hair, Cool Ski Bums = longish styled hair, Narcs and Dorks = short hair.) Some of the young’uns said they were jealous of us who’d passed the point where we obsessed about our hair. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107/29 "2017-12-01T14:06:02Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > A short haircut means you don’t have to go back for three months. > > The barber saved the OP money. That’s kinda my MO. Usually, barbers don’t cut enough off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107.md?page=1)