I have noticed recently the amount of barbers who stop to talk to customers or other barbers half way through cutting another customers hair. I had one last time who took 45 minutes to cut my hair to the point where i felt like saying something but felt rude. I won't be going back. Is it just me who this annoys? I don't mind a chat I'm not rude or anything but what is acceptable in a barbers?

Bird who cuts my hair could keep me in that chair all day long, especially when she's leaning over to do the sides, if you know what I mean!

Maybe thats what i need to start doing

What really annoys me are people who just don't need a haircut taking up chair time.
Groomed young lads are the worst. Should not be allowed.

Hbclaret007 wrote:What really annoys me are people who just don't need a haircut taking up chair time.
Groomed young lads are the worst. Should not be allowed.

Or old chaps who barely have any hair left to cut and instead of doing the sensible thing and shaving it themselves take up time sitting in the chair to get a haircut just to feel the touch of a young lady again

I once got my hair cut in the basement of Manchester Arndale i.e. the grotty bit which is/was more like a market than a shopping mall. The girl who cut my hair offered me a can of lager and a fag, both of which I duly accepted.

starting_11 wrote:Bird who cuts my hair could keep me in that chair all day long, especially when she's leaning over to do the sides, if you know what I mean!

Oh yes I know what you mean I really know what you mean if you know what I mean, mine does the same !!

LordBob wrote:Oh yes I know what you mean I really know what you mean if you know what I mean, mine does the same !!

Looking to change my barber would be useeto know where either of these are.

Goobs wrote:Or old chaps who barely have any hair left to cut and instead of doing the sensible thing and shaving it themselves take up time sitting in the chair to get a haircut just to feel the touch of a young lady again

Nooooooo!

Sausage wrote:I once got my hair cut in the basement of Manchester Arndale i.e. the grotty bit which is/was more like a market than a shopping mall. The girl who cut my hair offered me a can of lager and a fag, both of which I duly accepted.

Well played Sausage,is she still there?

why has my post been removed. is telling how it is not allowed. Am I deluded thinking this is a democracy?
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It is annoying when it happens and it is difficult to know how to react. Complain & get on with you hair cut and risk the possibly offended cutter deliberately making a mess; complain and walk out with half a cut; just let it ride and never go back again; best option is, I think, let it ride for the time being then when all is done complain and let them know you won't be back and why.

Goobs wrote:Or old chaps who barely have any hair left to cut and instead of doing the sensible thing and shaving it themselves take up time sitting in the chair to get a haircut just to feel the touch of a young lady again

Brilliant!

Steve1956 wrote:Well played Sausage,is she still there?

No idea Steve. It was 22 years ago and I imagine she's not quite as marvelous these days. Plus you can't have a crafty tab in a barbers anymore. The world's gone mad, I tell you.

fzr162 wrote:why has my post been removed. is telling how it is not allowed. Am I deluded thinking this is a democracy?
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No you were deluded in mistaking the comments for being sexist. Chauvinistic maybe, but not sexist.

Still shouldn't have been removed. People should be allowed to pass comment even if they're wrong.

Sausage wrote:I once got my hair cut in the basement of Manchester Arndale i.e. the grotty bit which is/was more like a market than a shopping mall. The girl who cut my hair offered me a can of lager and a fag, both of which I duly accepted.

I went to a barbers in Bolton many years ago when I was a student there. The fella offered me a bottle of becks whilst I was waiting - which I duly took. The bugger added £1.50 onto the cost of the haircut........

I misunderstood my hairdresser ...I thought she said "blow dry"

over here you get it washed before and after, and a head massage after, all for 16 quid or so, and now im regular i know when the booby lass works ha

Once of a day the conversation was limited to "something for the weekend sir ?"

bfcjg wrote: "something for the weekend sir ?"

a ticket to see the Clarets please!

Hvnt been to a barbers for over fourty years

longhair wrote:Hvnt been to a barbers for over fourty years

An ironic username?

Not as bad as black cab drivers who want to tell you their opinion on every subject.

Clitheroe, in the seventies, there was a barber's known locally as Willy Wurzwick's, I think, and he used to sit in a chair that revolved round the customer's chair, (to give him ease of access and save him standing all of the time, I suppose). However, he had a tv positioned up in the corner of the room which he would watch more if, say, a programme he liked was on, than he would your hair! Needless to say I only went the once after I made the mistake of visiting when Pebble Mill at One was on.

fzr162 wrote:why has my post been removed. is telling how it is not allowed. Am I deluded thinking this is a democracy?
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Yes, of course UTC is a democracy. We all voted to have your post removed.

I'm thinking of trying the one near the Big Window,with its Clarets theme,always looks busy anyone been there?

Leamington Claret wrote:Clitheroe, in the seventies, there was a barber's known locally as Willy Wurzwick's, I think, and he used to sit in a chair that revolved round the customer's chair, (to give him ease of access and save him standing all of the time, I suppose). However, he had a tv positioned up in the corner of the room which he would watch more if, say, a programme he liked was on, than he would your hair! Needless to say I only went the once after I made the mistake of visiting when Pebble Mill at One was on.

Eddie Worswick he was called, everyone knew when you'd been there, sloping fringe, bleeding ear lobe, funny thing is, he was always busy

I just wish I could visit a barbers shop

ZizkovClaret wrote:over here you get it washed before and after, and a head massage after, all for 16 quid or so, and now im regular i know when the booby lass works ha

16 quid?

I now no longer yearn that visit to a barbers shop. It was £3.50 last time I went

Maison Hugill hairdressers on Church Street... I realised that was not the blokes name when I went to France in 60`s..

Goobs wrote:Or old chaps who barely have any hair left to cut and instead of doing the sensible thing and shaving it themselves take up time sitting in the chair to get a haircut just to feel the touch of a young lady again

How dare you correctly assume I would do anything like that.

I can remember the first time I went to Alf Mallet's when I was a toddler...
Dark & seedy...and those chairs.. scary......will I come out alive..

gandhisflipflop wrote:I have noticed recently the amount of barbers who stop to talk to customers or other barbers half way through cutting another customers hair. I had one last time who took 45 minutes to cut my hair to the point where i felt like saying something but felt rude. I won't be going back. Is it just me who this annoys? I don't mind a chat I'm not rude or anything but what is acceptable in a barbers?

Don't get me started. We might as well call it a hairdressers. You now have to book at some.

I nearly keeled over.

I hate how things are changing. I need a taxi to take me to 1964

What really annoys me are people who just don't need a haircut taking up chair time.
Groomed young lads are the worst. Should not be allowed.

Or old chaps who barely have any hair left to cut and instead of doing the sensible thing and shaving it themselves take up time sitting in the chair to get a haircut just to feel the touch of a young lady again

I have my haircut about once every 4 month...last summer I had a no.4,the next time I felt I needed a haircut was 6 months later.

JohnMac wrote:16 quid?

I now no longer yearn that visit to a barbers shop. It was £3.50 last time I went

Hey, i could go a place for 3 quid, but theres no booby minty head massage there sooooo