In an effort to talk about things a little less serious and a little more upbeat, I will share with you the story of my haircut.
I work in Bellevue Square, and I have been considering getting a cut for about a week now. Essentially my lovely curls were getting out of control and in my eyes far too much for my liking. Generally I go to Rudy's on the Ave, which is a wonderful, wonderful place full of wonderful sights and sounds. However after becoming delirious from working all day I decided to take a break and go to a salon here in the mall instead of waiting until tomorrow to go to Rudy's.
Now I have to tell you that while I do make a HUGE deal about my hair and making it look perfect when I leave the house, when I get it cut it's the complete opposite. I pretty much sit in the chair and let them have a field day with my Precious. I couldn't really care less. I figure I put enough effort into it in the morning I can make it look good short or long. Plus I am not really trying to impress myself with my hair, I love my hair regardless, no I am out to impress the ladies. And who better to decide what looks good on me than the lady with the experience with hair who I am paying to cut said hair? Exactly.
So we start talking and she seems nice enough. She mentions that she's gonna take it medium length because it's winter and I'm gonna want that extra hair to keep in warmth or some such crap. I roll with it and just let her go. Slowly but surely my curls come off and you can see my forehead again. And then she just... stops. I figure she is going to crab the clippers but instead she reaches for the blow drier.... wait what?
No see when my hair is super dry it gets puffy. You can't let it get puffy or I look like a dork.
Then she reaches for the product....
Um are you sure you didn't miss a step?
I mean I can't even see the tops of my ears yet.
No?
This is really when we stop?
Oh okay.
As if by some miracle she found the one length of my hair that I absolutely hate (it's still too long to style how I like it, but it's too short to have any of my curl that I adore with my long hair). Did I tell her any of this? Of course not. She asked if she took enough off the front and I said sure. Sure? Are you kidding? It looks like crap. This is not a fun and funky hair cut. This is boring, and pedestrian, something my hair most certainly is not. Why aren't you fun and funky like the girls at Rudy's? No seriously it looks like you purposefully went mediocre with my hair to make it so I had to come back in in a month to get it cut again. I try and go at least 3 months between cuts. I will not be tricked into becoming a repeat customer by your silly games.
There are 3 morals of this story:
1. Never get your hair cut in a mall. No good can ever come of it.
2. If you have a regular place, go there. Even if you have to wait a little longer, it's worth the wait to get it right.
3. If you ignore morals 1 & 2, do not ignore this one: NEVER JUST TELL THE MALL STYLIST TO DO WHATEVER FOR THEY WILL MAKE YOU LOOK RIDICULOUS.
I'm going to Rudy's tomorrow to get it fixed.
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4 comments:
Umm duh hair cuts in malls = a big no no! They have those places for people who are too lazy to go else where. Hopefully the hair cut today goes or went better!
okay first i would never tell a stylist i like my hair when i don't. i'm paying for them to cut my hair the way I LIKE IT DANG IT.
second, where is rudy's? never been there. for 3 faithful years i went to vain in midtown. best salon downtown AND you can buy trinkets and art there!
third, i was too busy to go to my stylist, who is an hour away form me so i went for a "trim" and supercuts. i am now scared to ever go to any place like that again.
You are forever handsome and you and I know it. Maybe the lady was trying to get you down to our level! ;)
You fix your hair in the morning? You mean it's supposed to look like that?
;-p
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