Chatting with the barber

Fago!

I used to say nothing and just sit there without a word between us. With each visit conversation grew to more than two words. Now it's like chatting to an old friend. Great craic altogether.

So do you chat to the barber when he's cutting your hair, or do you sit in silence staring in the mirror the duration of the haircut? If not, why?

msg11

It's like the conversation with the Taxi Driver.

'So you busy today?' 'What time you finish up at ?'

McP2011

Do talk a bit depending on who's cutting my hair lol.

Hank_Jones

I find it all very weird.

There's a stranger, cutting me with a scissors and moving their hands over my head like it's going out of style, which it might be if they are shít at their job.

Saila

depends who's on

I want him to cut my hair and get it the way I want it, not daydreaming and thinking about whatever we end up talking about though, so not much just to be polite I suppose

mackg

I go to a Turkish barber at the moment and he is a nice enough chap but the standard of english he has kind of rules out anything but the most basic conversations, always do if it's an option though.

I used always talk to my old one about GAA because he was from Cork and I'm from Kerry so there was always a bit of banter.

MungBean

I find the older ya get the more you feel obliged to make conversation with people. I used to never say anything to the barber and absolutely hate it when he spoke to me. But for some reason now (even though its not been same barber) I feel the need to strike up a conversation, same as I do wherever I am.

wonderboysam

Absolutely hate small talk, I'll gladly chat the ear off him if I have an interest in the topic football etc. but chatting about weather, jobs etc. nah.. not for me

Fago!

Actually remember someone claiming their barber said to an oul fella "how would ya like your hair cut?" to which the old guy replied "in silence!"

bridgemond

I they chat to me I chat back.

msg11

Fago! wrote: »

Actually remember someone claiming their barber said to an oul fella "how would ya like your hair cut?" to which the old guy replied "in silence!"

That seems a bit rude, and would add the risk of your ear been cut off.

Barber: 'In silence then I shall cut your ears off then, your grumpy old man.'

hondasam

Fago! wrote: »

I used to say nothing and just sit there without a word between us. With each visit conversation grew to more than two words. Now it's like chatting to an old friend. Great craic altogether.

So do you chat to the barber when he's cutting your hair, or do you sit in silence staring in the mirror the duration of the haircut? If not, why?

Is this a boys only thread Fago??

sexist thread

Fago!

msg11 wrote: »

That seems a bit rude, and would add the risk of your ear been cut off.

Barber: 'In silence then I shall cut your ears off then, your grumpy old man.'

I think it might have been a fib or an old joke he was trying to pass off as his own, either way it made me chuckle at the silly things old people say.

I'd imagine women just yap and yap in salons.

Fago!

hondasam wrote: »

Is this a boys only thread Fago??

sexist thread

Since when do women get their haircut in a barbers? (excluding butch lesbians)

hondasam

Fago! wrote: »

Since when do women get their haircut in a barbers? (excluding butch lesbians)

They don't, you should have stated hairdressers as well.

Sexist

msg11

Fago! wrote: »

Since when do women get their haircut in a barbers? (excluding butch lesbians)

Your man in Boston Barbers is always cutting the ladies hairs. Can imagine the chats they do be having !

Kojak

I never chit-chat with the hired help....

Chuck Stone

wonderboysam wrote: »

Absolutely hate small talk, I'll gladly chat the ear off him if I have an interest in the topic football etc. but chatting about weather, jobs etc. nah.. not for me

Football chat isn't small talk?

I always talk about the massive intrusive hemaroids I pretend to have. That's why I think they draw straws to see who has to listen.

(actually, I cut my own hair)

Stinicker

I get my hair cut at the unisex hairdresser by a woman, always chatting to her good craic, she's middle aged so not trying it on or anything; haven't had a man cut my hair in years.

J. Marston

If you don't talk to me, I'll give you a tip.

Jess16

Fago! wrote: »

I'd imagine women just yap and yap in salons.

Not this woman. In fact, I can hardly think of anything I hate more than sitting with some stranger in my personal space while I'm forced to trust them altering my appearance. It's actually so close to my idea of hell that I've cut out (pardon the pun) going altogether

Fago!

Jess16 wrote: »

Not this woman. In fact, I can hardly think of anything I hate more than sitting with some stranger in my personal space while I'm forced to trust them altering my appearance. It's actually so close to my idea of hell that I've cut out (pardon the pun) going altogether

Where do you cut your hair? A friend do it? That'd be cheaper and it'd be a friend so you could chat.

OPENROAD

I shave my own hair/head now...but one thing I do miss is the chat with the barber..always loved it.

Super-Rush

I go to the same barbers the whole time. Three people work there. Two men and one woman.

Barber number 1 just chats away no problem and you have a laugh with him.

The woman is very good looking and is Polish with average english. Very little conversation is had because i'm trying my best not to look as if i'm at myself under the sheet thing they put around you.


With the second dude it always starts out friendly enough when he's working on the back of my head but it gets quieter when he is cutting the sides though. He's about 6.6 and seems to be well endowed as his crotch does be glued to my shoulder.

Fago!

Yeah it's a bit awkward when my hands are on the arms of the chair and his elton johns are rubbing off my hand.

Chuck Stone

super-rush wrote: »

He's about 6.6 and seems to be well endowed as his crotch dpes be glued to my shoulder.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

http://www.mike2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Noooooooooo_500x500.jpg

Cathaoirleach

This is my problem with barbers insofar as many subscribe to the idea that abstaining from eating meat is somehow a nobler deed than not washing your face.

Valentina

My hairdresser gives me a cup of tea, biscuits and magazines so we don't have to talk to each other.

Blitzkrieger

There's a Turkish man and a Polish woman working in my local barbers. I have a bit of a chat with the Turkish dude, but try and keep my mouth shut with the Polish woman. Dragon breath doesn't even begin to describe her horrendously bad breath. Either she gargles with **** or something has actually died in her mouth. I seriously have to change barber....

Fago! wrote: »

Yeah it's a bit awkward when my hands are on the arms of the chair and his elton johns are rubbing off my hand.

Dear god man! Keep your hands in your lap! I'd much rather be acused of fiddling with myself under the sheet than accidently brush anyone's trouser snake....

Feisar

Last hair cut I got was down in Limerick by a woman in a barbers the time the woman died from having sex with a dog. Pretty interesting conversation!

God that's a while ago, need a haircut badly but I'm growing it for Halloween. I'm going as Han Solo.

Mint Sauce

I cut my own. Have enough problems without talking to my self as well.

helimachoptor

Before baldness took it's toll me and Don used to have great chats. Apart from him very few people have chopped my mullet

Gummy Panda

I went to one of those Boston Barbers before. Guy went on a rant about the government, mortages, NAMA and bankers. It was like listening to a taxi driver. Never going back there.

I miss the girl in Grafton Barbers who was good looking and had big boobs. She'd rest them on your shoulders while cutting :pac:

GavRedKing

My barber is also one of my buddies that I know a good few years so its good to catch up with him every few weeks, as I dont get to see him as much due to the distance.

Sofiztikated

Used to stay quiet, but I have found a barber shop now that suits me.

I like the people there, I like the layout of the shop, they recognise me after the first time I was there, the other places I went to many times, and they still didn't remember me, and asked the same questions.

They make tea, we can chat about shaving stuff, they've just gotten their own line of products in, so I'm interested in trying them out, talk ****e about cars, women, don't do football.

Orando Broom

De economeee!

AeoNGriM

hondasam wrote: »

Is this a boys only thread Fago??

sexist thread

Name the last time you had your hair cut by a barber, and not a stylist/hairdresser.

(Bonus points if you can name the last time you peed standing up.......also, post pics)




I prefer the haircut in silence mostly, however I'll have a natter if I know the barber reasonably well (I tend to go wherever is handy ie home, work, somewhere inbetween)

ejmaztec

Chatting with the barber is like Boards with scissors. It's neither person knowing what they're talking about, and making wild generalisations about everything.

kfallon

I do my own hair every day :P

However I miss the chats with the Eastern European girl who works in the local barbers, she had some 'mi-wadi' on her and a nice girl to boot. Used to always be working when I called in and as friendly as you can get!

ejmaztec

kfallon wrote: »

I do my own hair every day :P

However I miss the chats with the Eastern European girl who works in the local barbers, she had some 'mi-wadi' on her and a nice girl to boot. Used to always be working when I called in and as friendly as you can get!

So, what did you do to get barred then?

Gummy Panda

ejmaztec wrote: »

kfallon wrote: »

I do my own hair every day :P

However I miss the chats with the Eastern European girl who works in the local barbers, she had some 'mi-wadi' on her and a nice girl to boot. Used to always be working when I called in and as friendly as you can get!

So, what did you do to get barred then?

Probably asked for sneaky finger

blackwhite

ThurstonWhore wrote: »

My hairdresser gives me a cup of tea, biscuits and magazines so we don't have to talk to each other.

Mmmm..... hairy tea

kfallon

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Probably asked for sneaky finger

If only!

I wasn't barred, I started shaving my head so no need to go in there anymore. I still see her every so often and we have a 30 second chit chat but no more rubbing of the noggin :P

kfallon

Reminds me of the joke:

A little girl goes to the barbershop with her father.

She stands next to the barbers chair, eating a muffin while her dad gets his haircut.

The barber smiles at her and says, "Sweetheart, you're gonna get hair on your muffin."

"I know," she replies, "I'm gonna get tits too ya dirty bastard"

:pac:

Shiner11

My self and a friend used to go to the same barbers. It was all women that worked in there. One woman now was absolutely terrible at giving haircuts unless you wanted a blade. I used to avoid her like the plague, like making a phonecall just as her seat became available and id let d next person go before me. My friend used to love having chats with her though. She looked like the wicked witch of the west without the green complection and a lot more warts.

I spoke to my friend recently, as in i hadn't seen him in about 2 months. He said he now has that woman believing he goes shark hunting with his millionaire uncle in Australia every summer. He actually spends his summers in a caravan in Kerry.

Carstuck

When I started going to my present barber first, I tried to make conversation but he wasn't engaging back much! So now there's pure silence. Seems to be his norm as he doesn't talk to anyone else either.

IamtheWalrus

McP2011 wrote: »

Do talk a bit depending on who's cutting my hair lol.

lol?

epgc3fyqirnbsx

The last time I got my hair cut in Galway it was this pretty hot Polish girl. Didn't say a word but at the end she gave me this really long scalp massage then a smile :eek:
I was pleasently stunned

neilthefunkeone

I wouldn't start a conversation.. if they asked a question id answer so as not to be rude but ill leave nothing to follow up on..

Just cut the hair and let me out of here..

Same rule for lifts, shops etc

Deise 2012

My barber recently changed shops. Since she did, she has got very chatty. The last place she worked was unisex, men out front, women down the back. Its men only now. Cant but help she is wearing lots of shirts now. When she does, she told me business could be brisk. I wonder why.

smash

A hot polish chick cuts my hair, never know what to talk to her about so I just stare in the mirror.