Do Hairdressers Speak To You ?

OMG Its EoinD · 04-06-2011 04:56PM #1

First of all I am not an unapproachable person I would like to think and I'm not hideous ( so those 2 replies are nullified

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But whenever I am in a hairdressers , they always seem to be having a great chat with their customers , yet when I get into the seat it's "What haircut can I give you" and nothing else until they ask am I happy with the haircut.

Do any of ye not speak to hairdressers or is it just me ?!?!

MagicMarker · 04-06-2011 04:59PM

I'd prefer if they didn't, just cut my fúcking hair so I can get out of there!!

solerina · 04-06-2011 05:00PM

Unfortunately they do....be glad you get left off the hook !!!
Have you any holidays planned.....
Are you doing anything nice this weekend....
While Im thinking can I just read this magazine in peace !!!

Plug · 04-06-2011 05:00PM

I love when I get a haircut off a sexy one and she is doing your fringe and her tits are rubbing off me.
Me gusta.

smugchik · 04-06-2011 05:00PM

Think yourself lucky to be free of the inane holiday questions that they always ask...

04-06-2011 05:01PM

TBH I'M not bothered if they talk to me or not.

"What will we do today"?

" Going somewhere nice tonight"?

"Your hair is really thick"

is more than enough for me

I generally like to cut off, read all their glossy magazines, drink coffee and chill.

orourkeda · 04-06-2011 05:03PM

Im_EoinD wrote: »

First of all I am not an unapproachable person I would like to think and I'm not hideous ( so those 2 replies are nullified )

But whenever I am in a hairdressers , they always seem to be having a great chat with their customers , yet when I get into the seat it's "What haircut can I give you" and nothing else until they ask am I happy with the haircut.

Do any of ye not speak to hairdressers or is it just me ?!?!

You go to hairdressers?

YFlyer · 04-06-2011 05:03PM

yes and no

OMG Its EoinD · 04-06-2011 05:04PM

orourkeda wrote: »

You go to hairdressers?

A barbers like :P but I call them hairdressers anyway :P

Bobby42 · 04-06-2011 05:06PM

Anytime a barber asks me did I see the match last night/watching it tonight and I respond with "I don't watch football" the rest of my haircut is carried out in complete silence.

Aishae · 04-06-2011 05:07PM

im deaf so after the 'what cut do you wants?' they leave me alone except when theyre checking i like what theyre doing. they tend to ak the same questions with everyone by the sounds of it - just to keep a banter going. but to be fair, theyre not likely to talk if you dont seem all that interested. lets say you sound half hearted when they ask 1 question or even drone a bit when you explain what you want. tone of voice style of thing

OutlawPete · 04-06-2011 05:21PM

Of course I chat with them, would feel weird not too.

Not non-stop, but a little conversation is better than the tense atmosphere that none would bring.

Chris P. Bacon · 04-06-2011 05:24PM

I never chat with my barber,i go for a haircut nothing else.A good barber knows not to talk to his customers.

alwaysadub · 04-06-2011 05:25PM

Got my hair cut the other day. Bar the few questions about the cut, she only asked me one, maybe two questions and that was it. Thankfully!

Overheal · 04-06-2011 05:28PM

Plug wrote: »

I love when I get a haircut off a sexy one and she is doing your fringe and her tits are rubbing off me.
Me gusta.

Normally you have to tip extra for that kind of action :pac:

ItsAWindUp · 04-06-2011 05:30PM

Do people really have an issue with a bit of pleasant conversation?

raah! · 04-06-2011 05:34PM

I had a haircut about a year ago and had a lovely conversation about this big wedding the person knew about and how my previous girlfriend-given haircut had gone terribly wrong. The conversation made me feel alot better about the whole experience.

I did speak back to her though. You can't expect a person to have a convesation at you. "How many questions did you get asked" sort of nonsense.

Aishae · 04-06-2011 05:38PM

id be afraid of distracting them with too much banter anyway - i seem to end up with trainees and junior staff a lot so im friendly but leave them to it. i know if it was me on the end of the scissors id find it hard to keep up a conversation and concentrate on getting the cut right.

elefant · 04-06-2011 05:44PM

I don't think any of the barbers at my hairdressers have the necessary standard of English to have a conversation!

UpCork · 04-06-2011 06:41PM

I'm just as glad when they don't speak to me. Yes, I pass pleasantries with them, but I hate it when I'm sitting in the hair with a head of wet hair and no escape and it is like the Spanish Inquisition. What's worse is, you normally have to shout the questions and answeres over the noise in the hairdressers, meaning that the whole salon can hear your business.

I go to the hairdressers to get my hair cut. If I want a gossip or a deep and meaningful, I'll ring my Mother or my friends.

AudreyHepburn · 04-06-2011 06:44PM

Im_EoinD wrote: »

First of all I am not an unapproachable person I would like to think and I'm not hideous ( so those 2 replies are nullified )

But whenever I am in a hairdressers , they always seem to be having a great chat with their customers , yet when I get into the seat it's "What haircut can I give you" and nothing else until they ask am I happy with the haircut.

Do any of ye not speak to hairdressers or is it just me ?!?!

My usual hairdressers chats to me, lovely girl she is. But sometimes if I have to go to some-one else I feel like a clump of hair with a person attached to it, if you get me.

Cill Dara Abu · 04-06-2011 06:45PM

I cut my own hair

Redlion · 04-06-2011 06:49PM

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

I cut my own hair

So, do you talk to yourself?

Agricola · 04-06-2011 07:09PM

In a similar quandary myself. I always went to a bit of a lads barbers for years. The guy who owned the place didnt employ anyone except the hottest young ones. That was all grand, nice to look at, the old killer rack in your face as she cuts the fringe etc etc, we've all been there. But the problem with hot young hairdressers is they always want to talk about shít I couldnt care less about...

"So ya goin clubbin this weekend?"
"I hear a new clubs opened up in town"
"Have ya been to this new club in town that opened up there"
"Im heading to Ayia Napa with the girls / me boyfriend next week, looking forward to hittin the clubs there"

Ive now found a unisex barbers with a nice middle aged lady who likes to start conversations about subjects which don't involve clubs. I miss the killer racks though.

cocoshovel · 04-06-2011 07:25PM

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Do people really have an issue with a bit of pleasant conversation?

Yes. I hate everyone.

Terry · 04-06-2011 07:31PM

Yes.

The last converstaion went like this:

Anne (the hairdresser): Would you not just get a razor and shave your own head?
Me: No. I want a proper job done. Now just shave my ****ing head.

She's also my cousin, so I can get away with that.
35 years and I've yet to pay for a hair cut.
Two of her sisters are hairdressers too.

Irish Guitarist · 04-06-2011 07:52PM

They don't really talk to me much. Sometimes they might talk about the thickness of my hair and ask whether I use gel or wax but that's about it.

I'm glad they don't talk to me though. I just want to get out as fast as I can so I can go home and wash the loose bits of hair off of myself.

paky · 04-06-2011 07:56PM

i dont normaly talk to people who are beneath me but...

when i was younger i used to get my haircut by this very large woman. she had massive tits and when she started to cut the side of my hair, i use to stick my elbows out so i could get a rub off her chest

W.Shakes-Beer · 04-06-2011 08:38PM

I go to the same barber all the time, at first I would have been quieter but now when I go I have a good chat with him, keep him up to date with college and stuff. He seems to be genuinely interested in science anyway.

sensibleken · 04-06-2011 08:50PM

13 years since ive been in a hair dressers or barbers. happy puberty hair!

ejmaztec · 04-06-2011 08:54PM

It's where two people talk mutual sh1te for a maximum of 15 minutes, or so I find. And a few weeks later it's the same mutual sh1te for another 15 minutes.

Do Hairdressers Speak To You ?

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