Chatting with the barber

There's one Barber, down near Capel Street, if I get him all chatty, he'll run the trimmer over my head like a drunk rat. I'm left with potholes, hedgerows and sprouts.. lesson learnt.

I talk to my usual Turkish Barber, his father was a Barber, in Germany I think.. and there's a clutch of shaving equipment from his days on the premises. Talk usually turns to the subject of.. shaving.

smokingman wrote: »

Been going to the same barber (he's not a hairdresser, there's a red/white pole outside and everything ) for about 4 years now.

The last one involved a heated discussion on how he thought Final Fantasy 7 was the greatest game ever made. If it's not games we chat about, it's the premiership or super hero movies/comics.

I quite look forward to going in there to be honest

VW 1 wrote: »

Have to say I have been going to the same shop since I was about 7 years of age, was a proper old school place with football shirts framed and hung covering every inch of the walls and football scarves covering the ceiling, great bunch of lads working there and always busy. Owner left and one of the lads that worked there took over and still the same group since. Look forward to the banter and catch up every 4-5 weeks, it would just be wrong to go anywhere else!

This. This is what a barber shop should be. Not just a place to get your hair chopped, but man retreat, where you can talk ****e, have a bit of a laugh, solve the wrongs of the world, and not have to have a pint in your hand.

I find a great barbershop smells of sandlewood, cedarwood, damp hair and coffee.

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!

ejmaztec wrote: »

So, what did you do to get barred then?

Must have been his famous sneaky finger I reckon.

[edit]should have read page 2 first !

I don't. I can't do small talk. Just sit there and wonder how much longer its gonna take...

Haven't had a haircut since I came back from my J1 a couple of weeks ago but while I was in the US I struck up a relationship (strictly professional sadly :-(...) with a hairdresser over there. I ended up discussing hair styles and looks with her and she was telling styles I should try and all, yeah it's a bit ghey but it's way more common there to stick with the same person and tip them well, you don't ****e talk as much. Might head into a peter Mark or something and do the same here next time I need a cut.