Talking about the experience of getting a haircut, and some advice for barbers

Wen / Zhou Dafu

Damn, it's harder than hell to find a good barber who is to your liking. Even if it's not as hard as climbing up to heaven, it's definitely as hard as finding a needle in a haystack.

Take me across the barber store more than ten years, read the barber nearly a hundred rich experience, but still have not met a long-term, let me say good barber, three times in a row to satisfy almost no.

The barber is a good barber, but the barber is not a good barber, but the barber is not a good barber, but the barber is not a good barber.

In fact, as we all know, hairdressing is a necessity and a profitable industry. If, a good barber, good hands, will take care of the hairstyle is also more, the service is also thoughtful, it is simply delicious. Monthly income is absolutely easy to over ten thousand, do private service, one-on-one reception, certainly big people are willing to pay, even if double is not a problem.

You have to know, income conditions a little higher crowd, most of them have their own fixed royal barber. When the time comes to get a haircut, make an appointment in advance, or they go directly over to enjoy the service, or simply let the barber door-to-door service. Service plus craftsmanship, naturally worth more.

But I have to say, the general street barbershop, the level of service are still a lot of room for improvement. Inside the barber is also good and bad, different skills. Don't look at some of the decoration is quite upscale, the music played quite fashionable, in fact, the service inside is not necessarily better than outside 15 yuan, 20 yuan a time to come how much.

My own haircut frequency is not low, on average about 20 days a time. When my hair is long, the sides blow out, and it's uncomfortable to look at it and get a haircut. But because of the haircut this time, I have not less angry.

In college, because of the haircut, I ran all over the school around the large and small barber store. There have been expensive, but also specifically looking for cheap. Then finally in the next school barber store, met a still poor, more in line with the heart of the barber.

A slow and naive middle-aged bald, thin, but very spiritual, temperament is also very good, more patient. I said where where not good, where the hair is still a little long, he will be patient to cut good. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to get away with this, but I'm sure I'll be able to get away with it, and I'm sure I'll be able to get away with it, and I'm sure I'll be able to get away with it.

I have a problem that when something is good, I don't want to spend the cost to try something else. Even ate a restaurant in the same good food, the same, the next time the past, eight or nine will always point that. So, behind the university haircut, are to go to the next school's barber store, specifically looking for that master cut. Even if the master in front of several people in the queue, and it happens to be next to a free other barber, I will spend time waiting.

After work, there was no saving on the haircut. There are because the store to go cheap, was with the private small boss familiar with the friend of the queue, vowed to never go again; there is because the waiting time is too long, cut hair hair rough, vowed to never go again. In the end, I found a fairly large chain store, and got an annual card, because the average annual card is more than half the cost of a single visit (this is a living guide to get a card, right?). But the service in there was still average, not great, and even very bad on two occasions, and once almost got into a fight with a guy.

Now you know that I am still very strict in the matter of haircuts, the pursuit of perfection. After all, people are too shabby looking. There is a saying is not a good thing, Buddha rely on gold, people want hair.

In a recent haircut, still go to the annual card of this store, met also a strange barber, is a young man, estimated than I am small. Originally, when I saw this kind, I was reluctant to let the barber, and rejected from the bottom of my heart. As a result, it is not coincidental to arrange to this, people have come over, embarrassed to refuse face to face. I also self-stabilizing, hey, don't judge a book by its cover, maybe it's a good idea.

The result is a come up, Nima, the young man is very dynamic ah, followed by the fast-paced music played in the store, haircutting is like about to dance. My entire haircut process, hair is like a pan of vegetables, the young man is simply in the stir-fried vegetables in general, there is a bit of no a bit, fancy action is quite a lot, every practical. As a result, my scalp was numb for half an hour after the haircut, stabbed by his rhythmic, one-touch comb. Luckily, the ear skin is thick, by the comb hooked a few times, are firm and did not slip through.

I was wondering, you say a good barber skills do not learn, have to engage in what fancy beautiful action, but also have to be grateful not to cut into the wavy head. The next time you remember him, stay away from that dude.

Experienced a lot of barbershop, as well as a lot of barber's silent observation, here I want to barbershop, barbers to make some suggestions. Only personal advice for reference.

1, barber's tools to be sharp. The so-called sharp, first of all, the quality of tools to be good enough, and secondly, tools should be often cleaned and maintained, the oil on the oil. For example, scissors should be fast, not while cutting hair, while pulling hair. For example, the comb should be selected to contact the scalp when comfortable, dun smooth, rather than being fine and sharp silk pricked.

2, barber place of music can choose soothing type. Hairdressing is actually a slow work of craft, you have to put the kind of dynamic in the barber store, the rhythm of the music is very strong, the barber will not be able to cut the hair of the impatient or frizzy up, the hair is naturally not beautiful. Another point, the customer over to the haircut time, usually more rest time, or when off work to go, put some soothing music, with a little massage, barbershop is not a good place to relax? Instead of getting off work, but also in a very tired, noisy environment.

I think the high-end barbershop should be quiet and comfortable.

3. Not everyone can be a barber. I think it's not easy to do a good job as a barber, and there is no line of thinking about how much easier it is to do a good job. Like young and impetuous, impatient young people are not very suitable for barber, or not become a good barber, too punch, calm communication is difficult, you say this place to repair again, he said no, because he is a professional. Can't figure out, the customer is to enjoy the service, or be used as target practice, there is no sense of service.

So, can be a good barber, to be good-tempered, to be easy-going type, patient, can take each haircut, are treated as a completion of a work to treat people. Such a person will show a better sense of service.

4, the barber store do not force sales to do membership card. This will be very offensive. Willing to do card, not because you promote good, others are not stupid. Your service is not good, barber quality is not high, with two words others will be a few hundred, or even thousands of card?

Running a barbershop, or do the old customer business model. Do their own service is fundamental. Good service, hairdressing comfort, natural willingness to do card, after all, a good barber such as a needle in a haystack, not to be missed.

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