Got my haircut today.
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Maybe I just don't know any better. My wife got tired of me wasting money on $8 haircuts, so she sent me to her girl. My average time between cuts can be anywhere from 3 months to a year, so $60 isn't extravagant. Anywho, her girl only cuts hair on 3 men and is a part time model. Massage and shampoo? Yes.
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$60 haircuts!? I invested in a set of hair clippers years ago, so I wouldn't have to waste the $8 I was paying every few weeks to get a haircut. They've paid for themselves many times over. (No, the kind of women that cut hair for $8 are nothing to get excited about.)
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The haircut is $45. I tip her $15. She did go to school and maintains a state license. Like it or not, that's skilled labor and deserves to be compensated thusly. Again, that isn't $60 every other week, every other month, or every 3rd month. I got a hair cut a month ago, and will get one in 5 months. $120 a year is $10 a month, which is $.33 a day.
A guy I know cuts his own hair, and it looks like it. He also reuses sandwich bags, eats the heel of a loaf of bread, puts water in empty mustard jars to get every last bit, runs used motor oil through a series of strainers before reusing, and crashes wedding receptions and union meetings with his kids for free meals . He does pay cash for cars and houses though. We could all do it, but who wants to live like that?
A guy I know cuts his own hair, and it looks like it. He also reuses sandwich bags, eats the heel of a loaf of bread, puts water in empty mustard jars to get every last bit, runs used motor oil through a series of strainers before reusing, and crashes wedding receptions and union meetings with his kids for free meals . He does pay cash for cars and houses though. We could all do it, but who wants to live like that?
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Super Turbo Deluxe Custom said:
It depends on what kind of haircut you prefer. Like Line6Man, I do the Wahl Clipper thing. Put a #4 comb on it and just drive it around my head for a few minutes, trim the edges and call it a love story. Can't tell the difference between that and what any "Cuts 'R' Us" or high-end wallet vacuum joint would do. It's not the money; I could easily pay to have that done. But, then I'm on somebody else's schedule.
I like my schedule the way it was, fool!
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Ha! Too cool. I am always jealous of anyone who can speak more than one language as well. That was fun, thanks!
I miss japanese haircuts but the girls never looked that good in on base. they were usually old enough to be my mom but I still enjoyed the hot towel and sholder masage.
well they opened a place here in new windsor (orange county new york) where they serve you a beer while you wait and give you a sholder rub after the haircut and the employees are exclusively female. its called just for him. the sholder rubs aren't always as good as the japanese ones but I don't complain.
well they opened a place here in new windsor (orange county new york) where they serve you a beer while you wait and give you a sholder rub after the haircut and the employees are exclusively female. its called just for him. the sholder rubs aren't always as good as the japanese ones but I don't complain.
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Super Turbo Deluxe Custom said:
Ahh, one other great thing about Japan, no tipping. They will not accept it. On top of that the service is top notch, whether it's a haircut, taxi ride, restaurant etc.... Being used to this system really makes it difficult for me when I return to the US and see someone giving minimal effort EXPECTING me to leave a tip.
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