10 Thoughts British Men Have When Getting A Haircut

9. Desperately Wanting "The Good One"

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As the keeping track of the queue is going on, so too is the anticipation of what hairdresser you'll be getting, which can be absolutely nerve-wracking when one particular hairdresser doesn't do, or seem to do, a particularly good job.

While it's nothing personal towards the 'bad' hairdresser, it can be a discomfort to sit in their seat when on the last visit they didn't do such a great job, and left you looking like a member of the marine corps.

You spot another hairdresser is also doing the finishing touches to their current client, and you pray to the barbicide gods that you get them instead of the bad one.

You never thought you'd hope for something as random as "I hope they sweep the hair away first so I can get in the good seat."

Perhaps the most tense it can get in a hairdressers is when both the good and bad hairdresser is done, and both indicate for the next person. Both you and the gentlemen behind you in the queue know who the lesser hairdresser is, and there is seemingly a spaghetti-western style mental stand off as you rush to get the good one. Without seeming like you are rushing, of course...

 
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