Hair and gone....
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Continuing in my efforts to support my local neighbourhood
businesses, yesterday I had an appointment at a hair salon (not the one
which would not take my appointment before) for 11am. I arrived at
10.55 am and was told that the "stylist" was on his way.
At about 11.10 the receptionist noticed me glancing at my watch and sighing so she went out the back to find "someone" to wash my hair. I was then left sitting in a most uncomfortable stool-like chair which tried to throw me forward out of itself; and with wet hair under a shower cap and a wet towel on my shoulders.
The stylist finally turned up just after 11.20! At 12.40 he was still snipping away - I had short hair to begin with but he would cut a bit, stand back and admire it, fluff it around a little and then move in for a bit more cutting. The chair is cleverly positioned so that I could not see myself in a mirror unless I leaned almost out of it. I was anxiously watching the offcuts on the floor to asses how much hair was going!
The manservant was entertaining himself with wifi, coffee and pastries in a nearby cafe and eventually sent a text message: Is he cutting hair by hair?
The guy did do a good job and I will go back but I will probably not make the first appointment of his day - or maybe not the day after a holiday!
It is sunny here today but cold .... and some freezing rain is forecast for tonight and tomorrow.
I wish I was in the Blue Mountains in Australia! I took these photos when I was there in March - back in the days when I could bushwalk and do steps properly! I did not play tennis, but I could've if I had wanted to!
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With a tennis court in that setting, I would have to take up tennis - to play or photograph. LOL Don't you hate having to wait and wait for a haircut and then have it take so long? At least, it sounds like he did a good job.
I though the way you were talking about the hair styles was like the one barber I have heard of there is a lot of scissor clipping noises but he either cuts a bit then dose nothing and charges for it! I was afraid you had one of those stories where you had to go to another hair dresser to fix his mess up!
Have a great rest until you have to go back to work!
Your two-hour haircut sounds..well, an hour too long. I'm glad it looks good. :)
LOL - yes definitely an hour too long in that uncomfortable chair. I was starting to get pretty impatient at the end. I said a lot of "ok, that will be good" in the hope he would release me. I was very relieved to see him get the hairdryer because that was my prompt to say oh don't worry about drying it! (probably saving another half hour! LOL)
Your article was thrilling!! When I read up to the line that your hair was nicely done, finally came a sigh of relief. lol
Your photos of the Blue Mountains are gorgeous and informative as well. I am visiting there on Feb. 4, 2009!! The cruise this time does not have any tour to Ululu from Sydney. So I chose the tour to the Blue Mountains. Thinking of "bushwalk" there is exciting!
A perfectionist with a hangover..well, I guess its good that he was an expert and a perfectionist. A newbie with a hangover might have been dangerous!