Fringe benefits
It was time, on Friday, to get a haircut. My hair had grown to the point where it could have housed a small family of birds for the winter; something had to be done. So off I went to the nearest hairdressers, and thus the ordeal began…
“Bonjour, Monsieur. How would you like it cut?”
(Remember this is in French and my vocab on hair terminology is somewhat limited…) “Well, it’s too thick, you see, so I’d like it thinner.”
“Right. Do you want it layered?”
“Layered? Er…can I just have it cut?”
“Well what sort of style did you have in mind?”
“I was hoping to go for the “Now I Have Less Hair Than When I Came In” look that seems to be-”
(Of course now she’s giving me a look that I do not want to see on someone grasping a pair of sharp scissors, so I stop talking. Sharpish.)
“You already have layers, Monsieur”
“Of course I do! Silly me! You see, sometimes you forget, don’t you? Forget to take the rubbish out, forget to feed the cat, forget your hair is layered….”
“How much length do you want me to take off?”
“Well, actually, can I…sorry, please could you keep it quite long, if that’s alright?”
“I’ve got a better idea”
(Oh, Christ. Here it comes. Skinhead. Mohican. Just A Fringe.)
“Just let me cut it.”
Well, it was a fantastic haircut, in the end. I wish all hairdressers could be like that from the beginning, instead of making me feel like I’m taking part in some sort of Hairdressers’ Mastermind.
Thought Vault 
ha, i cut my own hair the other day, its a mess but it was fun! I guess that might be more difficlut for you seen as its so short, and any mistakes will show up and make you look like a spaz. yeah..i reckon layers are what you’d want to make it thinner… so you see she was right! x
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jennifersmennifer
May 2, 2007 at 4:29 pm
remember when you went to get your hair cut in bordeaux? hee heeeeeee
becs
May 9, 2007 at 4:53 pm
I find it best when getting a haircut after speaking to the person with the scissors (if they seem fairly reasonable) to “give them thier head” and what I mean to say by saying that is let them do what they think is right and it usually works out beautifully.
Now if only I could get myself to go out and get to that person with the scissors…
RubyShooZ
June 5, 2007 at 12:40 pm