Today I went to an actual beauty school. I hadn't had my hair cut since September, but salon services are pricey here, so I went to the local college to have a student work on my hair. I always got my hair cut at the beauty school in Utah and while the students were perkier than I would have liked, always asked me if I was married, and scared me with their shiny hair and fake tans, I never had any real complaints about my experiences there. Today, though. Woo baby.
First, I should explain that students leave high school and start college at 15 or 16 here, so my stylist was a teenager. A surly teenager. She barely spoke to me (which I kind of like in a stylist) but she also barely spoke to the instructor. As in, he asked her how she was going to cut my hair, and she shrugged and stared at her feet. Oh, dear. When she finally did receive instruction on how to cut my hair, she did a lot of scowling and sighing. It really seemed that she hates cutting hair. She reminded me very much of a teenager in gym class being forced to run the mile.
Here's the main thing, though. It took her THREE HOURS to cut my hair. She spent the entire first hour (after spraying me directly in the ear with water while shampooing my hair) trimming one section of hair. I asked her to take about two inches off and she seemed to be doing that a millimeter at a time and a single strand of hair at a time. The instructor finally came along and told her that it looked fine and that she needed to push along because she was taking too long. At which point she snapped at him, "Because I'm not good at it!" Yikes.
Bad experience, but only £3.50. I might still go back.
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Reminds of my college days when money was short we'd go the vocational school for a clip. however in our case if the cut was that bad we could buzz it all of and still look fit for public viewing.
I admire your courage.
KWB
Oh my gosh that made me laugh.
Wow. Change of hoped-for profession, anyone? Goodness.
three special hours, what a lucky girl you are
Wow. Three hours eh?
I had that happen once with a manicure once, an HOUR AND HALF later she put the finishing touches on my nails. Eek.
Actually, let's call it FIVE hours because I took the bus there and back and the buses were not running on a tight schedule. Left the house at noon, arrived home at 5:05.
Ihad a new girl at a salon i went to once who took an hour to cut my very short hair. I swear she cut it one hair at a time, and at the end she looked at it and said "Oh dear, did I get it too short?" It was, but I wondered what she planned to do about it. You can't put it back on. After that, I always asked for my old favorite hair cutter. Mom
I will cut your hair for less and in less time :) Also you get to watch a movie, ask my clients.
Last time I went to the Aveda Institute (a mere $25.00) here, I had a 2.5 hour experience that seems awfully like yours. Except she seemed pretty perky--but obviously NOT the teacher's favorite.
That was one funny story!
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