Out of nowhere, during my haircut, my barber (let's call him Tabe)told me "It's all going to be ok." As awkward and confused as I was by the random statement, I replied "I sure hope so." Well, unfortunately, it wasn't.
I really wanted to like this place. I loved the vintage, hipster vibe. The decor is fantastic. But, aside from the cool ambience, it was pretty much downhill from jump street. I made an appointment on yelp, got the confirmation and everything. When I walked in, the 2 barbers who were cutting hair looked confused when I told them my name and that I had an appointment. They asked to see the confirmation which I showed them. Before I showed the confirmation it felt as if I was the one who'd made the mistake. Thankfully, they told me to have a seat and they'd get to me as soon as Tabe was finished with his current client. Move forward to the actual haircut: I told Tabe I like my hair cut short because it grows so fast, and on the sides and back to go down to a .5 or 1 with a tight fade. Throughout the entire haircut he talked about how he's blending my hair and he wants me to grow out certain parts of it so it "flows." All fine, except that's not really what I asked for. He asked if I had used product and I explained that I had used a little pomade to keep the hair out of my face. He suggests we wash it which was fine ..... until he got shampoo in both my eyes and informed me that barbers prefer when you don't put product in your hair when going for a haircut. Ok. It was after this that the comment about "its all going to be ok" happened. Maybe it looked like I was crying because my eyes were burning from shampoo? Anyway, a few minutes later another potential client came in who'd made an online appointment with Tabe, but guess what-nobody knew about it so they actually ended up losing this customer. So as Tabe was trying to do damage control, texting who I assume was his next client, he received a phone call which he took while cutting my hair (unprofessional). Part of the conversation went "I don't know. I was out drinking with my friends last night." (Unprofessional). Lastly, the people next to me (barber and client) were talking about "hot ass girls from high school who now have 6 kids and are fat." I dunno, but the whole experience was UNPROFESSIONAL.
And in the end the haircut was just ok. I can barely tell I got one because Tabe didn't cut as much as I wanted. And I'll need another one in a couple of weeks when normally I get a haircut once a month. $30 wasted. I will continue making the 30 minute +drive to Shave Barbershop in Atlanta. They do it right. read more