After reading the reviews here on Yelp, I made an appointment with Edward. He seems to be a very nice person, and is very patient.
The haircut he gave me is the worst haircut I have ever had in my entire life. It cost forty five dollars before tip. Sixty after tip, as he was nice, and seemed to be trying. This is on the high end of the average price I pay for haircuts.
It looks like some sort of high school kid's butchered haircut. It's almost as if I cut it myself. There are distinct 'chunks' of hair, my 'layers' look like a staircase.
It was also cut shorter then the 4 inches we agreed upon, so it's too short for me to have it re-cut without being much too short. He cut at least six inches off according to my tape measure. I may have to get it re-cut anyways it's so terrible. It's going to take me a year to recover from this horrible haircut!
addendum:
If my decision to tip is confusing, I give tips based on attitude and effort, and I felt that the service was good on both of those counts, despite the outcome of the haircut.
I measured my hair before the haircut, and after, with a tape measure. The longest point is now actually 7 inches shorter, however the general length is 6 inches shorter as my hair was previously layered, and now has a generally flat cut across.
For people who wear glasses, and must remove them during the haircut, it is difficult to accurately see what is happening during the haircut. The verbal description of 'four inches' is what I rely upon more so then the visual cue, as the image I see in the mirror is entirely blurred. I also expected the four inches to measured from the longest point of my hair, not the midway point between my longest and shortest layers.
After washing and drying, the cut seems to make my hair settle in a very unattractive way. I do not straighten or otherwise style my hair, and I prefer a more natural look.
There is one chunk of bangs cut from hair growing from approximately one square inch of scalp in an oval shape right at the front/center of my hairline. This chunk of hair is cut flat across the bottom, and comes down to the hollow of my cheeks and is particularly distressing in it's unattractiveness.
I will attempt a revision on the chunks surrounding my face, particularly so on the one center chunk which likes to fall out together in a single flat-bottomed lump, but I will wait for the rest to grow for at least half a year (estimated 3 inches) before another cut.
On an amusing note, search for 'target bangs commercial' on youtube, how relevant! read more
