Really weird/sad/annoying experience that bothered me in the moment and .... continues to bother me. Just stopping in to urge homies to look at other local options like The Boulder Barber or Austin's Barbershop because kindness matters and who you give business to matters more during a global pandemic.
I really had wanted a chance to be serviced here after following some of the stylists/barbers on instagram for some time.
It has been 6-8 wks since my undercut has been touched up/maintenanced, so I figured it was my chance to book! Usually I get my undercut buzzed and then like a few lines or a basic design to stay looking cute and fresh. ANYWAYS WHATEVER -
Supposedly they do have a phone number though it is not on their website or Instagram, the two ways I was made most aware of reaching them. I tried to book online only to realize they have limited booking options and I still had some questions and wanted to talk to someone (in case there might be a barber willing to spend some time and take creative license and leave me looking fresh? idk man, i was just tryna give a homie business, and these people look like they know what they are doing.... Anyways I couldn't find a phone number and I couldn't figure out how to book what I wanted online, but I saw that they had an 11am and 12 noon appointment open to be booked online so I showed up around 11:05 to see if I could get some questions answered and/or get something on the books. I'm a young woman with long hair and that already elicits nasty or confused looks from men when I walk in most barber shops. But today, instead of this - lmao - I was greeted/treated ... some type of way... by I'm guessing Melanie who highlighted my inability to find the phone number on Google before telling me they just plain don't do designs (so I guess they don't offer lines or little notches or anything...) nor have time in their schedule (even though the online booking system had totally said different..). I asked if she could refer me to anywhere else Boulder based and she (while other barbers agreed) suggested the type of service I was looking for would only be available in Longmont or Denver. She also made a weird comment about me having long hair and that being an issue or not something they could accommodate (my undercut has about an inch or two of growth, and the fact that the hair on top of my head is lengthy has never been an issue for anyone else).
bro i get it was election day but the whole interaction was WEIRD! she did Not want my business nor want to answer my questions and i felt majorly judged for my appearance and treated like shit?
so yeah - they are cuties to follow on IG but have a barely accessible phone number, 3 style options that are like ROTC, G-Eazy and the fratstar in-between, little inclination toward creaTive freedom despite the ~artsy hipster yet old school barber~ aesthetic which they have down fosho. sad. they clearly kill it w catering to the white boulder skater boy demographic being nextdoor neighbors w satellite.
the happy end to my story is that i called around a few more places for a walk-in and found Tran at The Boulder Barber (Boulder OGs like their nextdoor neighbor Village Coffeeshop!!!!) who greeted me w the sweetest smile and when I asked if he could do a design or get me looking fresh he was widdit, and now I feel like the freshest bitch in Boulder w the sweeetest breeze blowing past my freshly shaved neck + undercut. TRAN 2020 til forever man!!! he's the best, and yes, he offered to shave "Fuck Trump" but I settled for the more work appropriate "FDT" go to tran at boulder barber and leave this place for the cali/chicago skobuffers who came to take over kap sig and the sk8r boys from satellite read more
