Went based on reviews.
Just moved to the area, there are a TON of barbers and salons along the main strip. This had the top score!
I got the 8pm appointment, not sure if this was why my experience was so bad.
I went in expecting a slightly standoffish man based on reviews. I got it. There are some barbers that look like they love what they do, and some that look like they hate what they do, and want to put a bullet in their head yet found a niche to provide for themselves and family so are sticking with it.
I would definitely put him in the latter.
Now he wasn't a cruel man once you got him talking, but also you felt like he did NOT want to be there.
That's neither here nor there for a haircut.
I specifically told him about 2 trouble areas on my head to stay away from, and that I wear my hair the way I had walked in. I cringed as I heard the buzzers go over these spots. Seeing my life flash before my eyes, and my life ruined for the future month. The soft sound of an evil laugh ringing through my head - was it actually audible, or in my brain?
If you're going to rush the haircut job and just do whatever the F you want, you better be a haircut DEITY and know exactly every hair you are cutting and that it matches the style the patron wants.
10 minutes later after the haircut, I walked out with my head looking just like a random thing he came up with. Long stray hairs that weren't cut, and the places that weren't supposed to be touched, shaved off.
Three weeks later I am still having to gel down spots to fix hair that I knew would stand straight up. The guy just went straight to buzzing the exact area I said would stick up. I curse his name every morning. I thought after 3 weeks I would have cooled down, and then I could write my review. No. My bathroom voodoo doll of him is still stuck with a pin every morning / given a swirly in my toilet. I have to fix my hair every morning for an extended time.
PROBLEM SUMMARY:
1) Didn't stay away from spots I told him to, created his own haircut on my head against directions, not my style.
2) There were two long strands of hair completely missed on the side of my head... Wtf? More than one pass would have helped there. Especially for the price.
3) This hair cut was 32 dollars. $32 f'in dollars for a haircut that was rushed in 10 minutes, missed hairs, cut areas he wasn't supposed to touch, and added 20 minutes to my morning routine every day to fix his shit.
Screw that, I'll try another location, or make the 30 minute drive to my old Cut&Blend in Billerica where they spend 40 minutes on you for $16 and you come out not balling your eyes out like a little girl, collapsing in the crosswalk screaming at god. read more