Don't Get Your Hair Cut Before Reading This

Let a barber help you with your next visit to the chop shop

- Matt Goulet And Kate Niven

SAY YOU’RE NEW to town. Or your regular guy has retired. Or you’re travelling and in desperate need of a cut. Or you’re suffering from the kind of malaise that only a straight razor to the back of your neck and the hum of clippers can fix. Whatever the reason, you’re in the market for a new barber. A scary prospect, I know. Finding a place, let alone a guy that understands exactly what you want and can deliver it, is an endeavour fraught with miscommunication.

As a barber, I’m right there with you. It can be just as nerve-racking for us when a new client sits in our chair. We’ve never cut this guy before; we don’t know what he likes, or what he envisions, or the weird things that his hair does when it’s clipped a millimetre too short. To be a better customer – so we can do a better job, so you can leave with the best haircut – you only need to communicate a few simple things.

Walk in ready to talk about your hair – and talk about it effectively