The hairdressers at the place I take my 10 year old DS always seem to want numbers when they ask this question. My DS has a shaggy mop of wavy hair that sticks out in all sorts of absurd directions when badly cut which is most of the time and it doesn't end up the same length dry as it was when it was sprayed wet. I can't deal with whether it should be two inches or 5 cm or 27.27592 mm or whatever. I just want it (a) long enough to keep the wave and (b) short enough to be tidied up a bit. But when I say this they look at me with a bovine stare that tells me they really don't know what I mean. They're supposed to be the hairdressers. I don't do hair. Ever. I'm hopeless at it.
I suppose I am being unreasonable. This is what you get for keeping the price down to under £10 a cut. But would a slightly better service at a slightly worse price be too much to ask?
AIBU?
To be irritated by hairdresser asking 'how much do you want cut off'?
wol1968 · 21/02/2014 23:35
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I suppose they could consult their crystal ball rather than asking you 
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I don't think this is unreasonable, especially when having a trim, I think 'as much as necessary but as little as possible' should cover it for tidying up split ends and making it even.
(however in practice this did once mean that my hair was trimmed from bum-length to bra strap-length as the hairdresser 'thought it was a better length' for me. I was quite 
and am always a bit more precise now...!)
My ds has really tricky hair, cow lick at front and weird hair line at back so he can't have it short at the front (ie clippers) or it looks wonky unless they cut it unevenly. So he has it longer now, sorts out problem at front but longer doesn't suit his hairline at the back, my hairdresser is currently experimenting with it to try and find a solution! I found when my kids were younger that a lot of salons get junior/trainee stylists to do kids hair and they had a lot of dodgy cuts as a result. So now they have more expensive cuts (25 quid) but they look so much better, it also is sensible to have the same hairdresser each time so they get used to you, your kids and their hair. This would also help your issues with knowing what you want 
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Search the tinterweb OP and find a picture so that next time you can show them the cut you would like.
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