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...to ask your honest thoughts when someone tells you they're a hairdresser?

193 replies

westmommy · 08/04/2026 21:41

First thoughts, any assumptions? Fully transparent and honest answers please, no judgement whether good/bad!

Also any hairdressers out there, what are your honest experiences and thoughts about the job? Do you enjoy, would you recommend it etc?

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EastCStation · 08/04/2026 21:46

I wonder what shoes they wear, if they're judging my hair, if it's rude to ask them for their product recommendations for my hair and I think I wish I could be a hairdresser.

PollyBell · 08/04/2026 21:46

Whay would i have any thoughts on anyone's job? Why would hairdressers be more special than anyone else doing any other job that people would think that much?

Damnd · 08/04/2026 21:46

Assumption they are chatty and confident

NorthFacingGardener · 08/04/2026 21:46

That they’re probably quite sociable/ must enjoy chatting to people.

DollydaydreamTheThird · 08/04/2026 21:46

Great people skills and never short of work. AI isn't going to be cutting hair is it?

FieldInWhichFucksAreGrownIsBarren · 08/04/2026 21:46

I wouldn't think much of it tbh, my lovely hairdresser has become a good friend.

Forresty · 08/04/2026 21:46

That AI will not take their job.

Blueeberry · 08/04/2026 21:46

Not very educated, dropped out after GCSE types that just went into hairdressing for an easy option. There are a small, incredibly talented minority however

PoppinjayPolly · 08/04/2026 21:45

Honestly? That they are a hairdresser?

ReignOfError · 08/04/2026 21:45

That I wish I had their talent and training.

dudsville · 08/04/2026 21:44

I don't have any thoughts about that. What thoughts do you have? Are you a hairdresser and worried about how it comes across?

HotRootsAndNaughtyToots · 08/04/2026 21:44

Interest - its a creative job and I think most hairdressers go into it as a vocation.

SadieGreen · 08/04/2026 21:44

I find it impressive! It’s a real skill to be able to cut and style hair and do a good job I think! I wish I’d wanted to train as a hairdresser. They always have work too.

NoSourDough · 08/04/2026 21:44

That they are fucking Raking it in! ££s!!

KidsLifePathQuestion · 08/04/2026 21:44

I might think to ask them if they are salon or home based, what products they'd recommend, and I might consider visiting them for a cut.

FromthefireintoWhat · 08/04/2026 21:43

that they must love chatting and that it must be exhausting!

Morepositivemum · 08/04/2026 21:43

I think god I wish I’d trained as a hairdresser! God I wish I was friends with a hairdresser!!

Moodnight · 08/04/2026 21:42

Indifference