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To tell my hairdresser...

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 13/02/2015 09:50

..that it suits me if he doesn't want to chat as his banter is poor anyway?

On way to hairdresser appt. The man is a good stylist but a walking ego. Almost every time I go he says " sorry I am not in a chatty mood today so I won't be chatting to you".

Which suits me but he could at least make the effort for the price he charges.

I really have to stop myself making a sarky retort every time since he is snipping at my hair at the time.

WWYD?

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Behindthepaintedgarden · 13/02/2015 11:17

I can't stand it when hairdressers natter away at me. I like to read trashy mags while my hair is being cut, not say 'no I'm not going out tonight' 'no I haven't booked a holiday yet' etc etc etc

Behindthepaintedgarden · 13/02/2015 11:19

Oh and neither do I like paying over the odds because you're offered lattes, and the chair has a back massager, and the magazines are Tatler and Vogue and the staff are all dressed in black and white.

I don't care, I just want a cut and colour that won't break the bank or take up my entire Saturday.

WitchWay · 13/02/2015 11:21

I like my hairdresser, we're the same age & get on really well, & have a good chat while he makes an excellent job of my hair.

What I can't bear is the inane, pointless, repetitive, banal, irritating chat from the stupid girl who washes my hair

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 13/02/2015 11:26

Yes I love no chatting. Just not being told someone refuses to chat to me

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Behindthepaintedgarden · 13/02/2015 12:33

Well yes, I can see your point. A bit like not wanting to go to a party but being a bit insulted if you don't get a bloody invitation .

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 13/02/2015 12:33

Exactly!

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MumToFourCats · 13/02/2015 13:07

I was having my hair cut once and the hairdresser began talking to the person in the next chair so there was a 3 way convo between 2 hairdressers and 1 client while I was being ignored. It wasn't even about hair - they were talking about learning French.

She just kept clipping away and in the end having tried to get her to pay attention to me as she was doing what I had said I didn't want I leaned forward and got out of the chair.

She then said, "I'm not finished yet" and I replied, "well when you've finished your chit chat you might want to listen to me, your customer".Her face was

She went into the back and the manageress came out and finished my cut after that. I have never gone back to that salon.

YourMaNoBraBackOfMyCar · 13/02/2015 13:10

Oh god. He sounds like a bloke I used to work with. He was a terrible bully to the juniors. If the salon wasn't busy he would make you stand there watching him work. If your gaze slipped slightly he'd put the scissors down, fold his arms and ask what was soooooooo interesting? He once told me that he couldn't bear my voice and asked me to be quiet. Then he said to his client as if to involve her that he hated the mancunian accent. She tore a strip off him and asked why he was working in a salon surrounded by mancunian folk in the middle of manchester? :o

FindoGask · 13/02/2015 13:13

I hate going to the hairdresser so much I've learned to cut my own hair! I struggle with forced chit chat but feel equally awkward about silence, and having to stare at my own face in the mirror for prolonged periods. This way, I have an appointment with myself about once every two weeks (I have v short hair), it takes fifteen minutes, doesn't cost anything, everyone (me) is happy.

DonttouchthatLarry · 13/02/2015 13:23

I haven't been to a salon for about 16 years! My hairdresser comes to my house, does me, DH and my friend, and we all have a good old gossip. We've known each other so long now we're friends and have proper conversations, not inane chitchat. Oh, and the best bit is I don't have to sit and look at my own face in the mirror!

OP are you Krystle or Alexis?

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 13/02/2015 13:25

Definitely Krystle!

I wish i could cut my own hair. And it grows so fast it needs done every couple of months too.

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 13/02/2015 13:25

Only good thing is I can't see my face when I take my glasses off

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Behooven · 13/02/2015 13:28

Good for you mumtofour I wish I had the guts to do something like that.
There's the line between being totally ignored and too much chit chat.

GoooRooo · 13/02/2015 13:30

If there were a hairdresser where no chit chat was guaranteed I'd definitely be a customer. I bloody hate all that 'so are you going on holiday then?', 'where are you off to tonight?' rubbish.

VodkaJelly · 13/02/2015 13:30

Get in there first OP, sit your arse in the chair and say "I dont want to chat today so please keep it zipped, i dont have the patience to listen to your stories"

Probably wouldnt say it myself but i am a hot head. If he said it to me the first time i can see me saying "No chat no tip dickhead" then come out looking like i got a 4 year old to cut my hair

CharityD · 13/02/2015 13:32

I chat with my hairdresser, we have a good laugh together. I don't like conversation for the sake of it though, if I go to a different salon, just for a blowdry, I'm quite happy to read a paper or magazine, and just exchange a few polite words.

I think it must be a relief sometimes for the hairdresser to be able to just get on with what they are doing.
I do think your hairdresser is a bit rude and arrogant to put it like that. I think I'd try out a reply along the lines of, 'chat is the last thing I need today, phew'!

toffeeboffin · 13/02/2015 13:41

Although I love the idea of a silent hairdresser just the fact that he so pointedly states it would be enough for me to look elsewhere.

There's other stylists!

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 13/02/2015 14:49

Vodka

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 13/02/2015 14:52

I did have one before who was TOO chatty. She used to tell me to have another baby
And ask why I didn't want one. She was also DH's hairdresser. And apparently used to give him a hug as he left. She didn't hug me She set up a home visiting business but funnily enough we decided to change hairdressers at that point.

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