To be annoyed by talkative people at hairdresser's

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I notice this a lot - women (usually) offloading their whole lives (what partners did or did not do, where kids are, how successful DC are, how much money was spent on vacations, how much the refurb is costing) on to the person cutting their hair or giving them a blow dry...

Seriously do you need to talk this much and so loudly?
Am trying to get a head massage here!!

Yes! I’ve just got back from having my hair done and the woman behind me was SO loud. I know everything about her life. I hate it.

Yabu. It means you can listen and judge them and not think about your own stresses for a bit.

😂 my hairdresser pries for information when we're in!! Absolute menace for the gossip!

Most stylists seem to make this the case. I'm quiet by nature and have to gird my loins for a trip to the salon as I know I'll have to talk with them all the time they're doing my hair. And it's not one stylist I'm talking about. it's been the way across decades at different salons, whether its the girl who washed the hair or the boy who's in the training or the old hands or the receptionists. They're chatty people and it's generally the vibe. I wouldn't blame the clients. There will of course be chatty ones but they've not invented the idea that going to the salon is a social thing. It's totally the way of things. You'd have to get lucky to find one where you didn't have to chat or listen to other chatting.

YABU, the hairdresser (or barber for men) have traditionally been social spaces in established communities, where people catch up and gossip chat.

Ahhhhh I love a good yap with my hairdresser - she loves a yap as well and to be honest I think I know more about her life than some of my actual friends 😂 However, I don't think I talk loudly enough to disturb other clients and hair salons are quite noisy places generally. As another poster has commented, salons and barbers are known for being places people can chat freely and I'm sure many hairdressers feel like non official therapists sometimes!

There seems to be a trend emerging of people who seem to want to live their life with little/no social interaction at all. There are sometimes very valid reasons for this, but nevertheless I find it quite sad.

I talk to my hairdresser but I go once every five weeks for several hours.
Have done for years so I know her pretty well and she knows me well.
The time goes a lot quicker catching up.
Human interaction is good for mental wellbeing and I better having had a nice chat and smooth shiny hair.

I think there's a good number of Mumsnetters who really struggle socially.
Just that really!

My hairdresser rents a chair in a nail salon. The salon owner continually chats with the other staff in a loud voice, with virtually every second wordis F or C. "You'll never fucking believe what happened to me in fucking Tesco. This C* of a woman tried to take the last fucking trolley" etc etc. I really hate it but my hairdresser is really good.

I wouldn’t go to a salon expecting solitude and quiet. Most hairdressers are chatty people who like a good old catch-up with their regular clients. If you don’t want that I think you need a mobile hairdresser to come to you.

Can't say I've ever noticed this to an excessive or noticeable amount.

I enjoy listening to everyone else's conversations 😂

It's a hairdresser, not a spa retreat.

I love listening in on other peoples conversations but hate having to force one with my hairdresser. Thankfully she sussed me out quickly and after some quick pleasantries won't ask any more questions unless I start the conversation.

I wish there was a "quiet" option for hair dressers. One of the reasons I don't go as often as I could is I don't want to make small talk for an hour

this is a high street place like rush...i mean...literally everyone can hear how much money this woman has...its odd she has to brag here !

My lovely hairdresser says he charges me £230 for a therapy session and I get free highlights and cut thrown in 👶

Is it really that they’re being that loud or is it just that you’d prefer to sit in silence? I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect people not to chat to pass the time, especially when they’re very familiar with their hairdresser.

My mother has a mobile hairdresser, maybe you could look for someone like that so you can enjoy yourself in the peace and quiet of your own home?

@PPQ123 I love this! 😂

I go to the local college training salon and they're very chatty! Love the chitchat. I once had my hair styled by a hairdresser who totally ignored me after asking what I needed doing and chatted to the person having their hair done next to me! Incredibly rude. She did not get a tip!

Another bonkers MN rule. Don't talk at the hair salon 🙄
My stylist and I enjoy catching up with each other's news - similar aged kids for one - but we just chat normally, not loudly.

My hairdresser moved from a general salon, to one of her own which is an extension to her house. It's bliss! Sometimes we chat a lot. Sometimes I just chill. But the best thing is not having to listen to other stylists and customers talking loudly.

One of her ex-colleagues used to have the most grating and high pitched voice and she talked ALL the time. I used to dread her being at the next chair.
Now it's just me and my hairdresser and peace and quiet.

I love going to the hairdresser to catch up on life. She knows everything about my recent divorce, I know about her daughters struggle in a new school, she knows my daughter as she also goes to her etc. We spend 2-3 hours together every 5-6 weeks. We know a lot about each other. I work from home, on my own, so going to the hairdresser is a great social outlet for me. Sometimes I go on a Friday night, I get a glass of wine and we just chat.

Some do have this option when you book!