sick of this shit. Absolutely sick of it. Now hairdressers told they can't do highlights.

[MercyBooth]

I just want my cut and colour.

inews.co.uk/news/uk/brits-haircuts-leisurely-treatments-government-guidelines-salons-short-appointments-949174?ito=social_itw_theipaper&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1618002591

@MercyBooth
I totally agree with you
One of the saddest memories I have from the first lock down was a very smart, very elderly man walking along the road with un groomed hair and I thought then that were being turned into a nation of scruffs.
In fact m it wasn’t just men , it was everyone
Children with weird cuts , women with well overgrown roots, the list goes on.
Dh gets his done once a month, I know do it and it looks really good
So much so he’s not going back to the hairdressers
Unfortunately when he tried to streak mine, Third World War broke out

I’ve had it streaked professionally three times times since a year gone feb

@MercyBooth I'm with you too and this is about so much more than hair.

No restriction or guideline should be in place without actual reason for it, without balancing the harmful effects of it, and whether that restriction or guideline is an abuse or overreach of power and what is reasonably acceptable to ask people to comply with or do.

I've felt all along that the government have overreached and crossed way too many lines. The way people have unquestioningly complied with certain elements is really bizarre.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/arrangements-for-visiting-out-of-the-care-home/visits-out-of-care-homes

Here’s another FAKE freedom. All those poor elderly people basically imprisoned and left to die alone or live one of the last years of their life in a horrible state of isolation without being able to see any of their families, now told that if they dare to go beyond their prison walls, they will be subject to a 14 day quarantine when they return.

All those posters stating ‘it’s just a haircut’ or ‘get a grip’ need to wake up and realise what the problem is with all these background ‘guidelines’. Isn’t it time citizens of the world were able to make their own risk assessments?

the problem with 'guidance' is that we all know that somewhere, someone can't wait to report a hairdresser for talking too much to their customer, having the radio on too loud or taking a 'disproportionate' amount of time to blow dry someone's hair. And we also know that there is no end of over zealous council officials that are keen to shut down every business they can and plenty of police officers that are more than happy to call round and 'remind' people of the need not to break covid guidance.

on a similar note - some councils have said pub goers will have to wear masks outside

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9454957/Covid-lockdown-UK-Millions-Britons-spend-300m-week-pub-beer-gardens-open.html

that is the kind of shit we are all up against

@PickAChew

Thanks for the unnecessary lecture, *@witchesbritchespumpkinpants*.

It is not reducing risk for someone to be in close contact with 10 clients through the day than 4 or 5.

It is less risk for the client

When the numbers are relatively low, like most areas now, it's less risky for the HD to see two clients for a shorter amount of time than 1 for a long time.

But whatever, it's not a bloody gender issue nor a 'Govt wants all women feeling pants with their grey' 🙄

Everyone saying it’s just a haircut are not getting the point OP is trying to make. We have had the most basic of freedoms snatched away from us without any cost benefit analysis or evidence to support them. Businesses are being made to jump through hoops and obey ridiculous rules after being forced to close for months on end. Without evidence to support the rules this becomes about nothing but control and the government and their advisors relishing in their new found powers. They deserve to be challenged in court like what is happening with hospitality and I hope more industries do it. When places re open they should reopen in a capacity that enables them to at least turn a profit not fork out thousands of pounds to adhere to guidelines that makes no sense.

It’s not just a haircut/colour it’s a mental boost, it’s looking smart and put together not like a scruffy mess, it boosts people’s mental health and more than that it is the livelihood of thousands of business owners and employees who have been screwed over constantly over this last year. The “ I’m alright jack” attitude of some people on here is disgusting.

No restriction or guideline should be in place without actual reason for it, without balancing the harmful effects of it, and whether that restriction or guideline is an abuse or overreach of power and what is reasonably acceptable to ask people to comply with or do

Exactly this.

All the people on this thread making utterly pathetic passive aggressive comments along the lines of “do you not care about people dying” need to understand this.

Restrictions and guidelines are inherently harmful. They are an infringement of liberty. However some of them are necessary due to the public health crisis - fine. Some of them just seem like the government exercising control because it fucking can, and useful idiots will say it’s fine because people are dying.

These guidelines are not helpful or productive.

I think the government are making a mistake by trying to reopen borders at the same time as reopening internal domestic everyday life.

Most people just want internal domestic life back to normal, which requires borders to remain closed except to essential travel and continued quarantine.

The OP demonstrates how desperate we are just for day-to-day life and basic freedoms to return. If we can keep new variants out of the country (and avoid rampaging infection rates inside the country to avoid developing our own new variants again), then the chances of normal life within the UK is so much higher.

A) it's guidance not law
B), it just says keep appointments to a minimum, not don't do certain treatments

some councils have said pub goers will have to wear masks outside

I am not sure they have the authority to make those sorts of pronouncements...the government says you don't need masks outside, so you don't need them outside.

I wish councils would get on with emptying the bins and stop trying to make themselves relevant in the pandemic.

I'm having my balayage done. I am.

@Katie517

Everyone saying it’s just a haircut are not getting the point OP is trying to make. We have had the most basic of freedoms snatched away from us without any cost benefit analysis or evidence to support them. Businesses are being made to jump through hoops and obey ridiculous rules after being forced to close for months on end. Without evidence to support the rules this becomes about nothing but control and the government and their advisors relishing in their new found powers. They deserve to be challenged in court like what is happening with hospitality and I hope more industries do it. When places re open they should reopen in a capacity that enables them to at least turn a profit not fork out thousands of pounds to adhere to guidelines that makes no sense.

It’s not just a haircut/colour it’s a mental boost, it’s looking smart and put together not like a scruffy mess, it boosts people’s mental health and more than that it is the livelihood of thousands of business owners and employees who have been screwed over constantly over this last year. The “ I’m alright jack” attitude of some people on here is disgusting.

They are getting the point the OP is making ,but they're just saying that there's no point getting worked up about it because it's not actually happening.

I'd be annoyed too if it were happening. But as it's not, why continue to moan about a restriction that won't be in place? Her appointment isn't cancelled, nobody's said she can't have highlights done, there's really nothing to see.

Government guidelines (not even law) ask people to consider if the appointments could be made shorter. I'm quite happy to have that considered as part of being covid-compliant. And if the answer is 'nothing we can do to make this type of appointment shorter', then great. Carry on.

It's not about 'I'm alright, Jack'. If haidressers were actually banned from doing colour or highlights, then that would be different, and I'd agree that it was an unfair restriction on them and their businesses, and a real blow to people who are looking forward to getting back to looking and feeling good. But that isn't what is happening!

To everyone who is saying the OP has an 'extreme reaction' to just a hair cut, you really cant see the bigger picture here.

Months and months the government have taken our responsibility of personal safety away, made it illegal to see our friends, shutting off our lives, rules, restrictions, many of which havent been supported by medical safety evidence.

We now feel grateful to go for a pint and now our hair cut.
Is there any evidence to support these 'guidelines' for no highlights or short appointments? Nope.

That's what's frustrating. We are in an abusive relationship with our government and our freedoms.

have seen their businesses and livelihoods disappear

And you want hairdressers to become a part of that club too @SpringtimeSummertime Cognitive dissonance. A race to the bottom.

It's it your personal safety that government have taken control of, its societies safety

It's because the horrific effect you could have on others that your rights have temporarily restricted

Because it's painfully clear that too many people put their hairstyle and wealth over many other people's health and lives

@midgedude get a fucking grip

Wealth? Surely you mean people's ability to keep a roof over their heads and feed their families, @midgedude?

@MercyBooth

have seen their businesses and livelihoods disappear

And you want hairdressers to become a part of that club too @SpringtimeSummertime Cognitive dissonance. A race to the bottom.

I have said nothing of the sort MercyBooth I absolutely hate it when people make false statements about ‘what I want’ or don’t want. Stop making things up. Have you not read your own thread? Countless of people have told you that hairdressers can and will be offering the full range of treatments including having hair coloured.

@midgedude

It's it your personal safety that government have taken control of, its societies safety

It's because the horrific effect you could have on others that your rights have temporarily restricted

Because it's painfully clear that too many people put their hairstyle and wealth over many other people's health and lives

Honestly you'd think that a new wave of bubonic plague was sweeping the country with statements like that.

And before I get jumped on for being a granny killer or COVID denier I understood and agreed with lots of the steps that were taken to try and protect the vulnerable and the NHS.

But a year on, with the vast majority of elderly and vulnerable vaccinated, with the numbers of coronavirus patients in hospital and infections being really quite low, and you don't think it's reasonable for people to question the restrictions and 'guidance' being put in place by this government even now, with the situation as is currently is?

@midgedude

It's it your personal safety that government have taken control of, its societies safety

It's because the horrific effect you could have on others that your rights have temporarily restricted

Because it's painfully clear that too many people put their hairstyle and wealth over many other people's health and lives

Oh have a word with yourself. The sanctimony is strong with this one.

@midgedude

It's it your personal safety that government have taken control of, its societies safety

It's because the horrific effect you could have on others that your rights have temporarily restricted

Because it's painfully clear that too many people put their hairstyle and wealth over many other people's health and lives

Horrific effect?!

From a virus that has 99% survival rate? That the vast majority of its victims are past life expectancy age? That is so deadly you need a test to tell you whether have it?

Give your a head wobble, woman.

A bit of an overreaction to guidance I would say.

Massive LOL!!!!
You're being shat on and psychologically abused because you can't have your highlights done 🙄
I wish I had your problem, unfortunately I live in the real world where people have adult problems, grow up

@midgedude

It's it your personal safety that government have taken control of, its societies safety

It's because the horrific effect you could have on others that your rights have temporarily restricted

Because it's painfully clear that too many people put their hairstyle and wealth over many other people's health and lives

Oh ffs...

OP I get it. Its your last straw moment.

I had mine over the new bookings system at the gym the other day. Generally it would feel indulgent to be pissed over such a thing, but it's just one more thing. One thing after another after another. A year of restrictions on our lives with very little scientific evidence to back them up.
I miss my life. I miss my family, I miss the way I used to be able to do my job, we are told we should be more optimistic now as things are opening up. But a lot of it is being opened up with so many restrictions that it makes it impossible to actually do. So yes I cried because I can't get to my gym and have had to move, but I also cried for the reasons given earlier. That was just the tip of my iceberg.

As for resilience, that's nowt to do with it. You've no idea what I've gone through in my life and what I deal with every day and I'm still here getting on with it, still standing and mostly happy. But we are still allowed to cry and get angry when we get overwhelmed.