Just the cut and nothin but the cut.
Great Clips ~ Really Lousy Service
filed in Just a rant on Sep.06, 2009
So I was feeling blah this morning and realized it was because I needed a haircut. So…I drove up the street to Great Clips. (oh no you d’nt – yes, I did!) Not having a lot of dough and reconciling in my mind that ‘it’ll grow out in a couple weeks….I could always wear a hat….I decided to go in. I slowly opened the door to see what the haircutter girls looked like. Cuz yeah, I’m that way.
I sat and waited, studying closely the two hairdressers. Both young-ish. I figured I’d get some clue as to who I’d want to cut my hair by seeing how they were butchering cutting their current guinea pigs customers. It was either the girl sporting the lip ring and in desperate need of a root touch up….or the girl with the nice hair and the big belly roll hanging out of the front of her pants. But her customer was a guy getting a complete shave. Bald. *sigh* Who to hope for? Who to hope for?
Lip chick calls my name….Sheee-lee-ah? *ughhh* (C’mon! Have you never seen the name SHEILA before?)
“Have a seat in my chair”. (as if at 10am she’s exhausted from her long day)
I show her a pic of a cut I like. She looks at me and says…”You know, you’ll have to style that if you want that look.” As if by looking at my flat, washed 2 days ago hair…she knew that I was not a ‘styling’ type gal. “You’ll have to blow it out and use gel every day.”
Since she was the one with the scissors…and I’m the one who actually hates styling my hair…lol….I opted for the “shorter in the back–longer in the front–enough to cover the second chin” look.
Okay…I was all set for my favorite part…the scalp massage shampoo! But wait…OMG…*skreeeetch!* No hair wash!
No deep tissue massage to make my brain tingle and my mind relax. SAY WHAT? What kind of place doesn’t wash your hair before cutting it? She just bottle sprayed it wet. Odd I thought. But whatever…what do I expect for $12 right?
Now, I don’t know about you, but I look forward to (at least) small talk when I’m in that chair. I like to chat. You know…conversation with someone who’s an adult for God’s sake. And then the disappointment of the non-shampoo wore off….and…there was NO TALKING. I swear it was like crickets in the evening darkness. I tried to spark conversation but all I got were one word responses. She didn’t even crack a smile. It was like a Stepford Wife with a pair of scissors. How boring. And disappointing. Moms need a wash and conversation or it’s just not worth the outing.
But all~n~all I actually ended up with a GREAT cut! Huh! Who knew? Actually, I think this is one of the best one’s I’ve gotten. She cut the back way shorter than what I anticipated, but actually like it! I just wish I had gotten the whole washing and talking parts. But like I said. $12.













September 6th, 2009 on 7:23 am
You’re brave. It looks great, glad you like it. I don’t know if I could have gone through after the no shampoo – that would have set off alarms in my head.
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September 6th, 2009 on 7:54 am
Being an ex-hairdresser kinda gal myself I go to the cheaper places. Hell someone has to be a guinea pig and I’m pretty well game- it’ll grow or if it’s really bad I’ll fix it myself. Yes I have cut my hair myself but since the carples I go in.
Oh just an FYI you can ask for a shampoo, some places will charge a bit more which can be disapointing when all you get a rub a dub rinse. but this one time I thought the guy was never gonna stop washing…30 minutes of rub a duba do was a bit excessive. Why is it no one does it like I did? The RIGHT way!
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September 6th, 2009 on 10:57 am
A great haircut with bad service is FAR better than great service and walking out of there looking like a freaky monster troll!
I say yay for the likeable haircut and you are one brave ((and lucky!!)) lady! I think it looks great!
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September 6th, 2009 on 7:38 pm
I looks great! I use to go to Great Clips when I was in Florida & they always did a great job. My experience at Walmart was pretty much like you described, though… minus the good cut. She cut it nothing like I asked her to.
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September 6th, 2009 on 7:48 pm
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September 6th, 2009 on 8:22 pm
Oh, that looks sooo cute! I am not daring enough to go that short!
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September 7th, 2009 on 8:55 am
Hey, that’s so cute! I’ve had mixed results at those places so you’re so lucky!
My stylist now is a talker, talker, talker. I just listen to her stories and am completely entertained!
September 7th, 2009 on 9:38 am
I think you got a great cut! I’m leary of those places, and crap I pay $25 for just a cut no wash from the woman who has cut my hair for 20 years. I just always go with clean hair and don’t worry about it.
And yes I expect people to be able to pronounce a common name, that would have had me running…ha ha!
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September 7th, 2009 on 9:26 pm
I’m thinking about breaking up with my hair guy. Not that he does a bad job. Although it’s never exactly what I want. And he’s generally personable enough, although not really chatty. We just don’t seem to click. And if I’m paying $50, I want some clicking. Am I right?
Your hair looks great, btw!! $12 very well spent!
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September 7th, 2009 on 9:45 pm
It’s so cute! And I hate Great Clips for all the aforementioned reasons, but I also go for the $12 deal. I am really needin’ a new style. But I always opt for the easy out “trim” because I’m afraid of getting butchered, lol. I need to just bite the bullet and go for it.
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