But I just can’t help myself.
It happens every time I get my haircut. I walk into the salon, the girl says “what do you want?” and I stare into the mirror and think Hmmm. Facelift might do it.
Of course, a haircut’s the next best thing. My problem? I can’t help tormenting the girl cutting my hair. When she asks me what I want done, I always say “well, what do you think?”
That’s when the jaw drops. If I’m really lucky they do the whole feeding fish thing.
OK – so why do I do it?
The answer’s not because I’m mean (although I am, just a little). I know from the way they respond how good they’re going to be. The ones who pull off the best goldfish impressions just get asked to trim it, the ones who offer an opinion actually get to cut my hair.
And, of course — I’m mean.
Cath lives just outside Cleveland, Ohio (well, somebody has to), she writes, takes photographs, reads and writes obsessively. Oh, and she speaks with a funny accent.
Aww, you’re just so mean!
Hehehe – so I take it you don’t have a regular hair cutter? I go to this one woman who is da’bomb! She does exactly what I ask her to do, but she will and does offer up opinions if I ask, and she has really good ideas.
Of course, there’s not much one can do with ridiculously curly hair, other than cut it “shorter at the sides, a little bit longer so there’s hair behind my face, and can we try to tame those friggin’ twirlies at the top?”
I don’t think I’d let a fish do my hair either!
Makes sense to me! I adore my hairdresser, but it took me AGES to find her. Seriously, it took 6 years of living in this city to find her. She offers ideas that really work for me, and she does my highlights to perfection.
That’s my problem. I’ve been through something like sixteen hairdressers since I moved here – not one has managed to give me the cut of my dreams.
And I don’t even consider myself vain! Ha!
Well, cath, I go to the same hairdresser, but ohh, look out if she’s holding an empty quart container of Starbucks–it does grow!
Hi Cath,
Off-topic but I couldn’t reply to your email you sent. cath [at] cathsmith [dot] com kept bouncing as undeliverable.
Do you have another email address I could use?
Dave