Hairdressers to Me...

Are like dentists to others. Going to the hairdresser is a torture, at least for me. Without fail I would be bombarded with a myriad of treatments, hair straightening, hair colouring options by the attending hairdresser. As such it is with great reluctance that I went to get my haircut at Kimage 2 days back.

I was insulted by the hairdresser throughout the whole session. When she approached to ask me what services I wanted, I told her plainly that I wanted a haircut. While fingering my hair she commented it was very dry, to which I grunted my agreement. What came next was what I hate about going to the hairdresser. She then started telling me a simple treatment is not enough to solve my problem. Guess what would solve my problem? Rebonding. It supposedly would make my hair finer and easier to manage.

Wanted to make a sarcastic comment when I heard that, but kept my mouth shut as I am not the one holding the pair of scissors. With my intelligence I do not know how on earth rebonding is suppose to make my hair finer. After all according to the law of physics, matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed. If my hair has this amount of matter and the strands are thick to begin with, straightening would not make it any finer would it? Not only that, my hair is already dry to begin with, would not rebonding make it drier? Anyways, told her I do not need to rebond. I am perfectly fine with my curly hair.

Not giving up, she continued fingering my hair asking if I would like to have it coloured then. Just exactly what is wrong with hairdressers that they cannot shut their trap and just cut the hair as I have asked? Why are they so mesmerised with virgin hair that they must try ways and means of getting me to agree to let them rape it? When I turned down that option and told her to just cut the hair, she gave a dissatisfied look on her face.

As if to serve revenge, she made me wait for more than 15mins before asking an apprentice to wash my hair. Why do I say it was revenge? The salon was less than 20% full, so why on earth do I have wait 15 mins just to get my hair washed? Nevertheless, this was not the worst.

The ultimate insult came when she was cutting my hair. Towards the end, I believed she accidentally nicked herself with the scissors. She caught me observing her through the mirror while she examined her wound. People, she blamed my hair for giving her the wound. Her exact words were, "Your hair is so thick and stiff that it poked under my skin." I was devastated! This was the first time I was told that I had wood fibres on my head instead of keratin. (T_T)

Although I was satisfied with the outcome of the haircut, I would not be back to let that woman cut my hair again. In fact I don't think I want to go back to that salon. If you're reading this, and you know any good no-nonsense hairdresser who will just cut the hair without pushing customers to rebond or colour their hair, please let me know. I would really appreciate it.