Overheard a guy in the chair say his last barber used a #4 guard on top but a #8 on the sides

I was cutting at my station in Brooklyn last Tuesday when this new client sits down and tells me his old barber did a 4 on top and an 8 on the sides. Took me a second to realize he had it backwards for like 3 years. Anyone else run into clients who describe their cuts totally wrong?

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umab869d ago

Wow, hold on. Isn't it possible the client actually knew exactly what he wanted but just described it wrong? I mean, we're the ones who are supposed to be the experts, right? Maybe we should be asking more questions before we just assume the customer is confused. Honestly, if a guy has been happy with that look for three years, who's to say the old barber wasn't just giving him the cut he asked for, even if the numbers were swapped. Isn't the real problem here that we might be too quick to judge instead of just listening to what they're actually trying to say?

rosek739d ago

Gently correct something, @umab86, but the old barber might've just been using different clipper numbers to get the same result.