I'm just here for a Haircut...

My hair had gotten long enough

and frightful enough

that it appeared maybe I was looking

to audition for 'Wicked'.

Last Christmas, one of my children

gave me a gift card to a local

salon, so I could go get my hair cut,

'hint..hint'.

So...I was evidently looking pretty

raggy back then.

Well, I finally took the card, went out over the

week-end and got my hair cut.

I took in pictures, I often do, for the type of

cut I was looking for. I don't expect to end up looking

like the models in the pictures...I'm just giving them

a general idea of what I want. I know what my hair

will do and what it won't...so I stick to those

kinds of examples.

Needless to say, if my hair EVER does come anything

close to the pictures I showed...I'll have to wait

a couple more months to find out. It's way too short.

That's okay...I guess I can wait.

I'm not sure if my "stylist"...

and I use the term very loosely...

has had any 'refresher courses' since beauty school

or not...

She didn't seem to understand what I was wanting...

perhaps that was because she was too busy

wanting to 'chat'...

I really didn't come in to chat...

I'm just here for a haircut...

here's two pictures...use those as examples of what I'm wanting.

Still...she insisted on 'chatting'...

I said I sleep with a fan going...

she said, I might as well listen to water drip..

what?!!

I said I just wanted a shampoo and cut..

and use my pictures as a guideline...

she tried to talk me into a 'wax'...

I don't think so!!

I'll grow a mustache and beard

thank you very much!

I asked if she'd ever seen any of the

hair stylist reality shows...

she said she didn't care for Simon...

oh my gosh...

I'm just trying to be nice and partake

in conversation that she seemed

determined to have...

I didn't realize it was a monologue.

Finally...I told her I don't use

'product' on my hair...

even as long as it was...

I just shampoo...towel dry...and let it do

it's own thing.

I've ALWAYS done this, since college.

I do not want Product..

"not even a little Gel"

No...get away from me...I do not want

gel or mousse or hairspray...

nothing!

I didn't realize that a little dab of gel

would add $8.00 to the cost

of the cut...

see..then it's considered a 'style'.

I stuck to my guns...

no product.

Paid the cost of a cut...not a style..

gave a really good tip

(actually my youngest daughter did)

in spite of my better judgement..

(I would have tipped...according to my 'pleased' factor.)

It reminded me why I let my hair grow,

I have yet to find someone who will

cut my hair, give me what I want,

and not insist that I converse with them.

Really..I don't want any distractions..

I just want what I came in for...

"I'm just here for a haircut...one of these please!"