Hey brothers! It's time for something new.....I was talking to another fellow barber the other day, and I was shocked on his opinion of beauticians. Being that when I came into this thing,it was a good thing to be able to connect with the ladies in the neighborhood salon. I remember different than he does,so I assumed that his position on the sisters would probably be simular to mine.....NOPE!!! When I asked him why, he could only say; "It's day-time stories and blah,blah,blah all day.... I can't take being in the salon all day like that." My experience was different. I had worked in a salon as the sole barber before opening up my own shop,and the experience was a very enlightening one. There were things that they kept me abreast of in their world, and there were things I kept them up on. I had to ask him; "Don't those same type of things happen in a barbershop?" to my surprise he said,"Nah, not on that level, man. We don't do it like that!" Hah! I like to believe that in some places it's just the same and that's pretty sterotypical due to the fact that I found that women actually gossip openly LESS than men do in the salon. I found when I left to work with the ladies, there was actually less babble and more work.....My own observation was that the ladies were so busy with wash & sets, perms, and braiding , that time was MONEY.It was really cool for me. Plus being the only male there was like living your own little private fantasy with just YOU and a bevy of beauties on your own little island.....(smile!) I say we're no different in behavior; Days Of Our Lives is substituted with ESPN ; and how many times did you and a bunch of the fellas babbled on about this and that?( "Did you see so-and-so's new video?" sound familiar fellas?)I think great things will happen if we look past the typical stereotypical b.s and really start networking.
You know I fool with you you keep it real. And you are right , I worked in a barber shop for 3years and it was great. It was no diffent then in a salon and they got into it about football and so all the time. And yes it was heaven being with 13 men of all ages. LOL
I REALLY HAVE TO SAY, BEING THAT I WORKED IN BOTH PLACES AS WELL, I FOUND THAT SOCIALIZING WITH THE LADY PATRONS MADE WORK A LITTLE MORE PLEASING. IF YOUR ANYTHING LIKE ME, I ENJOY THE BALANCE IT BRINGS TO THE ATMOSPHERE. ITS TIMES WHERE WE CAN GET ALITTLE OUT OF HAND WITH THE CONVO, BUT WHEN LADIES ARE PRESENT WE MAINTAIN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RESPECT FOR WHOS PRESENT. NOT ONLY THAT BUT WOMEN CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE IN WHEN YOU JUST DONT FEEL LIKE CUTTING OR F IT! LET ME JUST CHILL AND STAY ALITTLE LONGER. I THINK ITS HEALTHY FOR THE SHOP. PEACE!
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