BarbersChoice
Ann’s paying now for her haircut – the line is long, the salon is packed with all the new year’s gift cards and new looks for all the ladies for sure! Literally dozens of women with their long locks, color, balayage, updo’s etc.. no doubt the new years eve plans in this place are in overdrive. It’s Tuesday evening outside the on the West Side, we’re planning dinner after my girls appointment. As she stands in line to checkout, I can only imagine some of the salon’s client’s thinking “WTF” was that lady thinking with that cut! I swear of 15 patrons in line, my girl looks kinda out of place. Their 2021 styles clashing with Ann’s freshly shorn cut, bald ass nape – ears glowing… Ole Jake did her up right this time. Her neckline/nape buzzed to the bone, over the ear, with fuck me bangs in front – seemingly the only resemblance of a feminine haircut…
And perhaps the best part is that he seems to genuinely enjoy shearing my wife with the clippers. Shoving her head down repeatedly during her cut, his chair sits conveniently near the waiting area. The looks from most of the patrons always looks to be one of shock. It’s like the look of “Holy shit” or “I bet her fucking husband hates that shit” Truth be told – It’s never too short for me! The haircut always starts with the trimming of the top layers and and bangs, to the precise cleanup over the ears, ending in a skin tight, bald faded neckline. The nape reduced to nothing but stubble. Fuuny that in a super high end salon, he still uses the loud Otser 76 clippers to shear my lady. It’s as if every person in the salon watches when they hear the machine come to life.
In a salon full of high class, stuck up women, all with long locks, my wife simply drops her head for all to see. Occasionally the foil shaver follows, with thtt crunch sould literally pulling the hair out of her scalp. – Ann’s neckline always “bald as a baby’s bottom.” She says she is super apprehensive about her “short cuts” but she gets so many damn compliments it’s ridiculous. Everywhere we go, someone is making a comment about her hair – in a great way, and Ann is certainly appreciative!
So my lady sits every few weeks, in a super high end salon, packed with younger clients – 99% with longer styles and tons of hair! She sits in the chair, never utters a word, Jake seems to really love taking her short. Most women stare or at least glance repeatedly – especially when the loud clippers come to life.
We’re both heading into our retirement – her in one month, me a few more. We’re certainly going to need to cut expenses and her salon visits every 2/3 weeks at $100 just will not suffice. I mentioned to Ann we are going to need to cut back after retirement and that my barber Gail is local, cheap and super talented, and her haircuts are only $12!
Ann smiled and her only ask was me to go first in the chair, as I always arrived for my haircut as the doors opened. She laughed and stated that the cold blades on the clippers needed to warm up a bit before they hit her scalp! Ann’s birthday present to me years prior was a haircut from Gail on an early brisk morning in January. The first pass up her nape that morning made Ann jump from the cold blades touching her skin. Gail laughing, apologizing and then handing Ann the big Oster’s to hold in her hand and in her words “warm them up” while she grabbed a cup of coffee. I can still see my wife sitting, holding those clippers in a barbershop as if she was holding the executioners weapon! The finished style, a 000 on the sides/nape – with the flattest of flattops you’ve ever seen! I mean the top was mowed down, landing strip, with her white scalp shining. The looks from some of the older fellows waiting for a haircut were priceless. Ann is fully aware of what style comes with her retirement. After all, we are on a fixed budget, and what would you all expect… The shop is called the “Clipper Joint” with the caption below stating – “Home of the $12 Flattop”
