A botched job

So I went for a haircut yesterday. It seemed like a pretty normal Peruvian barber shop, a little bit shady looking with dingy yellow lighting inside, chairs from the 1960s with cracking vinyl, and crusted mirrors. The barber a 65 year old looking Peruvian man with well kept hair looked good enough though, so I entered. That was my big mistake! First, pulled out these:


It took me a little while to realize what they were, a pair of manual hair trimmers. We're all used to electronic hair trimmers. These function in the same way as the electric ones, but have scissor like handles to move the blades making them cut. I actually thought it was pretty cool that he was still using these tools from the 1950s so I stayed. Next, he pulled out his scissors, a bit rusty with a blade that you could feel was not cutting all the hairs when he pinched the blades together.


With this I was getting a little bit nervous that my haircut would not turn out the way it normally does. Unfortunately I was right. The 65ish year old man apparently could not see very well because some sections of my head he skipped cutting completely and I had to tell him that he missed the spots. The worst part was the part cut a little bit too short on the back of my head. Needless to say I was not happy! He then pulled out his last antiquated instrument, a straight blade razor to shave the back of my neck.

After a quick shave I was spotted and on my way...to my next barber shop. There they did a much better job, but unfortunately had to shave me nearly bald because of my first cut. Lesson learned, don't go into shady looking barber shops to have your hair cut by nearly blind old men who used rusty scissors. Let that be a lesson to all of you! At least I only paid a dollar twenty for the cut!

Until next time, keep livin' the dream!