now while the transformation from heading from our normal stylist who was the only one who had ever touched wyatts head from day one except on maybe 2 rare occasions, who we had all grown comfortable with in the sense that you could sit in her seat and she knew pretty much what you wanted her to do. not that she always had done what exactly you expected but none the less she knew what to do and within a certain degree she did what you asked.
personally i always found *J* to be pretty scared of touching my head and the heads of my boys and even after nearly 7 years of being our stylist, she never really gained that comfort with doing our hair.. i always hung over her making she she did what was needed, and i still do to this day.. no matter if im spending $20 on a cut or $10 .. i expect it to come out right, i dont make the prices they charge after all i just pay the bill at the end of the day and do find myself to be a decent tipper.
it wasnt to long after great clips opened their doors in our sleepy little town with the sign out front that said *grand opening hair cut sale* and who could pass up the advertised price of $4.99 per person? seriously who could?
of course with a $4.99 haircut can you really expect the best? after all i am a firm believer in *you get what you pay for* and that includes the price which is the reason why years ago i stopped paying walmart prices on pants when i can go to jc penny and get the same thing on sale when they have their buy 1 get 1 deals..
now i will tell you for a great many years (from as far back as i can remember until some mid summer day in 2003) i had a HUGE fear of hair stylists and what they would do with my head..
anyways, so after spending so many years going back and forth to see *j* at her salon and after watching price hike after price hike, it was getting harder and harder to do.. the truth was we just had to find a new place to go. you never got any perks at J's salon.. no frequent cutter discounts, coupons or anything and while i understand that she had to cover the cost of everything (building, supplies, etc) we just couldnt keep taking the cost hikes. its one thing to spend $5.00 or even $10 on a kids head which is easy to cut.. its another when its $20 a cut for the same kids head.
so when we saw the great clips advertisement after opening in our small coastal community town, we had to give it a try, we couldnt justify not trying for the low cost they were charging.
our first experience was okay.. cuts were done and we went home to decide if they were worthy of us or not.. had the lady understood what i was trying to say to her? after all im not good with cut lingo so im sure my explanation of what i wanted was no where near what she was used to hearing.
it was do'able in the end with no great dislikes so we decided to try again.. noting that their full prices were cheaper than J's and their hours about 100 times better than hers who only was open until 5pm during the week and off every sunday.
so once we needed cuts again, we opted to try great cuts again.. so there we were walking in the door with a room full of stylists waiting to meet your hair cutting needs, we got called back one by one and although i will admit the stylist i had scared me .. she reminded me of a gypsy and seemed to speak in a foreign language that i just couldnt understand.. i mean i knew it was english but it didnt sound *normal* to me.. great i get he gypsy with the language barrier.. but i was good, i sat still and avoided my first reaction of *run for the door*
and believe it or not, i have never in my life had anyone take so much time with my hair.. she sectioned and cut and took her time.. i was OVERLY impressed and really like'n the gypsy lady as i left that day.. sadly ive never seen her back in there again *sad face goes here*
weve gone back to great clips and never actually had the same stylist do our hair twice.. heck we normally never see the stylist again.. sometimes its a good thing (because that girl who had me clipping my kids hair when i got home because she left that one stripe of long isnt one id one to have do it again). but sometimes its sad.
as for last nights hair stylists.. i wasnt to impressed and im coming to the conclusion that if your stylist looks good in their hair doo (regardless if its your taste or not) that you will have a good cut.. if they dont, than be scared very scared!
i wonder who will be our great clips sylist next time.. i guess we will have to wait and see!
