Monday, 25 May 2020

LIFE IN LOCK DOWN - HAIRDRESSERS

About a month ago it seemed like every news report was reporting that hairdressers wouldn't re-open for at least 6 months. ….........And then all the 'undercover' reports of barbers still working seemed to pop up. Undercover journalists all over the country seemed to be visiting barbers who were still operating and who were apparently charging more than double for their services. These Barbers weren't using PPE or even face masks and apparently didn't have any extra cleaning procedures in place. But still people were flocking to these illicit hair cutting places. Though I have to admit that all the reports that I saw were only about 'barbers'. I've never seen any reports of ladies hairdressers operating illegally.

I guess there could be two reasons for that, in my opinion.

Firstly it probably only takes about 15 mins max to cut a man's hair. Generally speaking they are in and out of a barbers before they even have time to drink a cup of coffee. So................... if barbers are operating illegally the chances of them being caught out are very slim. Let's face it................... If they see PC Plod wandering along the street towards them they can always just ask their client to leave straight away and would anyone in the street be any the wiser? If a man was in the middle of a hair cut and walked out into the street would anyone even notice what his hair looked like?

Not so a lady.

So secondly......................... I think that ladies hairdressers can't operate undercover in the same way as barbers can because ladies spend an awful lot more time at the hairdressers than men do.

Can you imagine going to an illegal operating hairdressers to get your roots done and two hours into your treatment you have to leave because someone has spotted PC Plod strolling along the High Street??!! I think it would be pretty obvious to all concerned,if all of a sudden, a lady walked out of a shop with her hair in foils or wisps of hair sticking out of a cap covered in some sort of hair dye.

Personally I don't really understand why men feel the need to go to Barbers during lock down anyway. Most of the men I know, just shave their heads themselves or get their wives/partners to do it. And I'm not sure that I believe all these reports about Barbers doubling their prices and charging more than £30 for cutting a man's hair in secret. But there again I'm sure these journalists must have done their research. Certainly during the first TV report I saw about this, there was a video (albeit with the faces of all concerned not visible) showing a Barber cutting a clients hair. Hmmmmm.................. can one believe everything that one reads in the news?

For me personally, I think my hair is growing faster than anyone else I know, so much so that I'm actually taking a photo of my hair every week to show everyone how it's growing. And I have to say that it's growing very fast. It's getting longer and greyer by the day.

Don't you just hate all those friends & family that still seem to be able to look immaculate at all times. As far as I'm concerned they all must have very slow growing hair. Or they all have the ability to cut one's own hair because they've watched the many Youtube videos that seem to be popping up all over place telling one how to cut ones own hair. I've watched a couple of these but no way would I feel confident enough to take the scissors to my long greying locks. Maybe I just lack in confidence. Lol!

Oh and just wondering................. has anyone else noticed how 'Nicola Sturgeon' always seems to look perfectly groomed during her daily briefings. Hair immaculate and I'm sure it's a different colour from what it was when lock down first started. I'm pretty certain that she is not stupid enough to visit an 'illegal' hairdressers so she must be colouring and cutting it herself. …...........Or perhaps she's got Frank, her husband helping out.

Not so Boris. His hair is even more of a mess than it normally is. But there again he's so eccentric and talks so much rubbish than I'm guessing that what his hair looks like is the least of his worries.

PS – Does anyone have any reliable up-to-date information as to when the hairdressers will actually open? Don't know about any of you lot, but my hair is certainly getting longer and getting greyer.

See you all tomorrow.
Toodles.

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