All my favorite barbers have one thing in common. They don't fucking talk to me while I'm getting my haircut. Seriously, fuck all the extroverted shitheads who can't go 5 minutes without conversation and put this expectation on jobs like haircutters or dentists where they need to engage in the most meaningless small talk ever.

Fuck. That. The extent of conversation that needs to happen during a haircut is me telling them how I want it cut, and then thanking them afterwards. That's it. I do not want to talk about my day. I do not want to talk about my job. I do not want to talk about my life. I'm not there to fucking socialize, I'm there to get my haircut. Shut the hell up and let me disassociate during the time I am stuck in the chair.

[–] thorbot 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Jesus christ dude, you okay?

edit: he was not

[–] yeah 0 points 2 months ago

He has a hat.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 4 points 4 months ago

Oh I hear ya. But yes there's a reason people talk about whether it's raining or is nice out. It's kind of like coasting downhill - no effort, kind of fun in a way, and then you get on with things.

But yeah I try to avoid much past that, or if they really need to talk for whatever reason you can just ask questions like "oh yeah? how was that?" and "what school is it?" or something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

It's probably just a way for them to seem friendly or to kill the time while working. I'm by no means a fan of smalltalk (I'm a Finn) but I wouldn't be that bothered by it either. Definitely not angry about it.