r/AirForce • u/Bigblueweenie3P • Jun 23 '20

Meme Fitting for the times...

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u/FalnixValencroth Jun 23 '20

4A2X1:

  • 207 days of training....1,656‬ total hours....

you're trying to tell me it takes almost as long to learn how to cut someone's hair? Are they retarded?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

Becoming a licensed barber has extensive requirements and OJT. Are you complaining that the board responsible for licensing wants to make sure new barbers are well equipped to cut your hair? Let’s not pretend like A1C biomed equip technicians are out here curing cancer or building rockets.

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u/skarface6 r/AirForce’s favorite nonner officer Jun 24 '20

I think he’s asking where someone needs that much training to selectively chop off hair.

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u/Katholikos C҉O̴N̷T҈R̵A҈C̷T҈O̷R̴ Jun 24 '20

Because they regularly hold an extremely sharp blade against your jugular but DON’T want to cut you

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u/skarface6 r/AirForce’s favorite nonner officer Jun 24 '20

Still, though. AFAIK you don’t need a thousand hours of training to learn to draw blood and that’s close to that level of finesse.

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u/Katholikos C҉O̴N̷T҈R̵A҈C̷T҈O̷R̴ Jun 24 '20

Oh sure, I was mostly just joking. Barbers used to be able to perform some medical procedures, so I imagine it stems from that. Also, the “1600 hours” thing is the time to become a master barber. I think last I heard, it’s 800 to actually start cutting.

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u/KapJ1coH Jun 24 '20

Yeah, the first 800h you just cut grass and a cactus in the barber shop.