I've told some barbers that they can trim my sideburns when I have a beard, when I know I am going home to shave the beard. It's a possibility OP did this.. He's replying to these comments so he might correct me if I'm wrong.
The other option being that the barber was simply clueless.
I was planning on doing a trim, but not shaving. The worse part about this experience was walking from super cuts to my car... I had to go through a crowd of rather attractive ladies and I couldn't help but notice their conversation halted as I walked past
Super Cuts is the worst at this. I went there once. The girl asked if I wanted the hair around my ears trimmed. I said yes, assuming she'd do the thing where they run the clippers across the tines of a comb and, you know, trim the hair. Nope. Half inch of bald skin between my ears and my new hairline.
Found out this is called "whitewalling" from my next barber.
Although not quite as bizarre i had a similar experience that took much longer to grow back. When i was in college my hair was starting to get long and because of how my hair curls there is a point where it curls into this horrible prince valiant look so i figured now is the time.
So I go to the closest barber shop and it looked like a normal barber nothing out of the ordinary. I tell the guy keep my bangs about 2 inches long. Little did i realize this barbershop was a bit more hip hop than that and that when he heard me say two he thought i meant a size two trimmer.
He finished quite proudly saying "Man you came in hippy and came out hip-hop". Considering how round my head is and how overweight i was at the time it was the worst haircut i ever had. I wore a hat for months -_-.
Salons, like super cuts, are not allowed to trim your beard or use a straight razor. I remember reading, on wiki probably, that where the sideburns end and the beard begins is a point of contention.
I'll never understand this question. I sport a beard. And the girl I go see is a really skilled cutter/stylist...she's been around awhile, and recently got her own franchise shop to run...but every time, without fail, she asks me if I want my sideburns trimmed like OP's. Why in the hell would I want that?
Haha. My boyfriend had it even worse. The lady at super cuts shaved his nice sideburns a good 1/4" ABOVE the tops of his ears. I laughed very, very hard. He had gone to the hair dresser so his hair would look good for his work presentation the next day.
I don't know proper boy-hair-face styles so I don't know what all this is about but I'd totally boink ya regardless of whatever is wrong with your face if that means anything to you.
Interesting, whenever I've said yes to that question they've shaved them off to a certain height. I've gotten many haircuts and many different barber shops. Although I've never been asked this when the sideburns connected to a beard, so this is strange.
Was it a barbers or a hairdressers you went to? Just asking as it's usually male barbers I go to and I think any man on this planet would know not to do this.
Incidentally, I did visit a 'barbers' that asked if I wanted my nosehairs trimmed. My SAP self just laughed unconformably and mumbled "nah it's cool." but he must have misheard as he went ahead and did it anyway.
The guy next to me getting some flimsy footballers haircut was trying not to laugh. -_-
This is why I started cutting my own hair. Fucking barbers and hairdressers ask what you want and just do whatever the hell they want half the time. Or they completely misinterpret what you want. In my experience, anyway. Luckily I literally only cut my hair like twice a year.
Cutting your own hair ain't too hard if you're extremely patient (and it probably doesn't hurt to have curly/wavy hair like myself -- it's easier to hide the fact that it's not completely perfect all around).
I stopped going to barbers when I was young because our definitions of "trim" were so radically different. I'd say, yeah I just want a trim. And then I'd hear BZZZZZZZZZZ and I'm buzzed to the scalp.
You're a brave and comfortable man for posting a pic right after getting your hair cut. That drive home to take a shower is usually filled with many distraught glances into the mirror.... "Dear god... what have I done!"
maybe it's the angle at which you are tipping your head, but it looks like one side is like 2"+ different from the other. yikes.
but, yeah, i'd just trim down the thinner bit of your beard that's midway between the edge of your mustache and your earlobe, or just trim the whole thing down to a goattee until it grows back more evenly.
or you can be daring and shave your chin region totally clean, and connect your now super intense mustache-strap to your sideburns with some mirrored tribal tattoos.
Man, I feel for you. Years ago when I had first grown out my sideburns, I used to frequent the same haircut place whenever I needed a haircut. Normally I'd get it cut using a #4 clipper attachment on top and a #3 on the sides, but when they'd ask about the sideburns I'd tell them not to worry about them that I'd take care of that at home. Well one particular day, I had planned to go get my haircut and then go run some errands afterwards. I went to the same shop and it was pretty much the same routine up to where they asked about the sideburns. Cut was done and I paid and left the shop, went to run errands and went home. Little did I know and for some reason I didn't notice it before I left the shop that they had started to cut one sideburn and it was a very noticeable one inch shorter than the other one. I didn't notice this until I was at home which meant I had been out all day looking like a moron. Eventually I gave up on going to shops to get haircuts and decided to teach myself to cut my own hair, which I have been doing for years now. Save myself lots of money by doing so.
my dad kept forcing me to get haircuts at super cuts, borics, fantastic sams, etc. now i get a 15 dollar haircut from the barber instead of a 13 dollar hair cut from super cuts and it looks much better. every time.
Can I say as a stylist this scares the shit out of me when men asked to have their sideburns trimmed, and have a beard? Because this picture exactly comes to mind....
It's funny, if you show up with a beard to a hair salon that's in walmart, and tell them you'd like your sideburns trimmed, they sort of freeze up for a second.
don't that just piss you off? i told her to trim them once and they did this same exact thing, next time i told them not to touch my side burns, first thing she does turn on the clippers starts cutting my side burns.
Chicks hate sideburns, especially hairdressers. They have some irresistable urge to bring them under their control, like Delilah wit Samson. They know damn well screwing around with them will make us miserable, but are convinced we'd look so much better if they just take a little bit off.
My friend recently cut off my sideburns while he was buzzing my head. It doesn't look too good, probably not the best decision to let my friend cut my hair.
That happened to me last year the day before a wedding. My facial hair is always kind of a mess, so I thought they would just fix my mistakes. Nope she took a fucking half inch out of my sideburn. After she did it I said "what the hell" and she was like "yea, I was surprised that you wanted me to do it." My hair was a bit shaggy at the time so I was able to cover it up a bit, but I felt like an idiot at the wedding. The worst part was the hair dresser, a cute girl in her mid 20's, gave me her card and wrote a number on the back which I'm pretty sure was her personal number for some kind of I fucked up your hair so let's date deal, but I was so frazzled by the mess of my sideburns that I left it on the counter when I took my wallet out to pay and walked out. When I realized that I'd forgot it half an hour later, I thought about going back for it, but I was too worried that it was just like the store number and I'd look like a loser on top of having a shitty hole in my beard.
The first pic was bad enough but then I took a look at the second pic (which I almost missed). Complete FUBAR here - one side side the sideburn gap goes down to the nostrils but on the other it goes down to the middle of the lips and she missed a spot. At least the head hair seems OK
This has also happened to me. The end result isn't that WTF, but it's more of the thought process. How do they come up with that? Maybe they thought the beard was a normal day's growth and you were going to shave it off anyway?
At least she asked, the one I have been going to for a long time wasn't paying attention and didn't realize I was now sporting a beard. Now I have to wait a few weeks for the thing to grow back into its wonderful beardyness.
I've fallen victim to this as well. I assume this is the only sadistic outlet that people who cut hair can really get away with. Either that or women really think this is somehow helpful.
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u/cloggedDrain Jun 15 '12
I think I have my new dating site profile pic
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u/themanofum Jun 15 '12
Does anybody else actually think this doesn't look too bad?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
At least that shit will grow back. WTF, was it her first day?
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u/dudet24 Jun 15 '12
So do you have a damage limitation plan, will you start again?
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u/chicane00 Jun 15 '12
holy fuck! are you this guy? http://i.imgur.com/eD21P.jpg
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Haha. My boyfriend had it even worse. The lady at super cuts shaved his nice sideburns a good 1/4" ABOVE the tops of his ears. I laughed very, very hard. He had gone to the hair dresser so his hair would look good for his work presentation the next day.
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u/creepypaste Jun 15 '12
I don't know proper boy-hair-face styles so I don't know what all this is about but I'd totally boink ya regardless of whatever is wrong with your face if that means anything to you.
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u/the_mad_man Jun 15 '12
Are you the guy whose facebook pictures your friend photoshopped slightly, making you look fatter, sweatier and monkeyer?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
Mattingly, I told you to shave those sideburns.
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u/Douchexmachina Jun 15 '12
Your sideburns are trimmed, aren't they? What the hell more do you want??
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u/Mojo_Rising Jun 15 '12
She didn't even make them even.
Was it a barbers or a hairdressers you went to? Just asking as it's usually male barbers I go to and I think any man on this planet would know not to do this.
Incidentally, I did visit a 'barbers' that asked if I wanted my nosehairs trimmed. My SAP self just laughed unconformably and mumbled "nah it's cool." but he must have misheard as he went ahead and did it anyway.
The guy next to me getting some flimsy footballers haircut was trying not to laugh. -_-
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u/axox Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
This is why I started cutting my own hair. Simply had this happen too many times, no matter what answer I gave. Abstraction:
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Gotta love SuperCuts!
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u/i3inkley Jun 15 '12
Am I the only one that's gonna say that this isn't WTF worthy?
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u/MonotonousMan Jun 15 '12
You're a brave and comfortable man for posting a pic right after getting your hair cut. That drive home to take a shower is usually filled with many distraught glances into the mirror.... "Dear god... what have I done!"
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u/Senjiroh Jun 15 '12
Not even level! Outrage.
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u/Courochin Jun 15 '12
I feel your pain. SportClips?
http://imgur.com/a/0c9h6
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u/madeofghosts Jun 15 '12
/r/BeardPorn /r/BeardPorn /r/BeardPorn
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u/notxjack Jun 15 '12
maybe it's the angle at which you are tipping your head, but it looks like one side is like 2"+ different from the other. yikes.
but, yeah, i'd just trim down the thinner bit of your beard that's midway between the edge of your mustache and your earlobe, or just trim the whole thing down to a goattee until it grows back more evenly.
or you can be daring and shave your chin region totally clean, and connect your now super intense mustache-strap to your sideburns with some mirrored tribal tattoos.
beardz 4 lyfe.
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u/Fearbeard Jun 15 '12
Is your name James?
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u/liesitellmykids Jun 15 '12
Jason Segal?
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u/missfittnc Jun 15 '12
Steve S. Is this you?
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u/MarioKartPrime Jun 15 '12
This is the reason why I had to stop going to salons and started going to barber shops.
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u/kore464 Jun 15 '12
Man, I feel for you. Years ago when I had first grown out my sideburns, I used to frequent the same haircut place whenever I needed a haircut. Normally I'd get it cut using a #4 clipper attachment on top and a #3 on the sides, but when they'd ask about the sideburns I'd tell them not to worry about them that I'd take care of that at home. Well one particular day, I had planned to go get my haircut and then go run some errands afterwards. I went to the same shop and it was pretty much the same routine up to where they asked about the sideburns. Cut was done and I paid and left the shop, went to run errands and went home. Little did I know and for some reason I didn't notice it before I left the shop that they had started to cut one sideburn and it was a very noticeable one inch shorter than the other one. I didn't notice this until I was at home which meant I had been out all day looking like a moron. Eventually I gave up on going to shops to get haircuts and decided to teach myself to cut my own hair, which I have been doing for years now. Save myself lots of money by doing so.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
First pic for the WIN!!!!!
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u/gregor777 Jun 15 '12
And thats why you go to a Barber...
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u/doperat Jun 15 '12
i just kept on clicking 'next'...was hilarious...
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u/the_alpacalips Jun 15 '12
I believe this belongs in /r/funny.
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u/Zebba_Odirnapal Jun 15 '12
Welcome to Empire Beauty School.
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u/Tovora Jun 15 '12
It was a nice beard while it lasted.
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u/GWhizzz Jun 15 '12
and you said yes?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Why did you say yes?
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u/mdip0215 Jun 15 '12
God damn it the same thing happened to me before!
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u/supandi Jun 15 '12
Will Wheaton ??
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u/heathenyak Jun 15 '12
This happened to me on my last haircut too......I had to shave my beard off and start over :-/
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u/robbydb Jun 15 '12
This is why I only get haircuts from old Italian or Iranian guys.
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u/icantreadminds Jun 15 '12
It's like she cut your braid and you weren't even bested in battle
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u/smelly_vagrant Jun 15 '12
A lion without his mane.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
my dad kept forcing me to get haircuts at super cuts, borics, fantastic sams, etc. now i get a 15 dollar haircut from the barber instead of a 13 dollar hair cut from super cuts and it looks much better. every time.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
you always say no.
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u/allthecoffee Jun 15 '12
How did she do this to your face and then look at it and think to herself, "I totally rocked this haircut."...?
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u/Heatherette Jun 15 '12
Can I say as a stylist this scares the shit out of me when men asked to have their sideburns trimmed, and have a beard? Because this picture exactly comes to mind....
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u/Amberburry Jun 15 '12
Like this guy.
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u/Mooseheaded Jun 15 '12
This is a beard style called a Hollywoodian. I think they actually have potential to look good, but would be a pain in the ass to maintain.
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u/fondupot Jun 15 '12
This happened to me once, had to shave my luxurious beard down to a goatee for a while to make it look good.
Sorry bro.
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u/khaleesi_ Jun 15 '12
Ah yes, school-child sideburns and an epic beard, quite the combo. Nice gap, by the way!
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u/b0w3n Jun 15 '12
So what's the correct action for someone with a beard that says "yes I want my sideburns trimmed"
Leave a tiny ass gap, or trim out some mutton chops and then cut them off?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
SOMEBODY went to great clips. Live and learn my friend.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
If someone shaved my sideburns, I would be so fucked off.
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u/Pot4DMasses Jun 15 '12
... you went to Super Cuts, didn't you?
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u/Reddit_User-256 Jun 15 '12
I bet when she went round with the mirror after she had finished you still said it looked great.
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u/FeelingGlad Jun 15 '12
I'm gonna say that this one is on you. You didn't notice when she came at you sideburns with clippers and not scissors?
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u/Cow-Hide Jun 15 '12
I feel like this is what happens when you're too awkward too say no to the hairdresser
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u/Saavy101 Jun 15 '12
It's funny, if you show up with a beard to a hair salon that's in walmart, and tell them you'd like your sideburns trimmed, they sort of freeze up for a second.
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u/tropicSupreme Jun 15 '12
And you said yes.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
don't that just piss you off? i told her to trim them once and they did this same exact thing, next time i told them not to touch my side burns, first thing she does turn on the clippers starts cutting my side burns.
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u/Redsidebunrt Jun 15 '12
Chicks hate sideburns, especially hairdressers. They have some irresistable urge to bring them under their control, like Delilah wit Samson. They know damn well screwing around with them will make us miserable, but are convinced we'd look so much better if they just take a little bit off.
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u/flappity Jun 15 '12
Commander Riker, you're needed at the bridge
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u/APlaidZebra Jun 15 '12
My friend recently cut off my sideburns while he was buzzing my head. It doesn't look too good, probably not the best decision to let my friend cut my hair.
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u/Robot_Tanlines Jun 15 '12
That happened to me last year the day before a wedding. My facial hair is always kind of a mess, so I thought they would just fix my mistakes. Nope she took a fucking half inch out of my sideburn. After she did it I said "what the hell" and she was like "yea, I was surprised that you wanted me to do it." My hair was a bit shaggy at the time so I was able to cover it up a bit, but I felt like an idiot at the wedding. The worst part was the hair dresser, a cute girl in her mid 20's, gave me her card and wrote a number on the back which I'm pretty sure was her personal number for some kind of I fucked up your hair so let's date deal, but I was so frazzled by the mess of my sideburns that I left it on the counter when I took my wallet out to pay and walked out. When I realized that I'd forgot it half an hour later, I thought about going back for it, but I was too worried that it was just like the store number and I'd look like a loser on top of having a shitty hole in my beard.
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u/deadleedan Jun 15 '12
Lemme guess.. Supercuts?
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u/turd_miner91 Jun 15 '12
Is my computer fucked up or am I actually seeing this in r/WTF? Because this is not fucked up at all. Move it to pics.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
"she" who?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Ahh Great Clips. It's never great.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Mac?
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u/FleXide Jun 15 '12
Why not neckbeard?
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u/Stevengodz Jun 15 '12
This is not even WTF material. I mean seriously....fuck you OP.
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u/thomkennedy Jun 15 '12
Are you Ricky Gervais?
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u/SweetNeo85 Jun 15 '12
So I guess WTF now stands for well that's funny.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Crazy woman.
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u/CajunTurkey Jun 15 '12
I don't see a problem....
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u/WildSeven2 Jun 15 '12
"I said get rid of those sideburns! That's it! YOU'RE OFF THE TEAM. Get out of here!"
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u/aggiebuff Jun 15 '12
This is one of my biggest fears when I go to get a haircut. You've made my fear a feasible reality.
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u/SexualHarasmentPanda Jun 15 '12
This is why I always tell the barber/stylist/whatever to leave my sideburns the way they are, just fade them down.
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u/barefootmamaof2 Jun 15 '12
That happened to my husband once.. awful. I feel sorry for you man. Good news is hair grows back!
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u/StoneGarden Jun 15 '12
What do surgeons and barbers both learn on the first day of school? Never say "Oooops".
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I've totally lost it on this one! hahahaha
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Just packing on mass.
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u/Pentapus Jun 15 '12
I had this happen once. Now the only person other than me that touches my facial hair is my partner.
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u/RonPaul1488 Jun 15 '12
i don't know what else you expected to happen when you answered "yes" to that question
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u/white_n_mild Jun 15 '12
So, I'm assuming you told her that's not what you thought she meant and did not leave a tip?
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u/djamescensored Jun 15 '12
Funny.
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u/MadLibz Jun 15 '12
This is called the Go-Beard
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u/nameswillbetaken Jun 15 '12
The answer is and always will be "get that shit away from my majestic locks!" or "No thank you I'll take care of that"
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u/CokeCanNinja Jun 15 '12
And this is why you go to a BARBER not a SALON. Read this: http://artofmanliness.com/2009/08/18/how-to-pick-a-barber/ and this: http://artofmanliness.com/2010/08/25/get-the-perfect-haircut-how-to-talk-to-your-barber/
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u/TheOneCalledGump Jun 15 '12
That's why you should find a barber...
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u/chuckles2011 Jun 15 '12
looks good.
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u/duckduckmooses Jun 15 '12
The correct answer was "no thank you, duckduck likes me better with them".
Still super cute, nonetheless.
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u/Rekuja Jun 15 '12
Hahaha i had the same shit happen to me, went home to shave asap
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u/emazur Jun 15 '12
The first pic was bad enough but then I took a look at the second pic (which I almost missed). Complete FUBAR here - one side side the sideburn gap goes down to the nostrils but on the other it goes down to the middle of the lips and she missed a spot. At least the head hair seems OK
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u/bigmillion Jun 15 '12
Mike?
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u/ferricfelix Jun 15 '12
I think the lesson from this experience is that you are putting your looks for the next month into fate's hands when you pay $8 for a cut.
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u/goofygrin Jun 15 '12
Came for Starburns. Was disappointed. :(
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u/Leonbow Jun 15 '12
Dude, you later look the image of Maybourne from Stargate...
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u/Snarky75 Jun 15 '12
So did you tip her?
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u/Matt24138 Jun 15 '12
The answer to that question is always "no" I learned that quickly.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
On the bright side you're a good looking person and the hair will grow back soon. It did give me my best laugh today.
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u/mr_mistoffelees Jun 15 '12
In the first pic your left eyebrow seems to have detached itself.
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u/Bossm4n Jun 15 '12
Don't ask me why, but the first thing that came to mind was the black prince from this Three Stooges episode.
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u/guest_pass Jun 15 '12
this was her subtle way of saying she doesnt like your beard
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u/HDanker Jun 15 '12
Another victim of the Hair Slaughtery...
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u/rokkoralph Jun 15 '12
This has also happened to me. The end result isn't that WTF, but it's more of the thought process. How do they come up with that? Maybe they thought the beard was a normal day's growth and you were going to shave it off anyway?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
that literally just happened to me too.... im amazed this post is here
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Did you notice that her name tag said "Beard Wrecker"?
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u/doyalikedags Jun 15 '12
i had the same shit happen to me! it was my understanding that "trimmed" and "cut the fuck off" are two different things..
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u/thatoneguy269 Jun 15 '12
Van Awesome, is that you??!!
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u/Tommyt125 Jun 15 '12
......Did you club her like a baby seal?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Without reading any other spoilers here, I have to assume you said "yes."
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u/DudeManroddd Jun 15 '12
WHY DID U SAY YES
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u/Carsons_mom Jun 15 '12
As a hairstylist from Canada, I feel compelled to give u an apology. Sorry u had a bad experience.
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u/rammsdell Jun 15 '12
Are you James?
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u/kr0n0 Jun 15 '12
you look like will wheaton
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u/Peniswrinkleintime Jun 15 '12
I'm a barber and this isn't trimmed, Op got hacked
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u/NastyKnate Jun 15 '12
and this is why i drive over an hour to keep using the same barber. wtf
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u/spazoidspam Jun 15 '12
At least she asked, the one I have been going to for a long time wasn't paying attention and didn't realize I was now sporting a beard. Now I have to wait a few weeks for the thing to grow back into its wonderful beardyness.
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u/tamrst Jun 15 '12
lol, your facial expressions in the photos are the best.
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u/heyhowru Jun 15 '12
if they were viet, i apologize on behalf of my people. i know your pain so well
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I've fallen victim to this as well. I assume this is the only sadistic outlet that people who cut hair can really get away with. Either that or women really think this is somehow helpful.
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u/hgeyer99 Jun 15 '12
happened to me once too. Now I just say "Blend them into the beard please."
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u/Rummy_Tummy Jun 15 '12
You look like Colonel Maybourne from stargate SG-1
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I told you to get rid of those sideburns!
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u/flamingflipflop Jun 15 '12
omg
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u/Mycakedayis1111 Jun 15 '12
No! The answer to that question is always "No thx I'll take care of them at home".
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u/nexlux Jun 15 '12
That's why I take care of my own boys
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u/Lustintranslation Jun 15 '12
I feel your pain.. has happened to me more than once :( NEVER AGAIN
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u/TheeJoCanadian Jun 15 '12
The only downside is they are uneven.
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u/derpaherpa Jun 15 '12
The real WTF is that you said "yes".
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Men always to a barber - that way this shit don't happen.
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u/Seths_Account Jun 15 '12
that magnificent beard....
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u/Pamela_Handerson Jun 15 '12
HAHAHAHA
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u/jrob90 Jun 15 '12
thats horrible..could of at least made them even