a while back i decided to let the old beard grow back and let my thinning hair grow long before it all fell out. my hair had grown long enough to completely cover my ears and the beard was getting pretty wild too. on the days when i didn't have to show up at the cracker factory i didn't run a comb through the old hair after washing it. i kinda looked like ted kaczynski, the unabomber.
so what made me chicken out? next week i have an appointment at the dentist to begin the reconstruction of a tooth that fell victim to stale ju jubes. i had this fear that if i looked like a homeless bum the dentist might treat me like a homeless bum and not being a masochist i decided to clean up my act.
it was off to the barber school for a haircut. have i mentioned that i love the barber school as much as i don't like cops? i had a nice young man cut my hair ever so carefully and after he was finished the owner came to inspect. the owner looks just like harry mudd of star trek fame and he isn't bashful about pointing out flaws in the haircut. after a few touch-ups i was done. the barber school charges $8.00 for a haircut, $8.96 when the harmonized sales tax is tacked on. after paying the owner i walked back and gave the young man a $6.00 tip. a regular hair cut starts around $15.00 around here so i was breaking even.
the young student's face lit up like a christmas tree when i handed him the tip. if i gave a $6.00 tip to a snooty french waiter he'd look at me like i was pond scum. the smile on the student's face was definitely worth $6.00 to me.
i love you sons of bitches.
9 comments:
Well played. Just don't tip the dentist at that same percentage...
That's a heck of a generous tip! Do they have any girl barbers in the barber school? It might be more enjoyable to see their faces light up they've fussed over you for 20 minutes.
I like giving tips to people who don't "expect" it.
thimscool - i think the dentist should tip me but if there was ever a person i want to enjoy serving me it's the dentist so maybe i should tip her.
gb - there are no female students at the school but a good looking woman probably gets so many tips she wouldn't need my humble little tip. it's a large percentage tip but a small tip in terms of dollars.
charlene - exactly! that's why you get a real smile.
I never know what to tell the woman who cuts my hair. I just ask her to make me look good, which she does with incredible regularity.
robert - when i was a kid there were always about 10 pictures on the wall of different hairstyles but my mother would never let pick the cool ones that looked like elvis.
Oh bugger, I thought you went to KFC for lunch.
You did a really nice thing by tipping that barber school student. Sounds like you made his day. That reminds me. I haven't done anything nice for awhile now... say maybe a couple years. Maybe I should stop flashing the neighbors one day this week during the morning hours while they're eating their pancakes and sausage.
The Bass O' Matic. What a classic. I remember watching that when it first aired live when I was a kid. I wish SNL was funny like that again. (sigh)
Also: When you go to the dentist, ask him to give you some nitrous oxide... just for kicks.
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