10 warning signs you’re in a lousy barbershop

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By Jacob Gallagher | The Wall Street Journal

10. Unswept hair accumulates on the floor (although that mouse burrowing in the pile is diverting).

9. The only publication is a “TV Guide” with Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the cover.

8. The barber has bad listening skills, bad manners, bad breath or really bad hair.

7. You are offered a hookah.

6. The haircut-reference wall poster features short, medium and long mullets.

5. You harbor a strong suspicion that the chairs have fallen off a truck.

4. The haircut takes 4 hours.

3. The haircut takes 4 minutes.

2. The shampoo they use smells faintly of escargot.

1. The barber insists on using the tiny scissors of a Swiss army knife.

 

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