How many ears were found among the spoiled coils and matted air? :rolleyes:
Barbers -like dentists- must be very short to work without stressing out
by bending over the customers unnecessarily all the time! :thumb:
I barber whose shop I have to cross every time I go out is of the right height.
His head (when he remains standing) and the head of the customer
(when he remains sitting on the chair) will be at the same height. See what I mean? :)
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A walk through Chennai's barber shops
Barber shops of yore were social hubs, offering haircuts, shaves and gossip with equal enthusiasm. This was what salons were for, a few decades ago. Friendships were formed over the ‘snip, snip’ of hair dressers’ scissors; opinions were shared as Ilaiyaraaja blared on the radio at the counter. Frozen in a time when they did roaring business, they take us back to the city of Madras, where streets were calmer and people had time to savour little luxuries like haircuts and shaves.
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Barbers -like dentists- must be very short to work without stressing out
by bending over the customers unnecessarily all the time! :thumb:
I barber whose shop I have to cross every time I go out is of the right height.
His head (when he remains standing) and the head of the customer
(when he remains sitting on the chair) will be at the same height. See what I mean? :)
Barber shops of yore were social hubs, offering haircuts, shaves and gossip with equal enthusiasm. This was what salons were for, a few decades ago. Friendships were formed over the ‘snip, snip’ of hair dressers’ scissors; opinions were shared as Ilaiyaraaja blared on the radio at the counter. Frozen in a time when they did roaring business, they take us back to the city of Madras, where streets were calmer and people had time to savour little luxuries like haircuts and shaves.
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