Virtuous_Brotha
Superstar
I don't see the issue 
Why are barber shops so unprofessional?
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AquaCityBoy
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This nikka cutting my hair and every minute he has to stop to :
check his phone for a message
make a quick phone call
change the tv channel
change the music playing on the radio
holla at some chick walking outside
See someone he knows walking outside and meet him a for a minute talk
Talk to his fellow barbers
All this shyt happening in the middle of a fukking haircut and he has the nerve to expect a tip.
What’s wrong with being a professional and actually concentrating 100% on your client and making sure you give him the best haircut possible?
So that "Barbershop" episode of "Atlanta", that aired earlier this year, is realistic?:
Armchair Militant
Stay woke
My barber was dyeing his beard in the middle of my cut last week.
That episode was 200% factual. Barbers be on some bullshyt sometimes
I grew my hair back and now get braided partly because I got tired of dealing with barber bs.
datnigDASTARDLY
catching pigeons
why are you asking this...you should know already 
And yeah I feel OP but I always figured it's because of the service nature and culture of the profession...
Them nikkas gotta hustle and have they fingers in 10 different "revenue" streams and they just don't have to be professional period.
It's almost like they brand themselves to be as unprofessional as possible
richaveli83
Veteran
Just described my current barber. He's been cutting my hair for a year because my longtime barber moved to Atlanta so had to find a new barber. Dude is notorious for taking phone calls, ordering food from the food truck that comes by or the sister that be bringing barbecue plates, etc. Dude is too cold though and I've tried other shops but nobody can cut like him so far so I keep going back though. He's funny as hell too. I just come to accept it.
get these nets
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I think internet forums/social media provide some of the "talking shyt / socializing / peer bonding" that used to be one of the draws of barber shop culture. Only now, people are exposed to views of people outside of their local area.
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
Right, a lot of the shyt being called misogynist these days on social media were fairly common talking points back in the day. Keeping your woman in check, how to bag multiple hoes, unpopular political opinions....all type of shyt like that was unfiltered talk.
In the movie Barbershop, this was examined with how everyone in real life got up in arms when Cedric's character said fukk Jesse Jackson, people lost their shyt with that line. Nowadays fukk Obama is not uncommon at all too see on black twitter and facebook.
I don’t fukk with professional ass barbershops, if your barber ain’t taking smoke breaks in between, telling you about his sexcapades and arguing with his girl on the phone while cutting. Your barber trash 
get these nets
Veteran
agree. In the film, it was the MLK slander that got people upset.
People have said outragous shyt in babershops, and I like how the film was shot and edited to show people screaming on Cedric's character and arguing against his point (if I recall correctly)
Bumblebreh
Collecting honey and money
Just described my current barber. He's been cutting my hair for a year because my longtime barber moved to Atlanta so had to find a new barber. Dude is notorious for taking phone calls, ordering food from the food truck that comes by or the sister that be bringing barbecue plates, etc. Dude is too cold though and I've tried other shops but nobody can cut like him so far so I keep going back though. He's funny as hell too. I just come to accept it.
The coldest barber to ever cut my hair had the worst breath.Man his breath was a mix between doodoo and a leaking garbage truck in the summer.And he could talk with no filter
but my god if he gave you a haircut,your girl is going to give you p*ssy that night.
A lot of these comments looking funny in the light, either your Momma kept you in the house cutting your shyt with the discount clippers that overheat or you nikkas ain't nikkas.
A barber I used to go to one time left in the middle of a haircut just to go grab a laptop charger from his car , like is that really necessary?
And when I was young I was waiting for 30 minutes, when its finally my turn one of his boys came in and bumped me in line and both of em didnt even care to acknowledge me.
I'm glad that place got shut down tho, shop was always dirty and they didnt seem professional.
The new guy I go to has his own appointment schedule and if hes too busy he got other barbers on deck that do an amazing job, and the shop is always kept clean. It's a home like environment
And when I was young I was waiting for 30 minutes, when its finally my turn one of his boys came in and bumped me in line and both of em didnt even care to acknowledge me.
I'm glad that place got shut down tho, shop was always dirty and they didnt seem professional.
The new guy I go to has his own appointment schedule and if hes too busy he got other barbers on deck that do an amazing job, and the shop is always kept clean. It's a home like environment