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Hit 1000 haircuts last month and it shook me
I've been cutting hair for about two years now at a shop in Columbus. Last month I realized I had done over a thousand cuts. I don't know why that number got to me but it did. It made me think about how many conversations I've had and how much I've improved since my first cut on a guy who asked for a fade and got a buzz. Has anyone else looked back at a milestone like that and felt weird about it?
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emerycarr7d ago
my buddy's been cutting for 8 years and he said once you hit 1000 it stops being about the haircuts and more about the people you've sat with. i got 734 cuts under my belt and i remember cut 482 cause this old guy told me about his whole time in the navy while i worked on his flat top. that number 1000 probably hit you cause you realized how many lives you've touched in that chair.
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gavins437d ago
My barber's name is Mike and he's been at the same shop downtown for 15 years. He told me once that the best part of the job is how every chair brings a different story, and after a while you start seeing the same patterns in people's lives. It's like that in regular jobs too, I swear. I noticed after running the warehouse for a few years that the real work isn't moving boxes, it's the folks you help get through their shift or the new guy you teach something to. That's the stuff that sticks with you past the numbers.
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thompson.robin7d ago
Wait, hold on - you actually remember the exact cut number? Like, 482? That's wild to me (no offense). I can barely remember what I had for lunch Tuesday, let alone specific moments from years ago. But I get what @emerycarr is saying about that number 1000 being a milestone where it all clicks. There's something about hitting a big round number that makes you stop and think about everything that led up to it. I bet Mike has seen more life lessons in that chair than most counselors do in an office. It's funny how we think we're just doing a job, but really we're just collecting stories the whole time.
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