About a month ago I went for a hair cut. I love having curly hair, so I was a bit annoyed at the hairdresser's attitude. "Right" she said, lifting up a curl with two fingers, "let's see what we can do about this then." And she made a total hash of it, cutting it so that it stopped curling properly, and the top layer turned into a bit of a frizzy mess.
So I went to a different place today to get it sorted. Seemed really good - she sat down with me before she started and filled out a form that had questions like "what would you like changed about your hair", "what do you like about your hair" etc. To EVERY question (just to hammer the point home) I essentially said "I like having curly hair, I'd like it more curly please" rephrased.
And of course her response to this was to use a shampoo and conditioner called "stay straight" (which I only noticed afterwards), and then to blow dry it straight. And yes, I know, I should have said something. But once it clicked I kinda thought, oh well I'll have it straight for a day, twill be a nice change. Also, I am one of those people that's essentially incapable of saying something is wrong. It's a flaw - I'll work on it. I think it looks good, but it's pretty much the direct opposite of what I explained I wanted. And more importantly, she probably cut it to minimise the curl - specifically what I went there to get corrected (and I said this several times).
But what's with this? Is it that they don't teach them how to cut curly hair properly at hairdressing school, so the sight of it freaks them out (like when a customer at work asks me for a demonstration of the espresso machines)? Or do they think that everyone's ambition is poker-straight hair? That she thought I was complaining about the curls? I'm baffled.
Felt good to get that off my chest! Anyone else experienced this attitude, or am I paying for misdeeds in a former life (maybe I once strangled someone with my hair and so now I'm being driven towards eventually chopping it all off out of sheer frustration as punishment)?