The woman had been coming to the salon for years. Michelle had listened to her drone on with the fortitude of a saint. As time progressed, so did the gossip and out of her mouth came snakes, toads, and lizards. Michelle didn’t want to hear the foul blather, but what could she do? She snipped her hair in silence and nodded.
One day, the woman regaled Michelle with the rancid details of her affair with a married man. When Michelle realized it was her friend’s husband, a smile crossed her face.
Months later, after getting her hair cut, the woman thanked Michelle and turned to leave. Michelle gazed at the expanding bald spot at the back of the woman’s head that had grown a bit broader that day…
Have you ever used the salon or barber shop as a place to blow off steam?
Do you trust your hairdresser?
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Oh my! Hehehe. I don’t care for talking while at the salon. But I know many do. I’ll make idle talk, but would prefer the peace and quiet to let my imagination go to work.
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You are so smart! I remember talking about my blog one time and I was sitting right next to a neighbor! Hahaha! Oh well I guess I was doing a little inadvertent advertising!
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I go to the salon for peace and quiet and “me” time:) Have a Great Weekend!
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I could use some of that! Thanks Renee!
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brilliant!
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Thanks so much Ophelia!
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Still laughing–funny to everyone but the recipient of the haircut. 🙂 Reminicent of the provoked cook who spits in the stew. Nicely done.
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Thanks VL! You are so right! That is why I don’t send anything back!
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Hi,
The things that are said in some places would curl your hair. 😀
I often wonder if these people that are telling their secrets realize that others can hear as well. 😆
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So true! It has been a hair curler for me too!
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Hilarious. I’m pretty sure I’m the only guy who has ever been inside the place where I get my hair styled, but I’m all right with that. They do the best work and the things I hear there… wow. A notepad is to conspicuous, so I wear a wire… for learning purposes : )
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For hearing purposes and blog fodder! Hahaha!
I have seen men in every salon I have been to. I can just imagine what you guys have heard!
Glad to see you are recovering after your surgery with your sense of humor intact! 🙂
Thanks Jared!
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Ahahaha! Mine is long and I don’t go in often, so no secrets are spilled in my visits 😉 Too funny, what sweet revenge.
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You definitely need a relationship with your hair stylist, although it probably doesn’t stop some from blabbing at a SuperCuts! 🙂
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Hilarious!! Nothin’ like a little justice!!
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It is fun to play with imaginary characters. Imagine if that was real life! Sheesh! They both are pretty evil! 🙂
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another wonderful post. i remember being a young man, excited to save enough money to get a haircut. i didn’t care about my looks–i was interested in getting my weekly dose of barber shop talk. everything from philosophy, sports, politics, and of course women. i learned more from the old men (always there and not all necessarily working there lol) in that store front sitting on a phone book for height, than any class i’ve ever paid to attend.
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You should write about that. it would be awesome!
Thanks so much Jesco!
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That was funny, I trust mine! LOL
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Thanks Marcia! Me too! 🙂
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Very, very good!
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Thanks JM! Have a great weekend!
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Oh, that reminds me — I need to make a hair appointment. My hairdresser and I chat about our families, hobbies, current events — nothing I’d be afraid of anyone overhearing. And she always remembers the details of my life months later when I come back for my next appointment. I seriously think she takes notes.
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She sounds wonderful! I have had amazing stylists too. I don’t know how they keep track…
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My hair-cutter-lady would always pry to find out more of my life. She always gave me discounts because I was poor, though. She also had a lazy eye.
Since then I’ve gotten a life, a job, and a hair-cutter with eyes that look forward.
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You are so funny Corey! Hahaha! I just read a really sad post and needed your comment to bring me back to my happy (more normal) state of mind.
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I’m glad I could cheer you up Susie! But seriously, don’t go to hair-cutters with lazy eyes. Truth. 🙂
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The way you set up and tell this story forced me to click through and read the whole thing. Nice!
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Hey! I am so glad you made it through. They were really a nasty pair…
Thanks!
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Good one! Loved the ‘gossip came out of her mouth line’.
My hairdresser is my daughter. She went to ‘beauty school’ for a year, so she would have a profession while attending college and acting school. Never blown off steam, but have cued her on her lines while having my hair attended to a few times.
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That is so great that you have a beautician in the family! It sounds like she has all her ducks in a row…
Thanks Ted!
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You have told your hairdresser that you’re a closet Cornhusker, haven’t you?? hehehe
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I sure haven’t!! Hahaha!
Thanks for stopping by!
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Ha, this was fun. And I love that you added the question, do you trust your hairdresser.
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Thanks Judee!
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Barbers and stylists are like bartenders; they’ve heard and seen EVERYTHING!
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So true! Thanks for stopping by Hook!
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ooh! revenge! Love it.. fantastic read.
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Thanks Darlene! I wonder if anyone has ever done that…..
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Hi Susie,I
Out of her mouth came snake, toads and lizards. Wow. I give this the metaphor of the year award. After that, how was I not going to love this serpentine and well-wrought revenge tale?
Thanks for reading and commenting on my story.
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Wow! Thanks Bridges! I need to work on metaphors for my WIP which is done, but is in a pretty bare bones state right now.
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I love this. And I trust my hair dresser. Because that would be me. But my colorist. Oy. He is a blabber mouth. One has to be very careful. 😉
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I have trusted some and not others depending on who I know goes to the same salon!
Thanks Renee!
I saw that you advanced in the MMM2. Way to go Bueller! I voted for you!
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Loved it Susie – when I visit the Barber for the ritual shearing a woman (yes A WOMAN!) cuts my hair. I have told her I design oil rigs for a living and for the past two years or so I have been filling her in on advances in rig design. Naturally it is all a pack of lies. One day I will be found out, but at the moment……
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“Snakes, toads, and lizards” is a lovely vile image!
Can I query one thing? (Personally I love receiving constructive comments, so long as they *are* constructive.) Do you think comparing Michelle to a saint makes her seem too sanctimonious? Especially given the sneakiness of her revenge…
Anyways, just a thought, this was a fun read!
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She was totally passive aggressive, so I agree about the saint. It was a cliche trying to get across the fact that she was easily taken advantage of, but I could have said something that wouldn’t put her on such a high horse. Oh my gosh! There’s another one!
Thanks for reading!
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