Every time my barber increases his price, I simply increase the amount of days between haircuts. I will pay £0.67p per day. Used to go triweekly. I'm now up to 36 days between cuts. I'm sure other people do similar (minus the autistic maths part).
@fesshole 36 days between cuts? I have my wife cut my hair like 2 or 3 times per year.
Aug 19, 2026, 7:32 PM@stinerman@mastodon.social @fesshole@mastodon.social ah, but how much does your wife cost you :P
Aug 19, 2026, 9:02 PMMrs Wife's been cutting my hair since the late 90s, but the benefits go beyond haircuts. 😄
@fesshole this means my next haircut will cost a fortune
Aug 19, 2026, 7:32 PM@fesshole I started cutting my own hair with clippers when we were staying home for COVID and haven't gone back to the barber.
@fesshole Once Upon A Time (it was a long time ago) we used to pay £2 each at a particular curry house. If the meal came to more than £2, (which only happened rarely by accident when we hadn't been keeping track of what we ordered) we would actually pay the amount of the bill, but if it came to less than £2 we'd pay £2, the difference being the tip.
The waiters soon learned to write us bills for around £1.70 each regardless of what we'd had to eat.
Aug 19, 2026, 8:28 PM@fesshole Think I may be simpler, scruffy, or both: plan to have one every 6 weeks with a No.4 back and sides, but consider it a win if I make it there before 12 weeks. 😅
Sure, the floor looks like a shearing shed when its done, but the difference feels amazing!
Always astonished when I overhear people in the barber saying they're feeling scruffy for skipping a week. That people pay that much every week... 🤯
Aug 19, 2026, 9:23 PM@fesshole it's probably been over a decade since my last one...
@fesshole I can't actually remember the last time I had a haircut. It's been many, many years.
