Bad Haircut

I got my haircut on Sunday.

I went into the local place where I usually go. Crewcut and a shave for 1000 yen (about USD10.) That's cheap. A nice place would charge 3 times that and women might pay 5 to 10 times that.

The old guys that work there know me and I basically get the same thing every time. So they usually grin at me and say "The usual?" And we chuckle and I get The Usual. They're nice and it's out little joke.

Sunday was different. I don't usually go on Sunday - I usually go between work appointments (hey it only takes a few minutes to shave a head.) But I had a wedding reception to attend and wanted my bristles to be thier best.

They sat me down and a young guy prepped me with the apron. They he kind of ran away, in slow motion like on The Simpsons. A woman working there was explaining to him "Ok, Kenji, this guy is gonna get a 3mm crewcut... Kenji? Uh, Kenji?" while he slinked away.

Everyone in the place, customers included, looked around with a collective "Huh?" Everyone except my girlfriend, that is. She thinks I imagine these things. True, it was kind of rude of the guy to refuse to cut my hair, but it was just so silly no one was bothered.

A few minutes later, one of the regular old guys finishd with his customer and asked me "The usual?" and everything was cool.