A Busy Day at Master Barber's Busy Barber Shop   (Part 5)

Barber came back behind the fat girl again with something in his hand but she wouldn't get a chance to see much other then the cord that was leading to it. He tilted her head straight down to her chest and all that could be heard was the sound of the Electric Andis Clippers pop on Nrrrrrrr the sound of them filled the room. With one hand he picked up sections of her brown hair touching her shoulders and with the other he placed the clippers on her nape and moved up the back of her head quickly in swift motions from her nape to her crown, pass after pass.

At this point all the fat girl could see was piles of his long brown tresses land on her lap and the floor before her very eyes.  Tresses are locks of long hair, commonly seen as a woman's hair or a hippy / sissy boy sporting long hair. For ones head to shorn, is to have his or her tresses of hair cut short.

Sooner then later the barber now moved to her side and tilted fat girls head to the left and once again the electric clippers worked there way up behind her right ear. Then over her right ear pass after pass taking her brown tresses of hair down to short fuzz.  Barber then moved over to her left side tilted her head to the right and worked them over the left side as well.

Suddenly the barbershop door opened and this girl with long hair walked in.  Again the electric clippers went silent for a few minutes.

The girl walked over to Imee the female Filipino haircutter behind the counter and said “excuse me miss I just moved here from Ballarat and found a cheap flat in the building opposite; my flat mate told me that she heard you do cheap short girls haircuts... do you ?”

“Yes we do madam” answered Imee.

The girl looked at Imee with a smile and said “oh great”.

“You will need to wait though because barber is busy and has 3 more girls before you... so just take a seat over there in waiting area with the others next to the police officer” replied Imee.

The girl walked towards the waiting area and sat next to the female police officer. They looked at each other with a smile on their face then started chatting.

“Hello Heya my name is Bella (my customers and friends always call me Bella. How’s your day?” the girl said to the police officer with a sense of jubilance and relief in her voice.

“Not bad thanks” the female police officer replied.  Bella then asked “are you here for your haircut too?”  Nope but these girls next to me and the one over there getting her haircut now are here for their regulation Juvie Lockup haircuts “replied the female police officer.

“Wow what haircut style is a Juvie Lockup haircut… is it short, because I am really sick of my long hair was getting too long and becoming a problem ………so troublesome”

“Oh short it certainly is… and it will make sure that your hair is not so troublesome” with a smile on her face replied the female police officer “Is this your first time at this barbershop Bella?”

“Yeap, well I just moved here from Manhattan and found a cheap flat in the building opposite; my flat mate told me that she heard they might do cheap short girls haircuts here. I did not know for sure and was embarrassed to come in and ask until today” replied Bella.

“Oh yeah, the barber here can cut anyone’s hair as long as it’s short” the female police officer said.

Master Barber now went to his workbench changed the blade on his clippers to 000 - 1/125 then came back behind fat girl once again and tilted her head straight down to her chest again; all that could be heard was the sound of the Electric Andis Clippers pop on. Nrrrrrrr and the barber took to tapering the back of her head  before changing the clipper blade once again to 0000 - 1/100  and creating a tight taper / faded effect along fat girl’s hairline all the way around the back before moving to right side followed by the left side and repeating the process to complete the tapered / faded finish.

Fat girl could be heard sulking again as she continued seeing the piles of her brown tresses cover the floor around the barbers’ chair before her very own eyes. It was apparent that she must have felt overwhelmed at the sight of it and the fact that her brown tresses she had shampooed and brushed for years now cover that floor.  

“Nice work Sir…nice and short….” Said the female police officer to Master Barber as he worked his way through fat girl’s tresses with is electric clippers with a straight face before looking at Bella again and asking “So have you found a job around town here?”.

 “Yes, I work as a waitress at a diner on 17th and G Streets NW, Washington, DC. I love being in the middle of the so called fashion district. I usually spend my work breaks browsing through all the boutiques and high fashion apparel shops around  Tysons Corner Center  like Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Hecht’s, Lord & Taylor and dreaming of being able to afford the price tags on the clothes let alone a visit to a proper up market salon… you know what I mean,,, right!”.

“Yeap I understand you. You remind me of myself when I was your age……Listen here Bella you will not want to waste your money at any of those proper up market salons after ‘Sir’ the barber here finishes with your haircut today. He is good as you will find out for yourself before you walk walk out the door today”.

Bella with a smile on her face replied “I hope your right because I hate my long hair.  You know after work every day I commute back home and see so many really nice looking successful career people shopping and eating in fancy restaurants that make me depressed and always dreaming of having a successful career here or back in Manhattan one day and a beautiful apartment to go along with it, but I guess this will be just another dream in my life”.

“You know the girl over there getting her hair cut off now….?” asked Bella. Oh yes her name is Monica and she is on her way to Juvenile Detention Center ‘Juvie Lockup’ along with these three waiting their turn next to you. The four of them were arrested and convicted on juvenile offenses here in Washington, DC” said the female police officer.

“Wow Monica’s hair was long but not as long as mine….. I am getting to like her haircut more and more as I watch the barber working away” said Bella to the police officer and three other girls waiting their turns.

Suddenly and with a loud voice Master Barber looked at the three other girls headed for Juvenile (Juvie) Lock Up pointing his hand at the Asian girl with long and thick black hair touching her waist at the back and a fringe covering her face and touching her nose and said “You move your bum into the chair here now” pointing at the red barbers chair that Shirin had just been shorn in.

The Asian girl just looked at the floor and ignored Master Barber. Suddenly the female police officer grabs her  by her right shoulder firmly  and helps her to stand up and make her way into the barbers chair faster and telling master barber ”take it all off  again ….  Nice Short Regulation Juvenile Lockup Haircut for her too please sir”.

Master barber looked at the female police officer with a smile and replied with a loud voice” Sure Madam, I will just take it all off …. Regulation Juvenile Lockup Haircut same as Monica here madam”.

(To Be Continued - Parts 6 through 8 will follow soon)

A Real Indian Barber Shop

                       A Real Indian Barber Shop

                             एक रियल भारतीय नाई की दुकान

This barber is a master of his trade, the young boy in the chair was transformed from long shabby to short back & sides in 14:65 minutes only. 

इस नाई अपने व्यापार के एक मास्टर है, कुर्सी में युवा लड़के लंबे समय से जर्जर से 14:65 मिनट में ही छोटी पीठ और पक्षों के लिए बदल गया था.

The Indian Barber tells me that he has never had any other job, and all he knows is cutting hair. He said I do it with a sense of pride and will not accept anything but perfection whether its is a schoolboy's short back and sides haircut or your business mans' trendy haircut.

 More about the whole haircut and his brothers  to follow .. in  "Visit to Indian Barber in India" coming soon

पूरे बाल कटवाने और उसके भाइयों का पालन करने के बारे में .. में "भारत में भारतीय नाई की सैर" जल्द ही आ रहा

A Busy Day at Master Barber's Busy Barber Shop   (Part 4)

At this point the white floor tiles around the two barber chairs was covered with masses of tresses that had been shorn off and this was about to grow even more seeing the fat girl with long brown tresses of hair touching her ass and an earring in her nose was already cuffed to the other chair waiting to be shorn. 

Master Barber says “may walisin mga mapahamak tambak na buhok ngayon bago ang lahat ng ito taba kayumanggi batang babae tresses simulan lagas ...” someone sweep up these damn piles of hair now before all this fat girls brown tresses start falling off...  to one of the other Filipino lady haircutters.

Imee one of the Filipino lady haircutters quickly responded ”kaagad master barber ginoo kaagad’ right away master barber sir right away as she walked towards the back of the shop and taking the Ergo Dustpan With Broom, 12 Wide, Metal w/Vinyl Coated Handle, Black/Silver and proceeding to sweep up the hair piles. 

The Ergo is commonly used in busy barber shops and military barber shops to spot sweep all the tresses of hair from the floors. Dust pan opens when base touches floor, closes when lifted; never spills contents.  It has an ergonomic handle. Broom stores on handle thus easy for quick access needed in a busy barber shop.  With three visits back to the big dust bin at the back of the barbershop to empty out the dust pan all the piles of tresses that covered the floor were gone and the barbershop’s clean tiled floor around the two barbers’ chairs could be seen again now before our very own eyes and we felt overwhelmed at the sight of it. It saddened me especially knowing that it was now gone forever.

Imee, a Filipino name commonly known in the Philippines as the name of Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos daughter. Marcos was president of the Philippines until 1986. The word Imee has both a Germanic and Spanish origin meaning ‘entire battle’. 

Fat girl with long brown tresses of hair touching her ass and an earring in her nose was already cuffed to the other chair waiting to be shorn could be heard sulking again as she saw all the piles of tresses that covered the floor were gone and the barbershop’s clean tiled floor around the two barbers’ chairs could be seen again now before her very own eyes and felt overwhelmed at the sight of it and the fact that her brown tresses would soon cover that floor again.   

Just as Master Barber moved towards the barbers chair where fat girl was waiting the Barber shop door opened and two male police officers came in. The police van had just arrived to pick the two boys for Juvenile Lock up. The female police office quickly stood up and said “over hear chaps”. “These two are yours and here is the paperwork” as she pointed to the two boys that had been shorn.

“What about the other 4 girls said one of the male officers?” The female police officer looked at him and said “No issue I can fit them into my van chaps”. With that said both Fat Boy & Asian Boy were on their way to Juvenile Lock up.Master Barber standing at the barber’s chair where Fat Girl was also handcuffed waiting her turn to be shorn and started to pull her long brown tresses of hair out from under the cape.Master barber looked at the female police officer and said with a loud voice ” I will just take it all off …. Regulation Juvenile Lockup Haircut for this one madam”. “Sir … Yes Can ….Sir….please, for all four of them" responded the female police officer with a smile on her face. "Sir ... Oo Can .... Sir .... mangyaring, para sa lahat ng apat na ng mga ito" tumugon ang babae na opisyal ng pulis na may isang ngiti sa kanyang mukha.

The barber now went to his workbench where he picked up his Joewell M2 Series professional Shears with Offset Handle (Professional Barbers scissors) and moved back behind Fat Girl and with one hand he tilted her head firmly back towards him before taking a section of the long brown tresses that covered her back and shoulders with his hand and using the Joewell M2 Series Professional Shears to cut just above her shoulders sending a mass of Fat Girls’ brown hair raining down onto her lap before her very eyes covering the clean white cape. 

Three hand full’s at the back of her head  before moving to her left side and with one hand he tilted her head firmly towards him before taking the first of two sections thus two hand full’s of her long brown tresses that covered her left ear  and shoulders with his hand and using the Joewell M2 Series Professional Shears to cut just above her shoulders  then he quickly moved to her right side and repeated the same process  leaving  Fat Girl with an uneven bowl  like cut just above her shoulders and sending a mass of Fat Girls’ brown hair raining down onto her lap before her very eyes covering the clean white cape even more brown hair covering the barber shop floor which had just been swept clean. Master Barber now walked towards his workbench and picked up the Electric Andis Clippers, and a bottle of clipper oil, he oiled the machine before applying the 3.5 - 3/8” blade to start with taking into account the long tresses of hair that covered the fat girls’ head. 

Just as Master Barber moved towards the barbers chair where fat girl was waiting the Barber shop door opened and two male police officers came in. The police van had just arrived to pick the two boys for Juvenile Lock up. The female police office quickly stood up and said “over hear chaps”. “These two are yours and here is the paperwork” as she pointed to the two boys that had been shorn.

“What about the other 4 girls said one of the male officers?” The female police officer looked at him and said “No issue I can fit them into my van chaps”. With that said both Fat Boy & Asian Boy were on their way to Juvenile Lock up.

Master Barber standing at the barber’s chair where Fat Girl was also handcuffed waiting her turn to be shorn and started to pull her long brown tresses of hair out from under the cape.Master barber looked at the female police officer and said with a loud voice ” I will just take it all off …. Regulation Juvenile Lockup Haircut for this one madam”. “Sir … Yes Can ….Sir….please, for all four of them" responded the female police officer with a smile on her face. "Sir ... Oo Can .... Sir .... mangyaring, para sa lahat ng apat na ng mga ito" tumugon ang babae na opisyal ng pulis na may isang ngiti sa kanyang mukha.

The barber now went to his workbench where he picked up his Joewell M2 Series professional Shears with Offset Handle (Professional Barbers scissors) and moved back behind Fat Girl and with one hand he tilted her head firmly back towards him before taking a section of the long brown tresses that covered her back and shoulders with his hand and using the Joewell M2 Series Professional Shears to cut just above her shoulders sending a mass of Fat Girls’ brown hair raining down onto her lap before her very eyes covering the clean white cape.    

Three hand full’s at the back of her head  before moving to her left side and with one hand he tilted her head firmly towards him before taking the first of two sections thus two hand full’s of her long brown tresses that covered her left ear  and shoulders with his hand and using the Joewell M2 Series Professional Shears to cut just above her shoulders  then he quickly moved to her right side and repeated the same process  leaving  Fat Girl with an uneven bowl  like cut just above her shoulders and sending a mass of Fat Girls’ brown hair raining down onto her lap before her very eyes covering the clean white cape even more brown hair covering the barber shop floor which had just been swept clean. 

Master Barber now walked towards his workbench and picked up the Electric Andis Clippers, and a bottle of clipper oil, he oiled the machine before applying the 3.5 - 3/8” blade to start with taking into account the long tresses of hair that covered the fat girls’ head. 

(To Be Continued - Parts 5 through 7 will follow soon)