A Busy Day at Master Barber's Busy Barber Shop (Part 6)

“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.  

Bella same identical cut for you too right!  Bella parehong magkakahawig cut para sa iyo masyadong karapatan!

Bella looked at the female police officer and said “you know it is usually stifling hot in the apartment but the evening air was starting to cool it off nowadays. Yesterday I finished my shower and laid on my mattress looking through magazines and I stated rifling through a copy of the latest Vogue when I came across a photo of Agyness Deyn. Do you know her?”

The police officer “replied sure I do she wore her hair cropped short last time I saw her right?”

“Yes. I loved her short crop and started to imagine what it would look like on me. I even went back and forth to the bathroom and looked at my reflection in the mirror while my hair was still wet pulling it back and imagining myself with a short crop like Agyness and the more I think I am tempted to have it cut even shorter”.

The female police officer looked into Bella’s face and said “Bella I have been looking at your face and like the idea of shorter hair on you very much. You remind me of myself when I was your age. You are 5’10” and very slim. You have strong cheekbones and a jaw line that would show better and allow your true beauty to shine with all that hair off of your face. I know that deep down you really want to cut your hair short but couldn't afford to pay for a haircut right….. Or not girl ..!”

Every day I wake up at 4am and like always I get ready for work.  I make myself coffee and leave for the subway reaching work before 6am. I know now that the weather most days at this time of the year are hot and sticky, so I always waste ten minutes or more to tie my hair up into a bun for my shift before I leave home to go to work. On my breaks I walk around the boutiques again and almost every day notice of some of the girls with shorter haircuts. Short hair seems like it is the latest trend so I can’t’ get it out of my head… so what you say is…. forget it” says Bella as emotion and tears start to show on her face.

“Bella why are you crying and tears girl …………….. Come here and give me a hug” says the female police officer as Bella leaned over and hugged her for about 5 seconds before wiping the tears of her face with her hand.

Now look me in the face Bella said the female officer and answer my question “deep down you really want to cut your hair short but couldn't afford to pay for a haircut right….. Or not girl ..?”

Bella somewhat shy and red in the face answered quietly “Yes..Yes  madam your right”. 

OK, so today your haircut will be the same as these four girls Short Regulation Juvenile Lockup Haircut… identical cut for you too right girl? Said the female police officer to Bella.

“Madam Yes Madam please madam” replied Bella to the police officer very quietly. 

Don’t be shy Bella…. I will tell the barber you want the same replied the police officer.

“Sir…. My friend Bella here fancies the same short haircut as these four but she is a bit bashful and shy seeing it is her first time here and I will be paying for her haircut sir if that is ok”. Sir .... Aking kaibigan Bella dito fancies parehong maikling gupit bilang apat na babae sa akin ngunit siya ng kaunti mahiyain at mahiya nakikita ito ay kanyang unang pagkakataon dito at ako ay nagbabayad para sa kanyang gupit ginoo kung na ok.

Master Barber then looked at Bella and the Female Police Officer with a smile on his face and said “no need to be shy young lady………….. Otherwise the police officer will need to use handcuffs on you just like these two.  Madam Bella’s first haircut in my barbers chair today is complimentary so long as she promises to come back  regularly …………….. OK?”

In the meantime Imee, the lady haircutter had now walked over behind the barber’s chair, grabbed a neck strip and wrapped it snug around Asian Girl’s neck. She then flung over a white cape around her shoulders pinned the cape snug around her neck.  Asian girl looked at her reflection with her long thick black hair covered over by the cape around her shoulders in absolute silence and a scowl grimace frown on her face.

"She's all ready for you Master Barber" said Imee.   

“Imee… No she is not …… Is one of her hands handcuffed to the chair?” replied master barber with a sharp and decisive voice!

Imee, now took a pair of handcuffs from the top drawer in the work bench and went to Asian Girls right side handcuffing her right hand to the barbers chair and said "She's all handcuffed and ready for you now Master Barber" 

“By the way that is Imee she is one of the hair-cutters here” said the female police officer to Bella.

“Ok and can she cut good & short like sir over there….” asked Bella.

“Oh yeah, all the hair-cutters that work for master barber (Sir) here can cut good anyone’s hair as long as it’s short” the female police officer said. 

Bella looked at the officer with more tears on her face and said out loud “Madam you no need to pay for my haircut I have saved up enough to pay seeing haircut here is cheaper then those salons. Also ‘Sir’ please I don’t want to trouble you for free I will pay Sir …. YES sir I will be your regular customer” Din 'Sir' Hindi ko nais na Problema para sa libreng gupit maaari kong bayaran Sir .... Oo ginoo ako ang iyong regular na customer.

The female police officer looked into Bella’s face once again and said “oh Bella you remind me so much of myself when I was your age… the more I look at your face and like the idea of shorter hair on you very much so I will be here at your side for your haircut today. Would you like that?

“Yes Madam I would……Yes Madam” Bella answered.

“Ok then” ….. said the officer

Master Barber had now cut fat girl’s hair to a tight taper / faded effect along her 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 and the clippers going silent again.

He returned to the work bench took the guard off his electric clippers and picked up his Black Clipper Comb before starting at the front of fat girl’s head and working all the way back cutting the uneven lengths and spiked hair still on top of fat girl’s head which by now did not exceed the length of 3.5 to 4 inches at her fringe all the way down to the same length as a military academy boys induction flattop.

Soon the fat girl’s eyes as well as Bella’s popped as we watched him use his electric clippers with no guard, Andis Black Clipper Comb commonly used for clipper cuts or flattops and take to the hair still on  the top her head with the clipper-over-comb cutting technique.

Master Barber started at the front of her head and working all the way back raising the hair so it was sticking up spiked and cutting it all the way down to the same length as a military academy boys’ extra short induction flattop usually reserved for cadets with a big mouth or those who try and tell the barber how to cut their tresses. The spiked hair at the top of fat girl’s head did not exceed the length of 1.00 to 1.75 inches at her fringe after he’d finished just like Shirin and many others whose bums have filled this barbers’ chair.

“Wow Sir does not waste time” Wow Sir hindi aksaya ng oras, said Bella out loud as she watched fat girl’s remaining strands of long brown hair rain down onto the cape. This cutting technique is usually used by barbers for sides/sideburns and the bottom area of the haircut by the neck. However club cutting, free hand clippers over comb and or scissor over comb are only usually use to do away with the bulk of one’s hair by experienced or military barbers.

The sound of the clippers that filled the room went silent again as master barber walked back to work bench before saying “Short enough madam” to the female police officer. The female police officer then walked towards the barber’s chair and carefully inspected the fat girl’s military buzz cut before saying “Good Job Sir as always” and then looked at Bella and said “your turn is coming Bella my girl”.

Now with a smile on his face Master barber came back and tilted fat girl’s head straightforward and slid the razor into her nape scrapping it across the back of her neck. He ran the razor up over her right ear and down her right cheek. He went around to her left side and ran the razor over her left ear as well and down her other cheek. He wiped her hairline off with the paper towel and threw the towel into a bin.

He put some lotion on his hand and applied it to fat girl’s skin where he had just shaved her. The smell was that of masculine guys’ aftershave lotion and very cooling on the skin.

Barber then took a dusting brush and poured some baby powder onto it. He brushed off her neck and over her ears and forehead while he loosened the cape. 

Suddenly and with a loud voice Master Barber looked at the remaining two other girls headed for Juvenile (Juvie) Lock Up pointing his hand at the other girl with long and thick brown hair touching her waist at the back and fringe covering her face and touching her nose also and said “You girl move your bum and take fat girls place in this chair here now” pointing at the red barbers chair that fat girl had just been shorn in and was still handcuffed to.  The girl ignored master barber and stared at the ceiling pretending as if she did not hear him.

Master barber looked at Imee and said “Imee undo the handcuffs here and get her friend over there cuffed to the chair” before walking over towards Bella with a friendly smile on his face and saying “Bella look into the mirror here and admire that long hair of your while you can……….soon it will be all gone girl”. He then turned to the other girl with long and thick brown hair touching her waist at the back and fringe covering her face and touching her nose also looked her in the face and said with a loud voice “get your bum into that chair NOW!”  She sat there stunned in silence and pretended that she was deaf.  Again he looked her in the face and yelled at her abruptly “get your bum into that chair NOW girl!” 

Surprisingly, Bella looked at the female police officer and Master Barber and said with a smile on her face “should I help her to the barbers chair madam?  She obviously can’t hear sir with that hair covering her small ears...”

Master Barber looked at Bella and the officer and said thanks Bella that would be a great idea. Bella stood up and walked over towards the girl with long and thick brown hair touching her waist at the back and fringe covering her face and touching her nose also looked her in the face and said to her politely “what’s your name?..” the girl replied “Alcee” ok, Alcee can you please stop wasting time and delaying I really want my haircut today or should I drag you?

The girl reacted and said “you wouldn't do that would you!” Bella reacted with a laugh and grabbed a large chunk of her long and thick brown hair covering her left ear and pulled it hard leaving the girl no choice but to move her bum as she was dragged by her own long hair towards the barbers’ chair where fat girl had just been shorn.   

Imee had unlocked the hand cuffs and Fat girl had taken her seat back in the waiting area.   The piles of hair that once covered fat girls head now covered the floor around the barbers chair and were kicked aside by Alcee as she was being physically dragged by her very own hair into the chair.  “Now sit you bum in this barbers chair before I push you into the dam chair” said Bella with a loud and assertive voice.

Alcee is a short nickname form of Alcina a name of Greek origin meaning strong-willed.

Alcee was silent and thought about it for some fifty or more seconds before Imee came up from behind her and used her right arm to firmly grab Alcee by her shoulder and force her into the chair and yelling at her “sit girl”. 

(To Be Continued - Parts 7 through 10 will follow soon)