A Busy Day at Master Barber's Busy Barber Shop (Part 12)
Bella, with a sympathetic and concerned look on
her face looked at Sir and Ma’am the Female Police Officer and said “well maybe
its’ time for you both to rid yourself once and for all!”.
“Rid ourselves of what and how….” asked Rachel
with tears running down her face and a deep sense of curiosity inquisitiveness
on her face?
Yes Rachel,
Rid yourselves of your memory of your childhood best friend’s behavior over the way you wear you hair and the
time you spent brushing it as well as Liam that bastard who used your hair as
his excuse for having been unfaithful
towards you and you Aubrey of how you got dumped. by the other bastard who ran
his hand gently through your long hair as if it were a comb…. Correct… Right!”.
They both went quiet and just looked at Imee,
the Filipino lady haircutter for her agreement. Imee quickly responded ”Your
faces are all covered with long hair and you miserable and troubled with heartache as a result of those tresses……………. Right or
wrong?” in a loud but assertive voice.
Master Barber could now be seen taking a
dusting brush and pouring some baby powder onto it. He then brushed off the
teenage boy’s neck and over his ears and forehead while he loosened the cape.
He slid the cape off Django’s shoulders
allowing all of his long locks of hair to fall to the floor in front of his
very eyes. He took his hand mirror and showed the teenage boy the back of his
head.
Aubrey burst out and said “yes ………..I think
your right….” in a soft, hushed voice stirring at the ceiling.
“There you go,” said Master Barber Wallace
(Sir). “Now this is a haircut that makes you look young trendy and nothing left
for your Mom to shave off” the barber told
Django with a smile.
“Don’t mutter …. mumble girl” yelled Ma’am the
Female Police Officer at Aubrey just as Django got up and stepped slowly over
the large pile of his hair on the floor, he didn’t want to step in it and the
expression on his face was clear testament to his state of shock by the amount
of hair on the floor and how overwhelmed he felt at the sight of it. It
saddened him knowing that it was now gone forever.
Sir now looked at Imee and said “Mangyaring
tumangay up ang tambak na buhok ngayon” someone sweep up these damn piles of
hair now before these two women dressed so beautifully in runway fashion grace
my chair to have their tresses start falling off.
Imee, the Filipino lady haircutter quickly
responded ”kaagad master barber ginoo kaagad’ right away master barber sir
right away.
Suddenly and with a loud voice Master Barber
looked at Aubrey pointing his hand at her and said “You girl move your bum and
take Django’s place in this chair here now”.
“Me …. “Aubrey mumbled.
Yes... you replied Master barber pointing at
the red barber’s chair that Django’s, fat girl and others, had been shorn in.
Aubrey hesitated and sat still, showing no
intention or attempt to make her way to the chair. Soon the female police
officer grabbed her by the left hand and said “on your feet now”.
Aubrey hesitated again then stood up slowly
before Ma’am the Female Police Officer grabbed her long hair with the other
hand and gently dragged her to the barbers’ chair.
“This is for your own good …. Get your bum in
the chair now” she yelled at her as the Aubrey sat in the chair hesitantly only
to have her right hand and left leg handcuffed to the chair just like Asian Boy
and others did before her.
“Now
grow up... Stop mumbling ………keep your mouth shut and wait your turn girl” said
Ma’am the Female Police Officer before looking at Rachel and saying “stop your
cry and weeping …..No need to girl………your turn very soon”
Imee smiled and said “sure thing girls….your
turn soon” to Rachel & Bella as she walked towards the back of the shop and
took the Ergo Dustpan with Broom, 12 Wide, Metal with a Vinyl Coated Handle,
Black/Silver and proceeded to sweep up the hair piles.
Whilst Imee swept the floor, Madam looked at
Bella “and said YEAP soon Bella” with a serious look on her face. Bella replied
“Ma’am YES Ma’am” with a smile on her face.
Ma’am same as Madam is a term used when addressing a woman of important
position in a polite and respectful way.
The other younger lady haircutter walked
towards Aubrey now handcuffed to the chair then grabbed a neck strip and
wrapped it snug around her neck. Then she flung the same white cape over and
around her shoulders and pinned it snug around her neck.
Aubrey looked to see the reflection one last
time with her long hair covered over by the cape around her shoulders and
started imagine the piles of her hair that were about to cover the floor.
"She's all ready for you Master Barber”
said younger lady haircutter.
With two visits back to the big dust bin at the
back of the barbershop to empty out the dust pan all the piles of Django’s
tresses that covered the floor were gone and the barbershop’s clean tiled floor
around the two barbers’ chairs could be seen again now.
Imee now came to the barber’s chair where
Aubrey was handcuffed waiting her turn to be shorn and started to pull her long
and thick tresses of hair covering her shoulders at the back out from under the
cape before saying “she’s ready to be shorn sir” siya ay handa na para sa
ginupitan ginoo, to master barber.
Aubrey’s long haired fringe covered her face
and touched her nose almost.
Master barber looked at Ma’am the female police
officer and said with a loud voice” I will just take it all off …. Regulation
Juvenile Lockup Haircut for this one too should teach her a lesson… madam”.
“Sir …
Short & Boyish Can ….Sir….to make her forget all the bastard’s in her life
would be good Sir…please “responded the female police officer with a smile on
her face.
Master Barber (Sir) could now be seen with a
smile on his face as he looked at Ma’am, Bella & Rachel and said “Boyish
Short it shall be…….” .
Aubrey’s eyes as well as Rachel’s popped as we
all watched Sir move to his work bench and pick up his electric clippers with
no guard, Andis Black Clipper Comb commonly used for clipper cuts or flattops
and start the clipper-over-comb cutting technique.
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 used to do away with the bulk of one’s hair by experienced or
military barbers.
Master Barber used the comb to elevate segments
of Aubrey’s hair starting at the right side and then cut by one stroke of the
electric clippers which are held in the barbers’ cutting hand. The clippers’
stationary blade (the lower blade) is positioned so as to be parallel to the
comb. This technique is ideal for cutting very short hairstyles without wasting
too mush time using scissors.
To Aubrey’s horror all she could see with the
humming of the clippers as they munched through her long hair at the face of
the Andis Comb inches away from her scalp was more than 60” of hair raining
down onto the cape in front of her time after time.
Rachel appeared somewhat shocked and anxious at
first as Aubrey’s tresses fell but as more hair covered the cape and the floor,
she looked at Bella and said ”Change is good right…… when it's good not evil, a person's hair may
have symbolized honour, social status, and the longer it grows serves as a
human peacock tail, representing our life rather than a fashion statement. So
having it forcibly cut off to improve that persons’ honour, social status, and
inner self isn't really akin to rape; and isn’t as if ones’ life is being
stolen from you him or her but rather just a long overdue minor fashion faux
pas and wake up call.”
“Finally your talking sense” said Bella with a
whole hearted smile on her face as she looked Rachel in the eyes put her arms
around her shoulders and hugged her tight.
A faux pas is an embarrassing or tactless act
gaffe, blunder, mistake or remark in a social situation used sometimes used to
arouse someone’s’ common sense. After all many would concur that a sure fire
way to arouse a woman is to “make it all about her ”, and that’s not a
self-serving message but historically it takes girls more time to get to the
same place, and very often rely on someone’s help for that.
In this instance Rachel & Aubrey needed to
get over their past inside the bedroom and out with bastards’ and pretentious
familial.
Ma’am the female police officer was touched to
see Bella hugging Rachel and comforting her and said with a loud voice” well I
think we should let the forced haircuts serve as the symbolic initiation into
our new sisterhood, sorority and friendship forever girls… well Rachel…Aubrey,
Bella and you too Imee?”
Aubrey looked up for a few seconds, looked at
Bella, Rachel and Imee with a sense of Astonishment, her semi-open mouth,
higher eyebrows and now irregular shaped – eyes wide open and said “ I don’t’
have a choice now …………….look at it all falling off my beautiful hair and that
bastard are out take it all off…………………….take it all………………off is our sorority
name” as Master Barber (Sir) moved to the back of her head.
Suddenly as she spoke and without notice
Aubrey’s head was tilted forward slightly, and the humming sound of the
electric clippers could be heard again as the clipper-over-comb cutting
continued.
“Take it all off……. Dalhin ang lahat ng ito off
or Dalhin ng ito ….. Take it off... sounds interesting and thought provoking I
think” said Imee.
You know Aubrey if all those celebs like Miley
Cirus, Rihana and Beyonce have gone for the chop recently, then we can’t doing
anything wrong getting ours chopped too said Rachel with a bit of a smile on
her face as Bella rested her arm her shoulder.
Aubrey had her head down and could be heard
giggling for a few a minute or so in reaction to Rachel’s words before the
humming clippers kicked in again and within only a few minutes and no more then
four strokes of the humming clippers Nrrrrrrr across the face of his
Andis
comb, Aubrey's head was still down looking into the pile of hair that had
gathered in her lap and could feel the weight of her head getting lighter and
lighter after each and every stroke of the clippers that he took back there.
Ma’am walked over to Imee and could be seen
talking to her very quietly as if she was almost whispering and did not want
anyone to hear her say “Imee I think its time for you to do some of your
magic….. on those two over there eyeing Rachel & Bella……. So which do you
want first our chop... chop it all off queen…you!”
“Me ….. I…..Ma’am but maybe they want Sir
…..Maybe they think me not good enough to cut that long hair for Ms. Rachel
dressed so beautifully in runway fashion and Bella’s pretty long hair Ma’am!”
questioned Imee.
“Imee you know that Bella has already told me
that she would like you to cut her but was too shy to ask you herself “replied
Ma’am.
“Really Ma’am“ Bella asked with a sense of
eagerness in her voice.
You know that your Pixie Crop has really out
grown over the past months and they are not the only one’s being initiated into
the ‘Dalhin ang lahat ng ito off ’ sorority today.. So are you girl replied
Ma’am to Imee with a louder but very stern and assertive voice.
“So get your cute ass over there and do your
chop it off magic on both of your sorority sister now please….” added
Ma’am.
Imee smiled and said “Ma’am… Yes… Ma’am” in a
loud and stern voice before walking towards Rachel & Bella looking them
both in the face, making eye contact and saying “which one of you two wants to
get her bum in my barbers’ chair first?”
Before either Bella or Rachel could answer …
Imee said “Hurry up on your feet Ms…. Now before taking Rachel’s right hand and
saying “up on your feet now….. it’s Take it all off……. Dalhin ang lahat ng ito
off time Chop … Chop…..tumaga ….tumaga!”
Imee then looked at Bella and Ma’am and said “I
think she needs some encouragement” Bella with a smile on her face looked at
Imee and Ma’am and replied”Ma’am …..Yes….Ma’am”
Imee holding Rachel’s right hand and Bella
holding her left hand, she stood up and followed them to the empty barbers
chair next to the one that Aubrey was handcuffed to.
“Wow nice work” we could all hear the female
police officer say out loud as the barber continued cutting away.
All Aubrey could feel at this moment was a
sense of embarrassment and humiliation to be seen getting shorn like this.
However
when Sir asked if she’d seen Star Wars and if she recalled Star Wars,
where Anakin Skywalker transforms into Darth Vader after allowing fear, envy,
anger, and pride to mask his heart and intuition because Anakin had focussed on
the dark side of the force rather than the future she replied “yeah I have and
I remember that yeah…………… I do” with her head still down looking into the pile
of hair that continued to pile up in her lap.
Just as
Rachel’s bum touched the chair Master barber looked at Imee and said with a
commanding voice “Imee get her handcuffed to the chair just like her friend
over here” before looking Bella in face with a friendly smile on his face and
saying “Bella look into the mirror here and admire that long hair of yours
while you can……….soon it will be your turn in that chair handcuffed and … all
will be gone girl tumaga……. tumaga , chop….chop”.
Master Barber now moved around to Aubrey’s left
side and followed suit with more clipper-over-comb cutting.
Bella just smiled back showing how happy she
was to hear that before … Ma’am with a serious look on her face said “Sir I
think Imee’s Pixie Crop has really out grown lately and long overdue for
another clean up from you …. I really mean it Sir… she’s starting to look so
gamit na gamit na at marungis ….. Shabby and untidy.”
Sir looked at Ma’am and nodded his head in
agreement. “Imee ang iyong Pixie Cut ay outgrown at tumingin ka gamit na gamit
na at marungis .. ngayong gabi ikaw ay getiing ang mabilis tumaga
….tumaga, your Pixie Cut has outgrown
and you look shabby and untidy.. tonight you will be getting the fast chop…
chop girl”
Imee replied “yes boss Kailangan ko ito…. yes
boss I need it”.
Suddenly, the humming sound of the clippers
stopped and barber walked back to his work bench and Aubrey’s hair was very
roughly cropped to about 4.5” all over her head. You could see every feature on
her face and neck now that there was no more hair to hide behind anymore. Her
pretty college girl cheeks stood out more noticeably now without the thick long
hair.
Rachel now in the barbers chair next to Aubrey
had her eyes gazed at Aubrey and watched in awe at how fast Sir had cut away
her thick long hair and the piles of hair that covered the cape and floor
before her very own eyes.
Imee the lady haircutter walked towards the
work bench then grabbed a neck strip and came behind Rachel. Mabilis tumaga ….tumaga… chop… chop she said
as she secured the neck strip tightly around Rachel’s neck with just enough
room to breathe. She then picked up a white cape and with a sudden violent
flick emanating from the action placed around Rachel’s body, simultaneously
pulling the cape up securely and forcing it around her neck, pinning it securely
and fastening the stud of the cape tightly around Rachel’s neck and covering up
her beautiful runway fashion.
Master Barber (Sir) now went back to his work
bench and picked up his Andis Black
Clipper Comb and his Joewell M2 Series professional Shears with Offset Handle
(Professional Barbers scissors) and
returned to Aubrey’s left side neatening up hair on her left side and over her
left ear with his scissors over his comb.
Aubrey’s head now upright and tilted slightly
to the right she could see pieces of her tresses rain down onto the floor
before her very eyes as Sirs’s Joewell M2 Series professional Shears that
ramped through her hair with only the barest whisper of sound, and the effect
of their SHARP cutting blade.
In actual fact every professional barbers’
shears should be so sharp that they can
cut through a half-inch thick slice of hair with only the barest whisper of
sound, and the person in the barbers chair shouldn't even feel the cut
happening. If Aubrey were to feel the shears, scissors cutting the hair, or hear the cut as an audible “snikt” then chances are that Sir’s shears need to
be sharpened and Imee as well as the other younger lady haircutter in the
barber shop would be getting a severe verbal reprimand from sir.
Bella was at the workbench as Rachel looked to
see the reflection of her long hair covered over by the cape around her
shoulders for the last time and started imagine the piles of her hair that were
about to cover the floor.
The other younger lady haircutter walked towards
Rachel now came to the barber’s chair where Rachel was handcuffed waiting her
turn to be shorn and started to pull her long and thick tresses of Black hair
covering her shoulder and touching her waist at the back out from under the
cape before saying “she’s ready to be shorn Bella Ma’am” Siya ay handa na para
ginupitan Ma’am, Bella.
Master Barber now moved around behind Aubrey,
tilted her head forward slightly then started cutting away at the back. He made
quick work of cutting down the lengths of about 4.5” left by the clippers.
Imee turned looked at Ma’am the female police
officer and said with a loud voice “I’ll just take it all off …. Same as
Regulation Juvenile Lockup Haircut or do a Short Pixie for Rachel here… ma’am”.
“Imee… A Short Pixie tapered at the B&S I
think would look good ….…. make her forget all the familial and bastard in her
life…… Can ….Imee ..please… …please “responded the female police officer with a
smile on her face.
(To Be Continued - Parts 13 through 21 will follow soon)
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