#01 - the undercut
Today I send a note to a hair salon asking for an appointment. My note was: Hi, I want to do an Afro-undercut on March 19th. My hair is 3c/4a type. The hairdresser called me back. - Sorry, I'm not available on March 19th. Does any other date work for you? When trying to figure out the dates, the hairdressers started: - I notice you have an accent? Where are you from? Your ethnicity can influence your hair. - I don't think my ethnicity influences my hair... - You mentioned 3c/4a. Thanks for describing... B ut here in the US, we used other terms. - okay - You say you want an Afro-undercut? What is that? Is it a taper? - Yes, a taper. - Yeah, we use the term taper here. - Yeah, a taper fade. Whatever. - We didn't talk about prices. Just for you know, I don't do bargains. After the ethnicity guessing game, the US hair vocabulary lecture, and the assumption that I am a broke imm...