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Panic On The Streets OF Ireland :
Once again the men of Ireland and perhaps Europe and even the world have been catapulted into a mad world of blood, debt and fire. Panic stricken men and teenagers are having anxiety attacks and BO sweats, and some even shedding a tear as once again the doors of Barber shops have been forced closed, on that ever growing problem of hair.
With every reason they have a genuine motive for feeling this way, after experiencing the harrowing effect of this same situation during the last lockdown. Some haircuts needing a weekly or fortnightly trim and wax, had become endangered, with the lack of due care and attention to detail they required.
Daul Pollard recalled how the last lockdown had a serious effect on men, as they could not get a decent haircut and he himself ended up going online and ordering an electric hair trimmer. It came with different attachments that cut hair at different lengths from a no. 7 to a no.1. At the beginning it was difficult to manage, and he ended up giving himself a no.1 all round as he couldn't get both sides and back faded in right. He said "anyone would have thought he was a raver from back in the nineties".
A more serious case of organised crime ensued as the Barber industry went underground. Unscrupulous thugs started to offer haircuts at inflated rates in backstreet barber shops and basement cutting rooms around the country. These guys saw an opportunity to make some serious dough, from frantic men who would pay over the odds for a haircut and a shave. After all who's going to argue with a barber wielding a scissors and cut throat razor. Some of these thugs offered Turkish treatments and the burn units of the medical centres had some horrendous cases to deal with.
A lot of men who purchased trimmers were getting used to them, but the neckline on some men resembled the coast of Kerry while others were pretty straight but ended up slightly high and others slightly low. Some genuine Barbers offered an online helpline service as they sat at home and could only cringe at some of the haircuts they were seeing out on streets.
So as we are experiencing another lockdown and you see men close to meltdown, tell them their hair looks great and buy them a voucher for a professional haircut, as our much appreciated Barbers get you back in the magic chair for Christmas and beyond.
© Conor Boland
With every reason they have a genuine motive for feeling this way, after experiencing the harrowing effect of this same situation during the last lockdown. Some haircuts needing a weekly or fortnightly trim and wax, had become endangered, with the lack of due care and attention to detail they required.
Daul Pollard recalled how the last lockdown had a serious effect on men, as they could not get a decent haircut and he himself ended up going online and ordering an electric hair trimmer. It came with different attachments that cut hair at different lengths from a no. 7 to a no.1. At the beginning it was difficult to manage, and he ended up giving himself a no.1 all round as he couldn't get both sides and back faded in right. He said "anyone would have thought he was a raver from back in the nineties".
A more serious case of organised crime ensued as the Barber industry went underground. Unscrupulous thugs started to offer haircuts at inflated rates in backstreet barber shops and basement cutting rooms around the country. These guys saw an opportunity to make some serious dough, from frantic men who would pay over the odds for a haircut and a shave. After all who's going to argue with a barber wielding a scissors and cut throat razor. Some of these thugs offered Turkish treatments and the burn units of the medical centres had some horrendous cases to deal with.
A lot of men who purchased trimmers were getting used to them, but the neckline on some men resembled the coast of Kerry while others were pretty straight but ended up slightly high and others slightly low. Some genuine Barbers offered an online helpline service as they sat at home and could only cringe at some of the haircuts they were seeing out on streets.
So as we are experiencing another lockdown and you see men close to meltdown, tell them their hair looks great and buy them a voucher for a professional haircut, as our much appreciated Barbers get you back in the magic chair for Christmas and beyond.
© Conor Boland
