I wish I would have went into dentistry so I could be that dentist. It would make my day so great to have a full on conversation with someone who can't talk back. I'd respond to them as if they said something and laugh at jokes they didn't make. I'd think I was really funny and they'd probably hate me.

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Your dentist doesn't like you.

I always figured it's so they can make sure there's nothing stopping your breathing or whatever, yknow like when doctors keep you talking and conscious so they can measure feedback.

Went to the dentist once and just as she started to do work, she asked if she'd given me the anaesthetic yet :/ fifteen minutes later I'm back on the chair, she struggles to get my tooth out so proceeds to put her foot on my chest for leverage. What the actual fuck. Questions were the least of my worries.

like this

Edit: wtf did I link.

Edit: try this one

I know a dental hygienist. She said they do this on purpose for their amusement.

I won't ask you again...

I just don't answer. I have had the same Dr. and Hygienist for 5-6 years now. They know I won't answer them till they get their hands out of my mouth lol.

My dentist is awesome. Sends birthday cards, christmas cards, will work with your schedule if you really can't get in during normal office hours, and does follow up calls after consultations outside of normal cleaning visits. Like, HE calls, not the receptionist. My dentist is awesome.

Love when people try to do morse code by dots only. How would I know if this .. .. means aa, L or ii?

Shit i wish they wouldn't ask me what i want done. I don't know im not a dentist. If they need cleaned clean them if one needs to be removed remove it, if you need to fill in a cavity do it. Im not a dentist i don't know and i will probably decline it if you don't tell me i shouldn't.

There's actually a class at many dentistry schools for how to understand people talking with tools in their mouth. My orthodontist could understand every word I said.

That's why I love my dentist. He doesn't talk, and he blares opera music really loudly in the room. He also has a photograph on the ceiling of our town from a birds-eye-view to keep you occupied.

Just do like I do and start sucking on the dentist's finger and wink.

It happens to me too.

Dentists are mostly doing that to calm their patients down and to distract them from the discomfort that their work causes.

Oh and sometimes just to fuck with you.

My dental hygienist does this, but then she'll stop working, pull off her mask, and proceed to regale me with unwanted gossip for 5+ minutes. She does this multiple times during each cleaning, which means the cleaning that should take maybe 20 minutes lasts 45 minutes. So annoying.

My hot dentist always talks with her assistant and they laugh and they are so chilled, it's like they're having breakfast.

that's what I never got, dentists asking you questions with your mouth gagged open

One time my dentist went off on a conversation of his own, talking about how his dad was never there for him when he was growing up. I felt bad so I told him that he had no control over that, and that he ended up a perfectly good deaaghaahaghaahaghaghahhhghga.

They know that there is no way that you can answer, they just get a giggle watching you try. After all it must get boring looking into tooth decayed mouths all day.

I got your back, fam!

I would just gurgle the nasty juices/washes into their face as though attempting to reply

I answer anyway. "Hhurraagg alllaaarrgh aauughh."

"Uh-huh"

"You're making my happy gas less happy."

Seriously, I think they do this on purpose. Maybe it's like a fetish. I mean, I love it when my wife talks to me when I'm in her mouth.

Sir, please don't try to talk when I'm working inside your mouth.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cV6I1_o6vrY

Here in San Francisco, I pick out a movie, they give me some wireless headphones, and I watch on a TV on the ceiling. My only complaint is that my appointments aren't long enough to finish a feature length film.

I have literally bit fingers trying to talk back. I give no fucks. Just clean my fucking teeth.

Mine has the they swing over you and a heated massage chair. They have to get my attention if they need to ask me a question. Fucking love it

Came here to say dentist.

How about a restaurant. Asking you how your food is as you take your first bite.

I get my hair cut at an OLD barber shop just because the young women running hair salons can't stop talking. I walk in and the only words we exchange are "same thing?", "yep", and "see you next time. take care"

My dentist and assistants talk to each other the whole time... and holy shit they never stop. They are doing it on purpose and its fine but I don't understand how they have fresh topics to talk about for 40 hours a week non stop.

My dentist only talks to me to ask necessary things like if my medical history changed

Primate example.

Ask them for gas next time and enjoy the ride.

when I was a kid my dentist had TVs on the ceiling so you could play video games or watch a movie the whole time while they were cleaning your teeth. always made me excited for dentist appointments.

I once had a dermatologist talk to me while he was lasering some crud off my face. Dude, you told me to keep perfectly still and now you're asking me questions. What am I, a fucking telepath?

Of course, I tried to answer and he ended up giving me a scar. gg no re

Very much related

My dentists are chill, I nitrous up and we talk about classic rock

family of dentists, so I've learned to converse quite well without a bloody mouth, it takes practice.

Another upside to dental work in Mexico, cheap and they don't ask dumb ass questions when they are working on my mouth.

Because I don't speak Spanish!!

I could do this, but unfortunately my dentist nor my hygienist knows morse code.

Wear earbuds, they stop talking.

I take a nap while listening to music when I'm at the dentist. Sometimes I fall completely asleep and just wake up to them being done.

I've never understood why so many dentists do that. It's like they're actually taught to talk to their patients when using sharp tools.

"Make the patient feel comfortable by placing the pointy thing near their tongue and gums then tell a joke"

Dentist:"Open your mouth for me sir. Are you going anywhere nice for the holiday?" Patient:"Hmmmfff" Dentist:"yeah please don't try to talk while my hands are in your mouth sir. My wife and I were thinking of going abroad this year. To Dudley. She has family at the zoo there. Do you have any kids sir?" Patient: "Ihmfffff" Dentist: "sir I'm not going to ask you again to please stop talking while my hands are in your mouth"

I HATE THIS! Every time I sit down and he sticks his fingers in my mouth, he asks so what have you been upto? And now I just answer, "Oh the same ole" and then keep quiet which seems to shut him up. I am hoping he might appreciate the rare occasion to just do his job and not chat, but maybe he thinks I am awkward and miserable. Either way I don't care anyway. I hate this chit chat. Haircuts are worse because it takes longer and I don't have the excuse of having his fingers in my mouth. Usually.

came here to say this...happened yesterday

I've got a buddy who's a dentist.. he's a great guy.. but his skill level in one sided conversations is now >9000.

Or, set me up with a KVM and a monitor and we'll both laugh at the Reddit posts while you scrape up my teeth!

they ask questions to get your my going to distract you from any pain. Plus, if you have a good time talking to your dentist you're less likely to associate the dentist with pain.

I just had an idea. I should fuck with my dentist. So he'll say something like "nice weather we're having, huh?" and my answer will be:

"guh uh huh gah ukk agh huh guh agh agha aah uhh guh,"

(removes all the gauze & tools)

"guh uh ah - and the next thing I know, HIS COCK is in my mouth!"

I love my dentist, we always talk baseball, or rather, I talk baseball for three minutes and then he does for like twenty.

Dentists talk to you to calm you down while they are working on your teeth. I know it's stupid when they are just looking in your mouth, but when I had my wisdom teeth pulled (without being put asleep), I was a tad bit scared. The dentist talked me through the whole thing. "Will be a little bit of pulling here, you shouldn't feel any pain" "You okay?" stuff like that. Calmed the hell out of me. Didn't hurt that he had that old guy hot to him either. Anyways... it's cool. I like dentists.

No body really gives a shit how you're doing.

Seriously, I wish I could just lay down in the chair, put some headphones on, and ignore them as much as I possibly can. Once they're done they can give me the low down, but I just want to think about literally anything else.

Dude. I just had dental work done on my entire mouth and he did this to me repeatedly. Sometimes WHILE drilling. I was so confused as to what to do. I didn't want to be rude and just ignore him, but also, the obvious. I just said screw it and tried speaking the answers with my mouth wide open. Figured he would get the hint sooner or later but nope, the whole trip was like that. Horrible experience, especially for an introvert such as myself.

My dentist has a little flatscreen tv on a mechanical arm-stand. Before they start working, they ask if you want it on or off. If its off, they don't talk, just get to work. If it's on, it fills the silence. It's actually a nice alternative.

I just started going to a new dentist who apparently likes to ask sports trivia while he's in my mouth. :| Most of the questions were pretty interesting and I didn't know most of the answers anyway so a simple head shake was sufficient. But the ones I did know... well it was like a villain asking his bound and gagged victims rhetorical questions just so the villain can say the answer himself in a menacing fashion.

Bottom line is, I'm not sure how I feel about my new dentist.

my dentist has a computer screen that i can read, and a keyboard juust out of my reach...one day, they'll see the potential

I once went to the dentist to get a cavity filled. The hygienist that actually performed the procedure was a large Haitian woman who insisted on both complimenting my looks and cracking jokes the entire time, all while drilling around in my mouth. I've never had a more confusing set of emotions in my life.

I was flattered, amused, terrified and pissed off all at once.

I've always been allowed to listen to music on my headphones when I asked.

Ask them if you can listen to music, it keeps me relaxed and makes him stop talking.

Dentists talk to you because you're doped up and they just want to make sure you're lucid. Also they do it to distract you and make you more comfortable.

Yeah that's way more annoying than the hair dresser for sure. I like friendly hair dresser's who like to talk but a lot of times I don't care about the conversation and they just pick something out of their small talk test bank so I care even less.

My dentist gives you headphones so you can watch Netflix.

This is so cliche, but seriously, how did this even become one? The dentists I've gone to over the years never do this.

Early on in the operation, my dentist stops to let me answer. Or I can just answer while she's getting another tool.

I'm 27, been going to the dentist at least once a year since I can remember.

NEVER has a dentist spoken to me wanting a verbal response while doing a procedure.

Usually a "let me know when you feel this" sort of thing but with that u just raise my hand.

Being in dentistry, I promise you we understand your answers. It's a gift.

Dentists and oral surgeons are remarkably practiced at deciphering muffled speech, though. When I had my wisdom teeth out, I was able to have a full conversation with the surgeon despite a mouth numbed by anesthesia and packed full of wadding, and my mother couldn't understand a word I said.

Fuuuuuck... Back when game of thrones was popular I was at my dentist's and he was talking with his assistant while working on my teeth.

 

"So, have you seen the latest game of thrones episode"

-The dentist mutters at his distracted assistant

 

She replied with a small "..wha?"

A small sign of relief as I thought they'd spoil the episode for me, I assumed she hadn't seen it and would save me.

 

"Perfect! So, that was so freaking insane, That look on his face as he--"

I started mumbling and slobbering all over trying to get them to stop.

 

"What? You need to rinse?" He asks

 

"Noohg-uhhg-ahhvnn-shinnit-ehh^{hhllloopsshhhh"}

I slurred as he shoved the sucky tube thing in my mouth.

 

"I can't believe hes actually dead. I don't know how that took so long." he said, as I fell back in my seat.

 

I was defeated, I don't even think his assistant knew what he was talking about, just nodding away with little attention as he spoke about every detail just ripping me apart from the inside while I could do nothing to stop him.

I had a dentist that could always understand my open-mouthed babbling when I replied to something he said while he was working on my mouth. We had conversations and all and it never got frustrating; it actually made everything seem to go faster.

its a dominance play :)

Let me tap out the answer in morse code with my foot in your face.

FTFY

The only they don't want to talk is when they are waterboarding you with that water pick.

Uh-huh

Or

Uh-uh

When they're charging you in time units they don't mind stopping to allow you to respond :P

Free Morse code lessons

Its called Chemotherapy. My client can refer you to a specialist. You will have to pay the premium though.

I feel like they always tend to give a look of impatience, too, as they take the tools out of your mouth to let you respond to the question they asked.

once had the most awkward dental visit while sitting on the dental bed with ear phones plugged on playing children of bodom as i squint my eyes at the dentist and her assistant as she scale and polish my teeth to the drum beats of "i worship chaos" album

and when it all ended i rinsed my mouth and look at my dentist and she was just like

I kind of wish my hair chick did this. Just had the conversation all by herself. I went to a barber once, the kind with the old school barber chairs. He sat me down and asked if there was a cool story to the scar on the back of my head. I told him "Iraq" and he said "okay" and went about his business. It would be nice if that were the extent of the conversation every time I got a haircut.

I used to work for a dentist and she would sing-loudly- over the patients as she worked on them. It made me sooo uncomfortable when I assisted. I'm sure no one thought she sounded like Sarah McLaughlan while they were forced to listen.

Relevant

Try having an dad who is a dentist, his orthodontist friend and his son who is also an orthodontist talking about Obama being a socialist while jamming metal wires into your mouth.

I had a dentist lecturing me about gangbanging because I wore a black shirt and saggy jeans one time..(work)

At least your dentist isn't your uncle. Whenever he works on my teeth, he lets his assistant go on break and makes me hold all the tools and rinse and suction myself. He also squirts me in the face with water and then says "Don't move, I might mess up," so I can't wipe it off.

But he gets me free fitted mouthguards and night guards, so that's cool I guess.

Am I the only one around here that's never had a dentist ask me questions when I couldn't respond? Why would they even do that?

Dentists have one of the highest suicide rates because of that. Everyone hates seeing them, associate them with pain or in some cases molestation, no one can talk to them, people bite them...

The artwork and cartoon characters on the wall are more for thier benefit than yours or kids'.

Sunglasses & Headphones. You'll never be bothered again!

Have you flossed? No bitch, no one flosses everyday.

You make up names for people too? There is the guy that I see around at work and he is very nice. I chit chat in the elevator with him and he gets the door for me when I moving something heavy. He is a great guy but I am too embarrassed to ask his name at this point because it's been two years. He looks very Jewish so I just named him Mordecai Goldstein. Only my wife and I know his name I made up.

I'm the door in ten mins.

That's some haircut!

Exactly. I don't know why more people don't do this. Step 1) drive around till you see Mexican flags and stores with signs in Spanish 2) look for a barbershop 3) walk in, sit down, tell the guy what you want with the rudimentary Spanish phrases you googled before 4) use hand gestures to indicate any special requests like length or whatever 5) pay, tip well but not extravagantly, and leave. Done.

If you don't have Mexican, Guatemalan, Dominican, or Columbian immigrant neighborhoods nearby, then I just don't know what to tell you expect pretend you don't speak English. The barber will soon stop trying to talk to you.

speaks bare english

I assume you mean barely any English.

Only point this out because in the UK, bare used to be slang for 'lots of' or 'reall', so for example -

Bare heavy meant very heavy.

Bare tired meant really tired

That guy collect bare cars, meant someone collected lots of cars.

And so on and do forth.

You're "the door in 10 mins"? Does that mean he makes you look like a knob?

As a Londoner I was very confused because bare means 'a lot' here.

speaks bare english

ay he the best at that kinda ting fam

I had this too. It was a Russian salon, and this huge guy (were talking like 6'4" barrel chested typical Russian features here). His name was Andrei, but that's all I know. And this gigantic, terrifying Soviet tank gave me the best haircuts ever. No woman I've gone to listened when I said "layers, swept bangs, keep as much of the length as you can, please." He was amazing. I moved away though and haven't gotten a haircut since. :(

Where I come from, 'bare' means a lot, had to read that part again ;)

In Britain by proclaiming that he speaks bare English means that he speaks a lot of English. Bare is British slang for "a lot of/many"

i thought you were from where i was because some stupid slang has bare meaning a lot and i waa very confused with your post and the thread

Hahaha, I had to read this twice before I realized "the one" is not your SO.

Yep that's my strategy. The barber shop I go to is run by a bunch of Egyptians who don't speak a lot of English.

See, no talking makes me nervous. I've found a girl that just jabbers at me about god knows what, and never expects a response. I love it.

I got my guy, too. He'll make just a couple general remarks near the beginning, but that's it. He's not unfriendly, just not a big talker. He does a great job, too. Him and the other stylists there are Vietnamese I believe. Haven't asked his name yet, because that would be conversation.

Haha ya same. My hairdresser is an asian lady who gets me in and out in 10 minutes with minimal talking.

Mine uses texts for appointments. Omar is a fucking g

I(male) don't even talk my stylist when she is actually cutting and it still takes around 30 minutes to get a cut and shampoo. I can't believe you can get a "fresh as fuck" haircut in 10 minutes.

Curious as to how much you pay him for the cut?

This. Mine is a Vietnamese hair and nail salon. Very little conversation.

That is so romantic. I'm still searching for my John Doe barber.

Im kind of thinking im the only person alive who loves when my barber talks to me. I can't stand the horrible silence only being broken by him cutting my hair. I feel bad almost forcing them into a conversation but my god the silence is worse than even the most awkward conversations.

The first place I went to get my haircut I was a walk in and got a cut by a dude who was really chatty. Just as I sat down and he was putting on my cape I told him what I wanted and said I'm going to close my eyes, let me know when its done. Not one word until I was paying.

I had a barber for the past 3 years regularly cut my hair and never learned his name. Best barber I ever had. We still never talk sometimes.

My guy is Russian. He talks to me. I can't hear him and when I do I sure as fuck can't understand him.

I used to love getting my haircut when a was living abroad. A lot of my friends paid the ridiculous prices that some of the expat barbers paid. I just brought a picture of my hair the way I wanted it and went to a local place in glorious silence.

if he speaks bare english why doesn't he talk?

10 minutes you say? Hmm well if you like your haircut. But really let your barber spend time on your head. Skilled ones do lots of amazing things to make you look good in any situation.

I'm actually good with a quick haircut, but if the dude wants to give me a great taper. Maybe clean up the beard or something. I can't be mad at that. I actually wanna go to the barber right now actually.

I go to an asian woman and she gives bomb ass cuts for $11 and she doesn't talk to me at all.

My husband's guy is like this. His name is Vin, but I know there's extra letters in it.

In British slang 'bare' means a lot so I didn't get why this was important for a minute. Man speaks bare English fam.

Any chance you're in SLC? lol. Having a real hard time finding a place that will do the job properly without awkward conversation and for less than 50 dollars.

Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometimes.

I'm sure this would be difficult for some introverts, but on more than one occasion, before I even sit in the chair, I have told the barber: "I am going to tip you well unless you really screw up my hair, and I would prefer not to talk if that's alright with you". Generally speaking, the friendly banter is really just them trying to make a good tip, so if they know you're tipping well anyways (as long as they don't fuck your shit up) they probably don't care to chat with you one way or the other. I've had only positive experiences doing this.

Mine is a lady from Thailand that barely speaks English either. 30s of small talk at the start and that's it. Thank you very much, money, see ya next time.

We've got a whole load of Turkish immigrants who run a chain of barber shops. They do a good job, and they only speak enough English to understand what you want.

Same here dude. My guy is named Yuri and he's from the former Soviet Ukraine, and I can't get a haircut as good anywhere else.

Mine was a hairdresser at a salon I picked at random near my new home. She was just amazing. Really chill, did a great job on my hair, and when my hair grew out it didn't stop looking fresh as fuck for like six weeks. I always asked for her every time I went and when she quit that place to get her own private office, she poached all her customers from the old salon, including me. Now I get my hair cut in the privacy of a cubicle studio for $16 (+5 tip) with a cool lady who makes organic conversation with me instead of shitty small talk. It's the way to go.

Maybe it's because I'm a talkative person in general, but I always love to converse while getting my haircut. It also might have to do with the fact that my hairdresser is a perfect 5/7 and that I'm given as much complementary beer as I can drink throughout the 25 minutes.

Ricky Spanish.

I have one of those. I don't know his name though even though it's the name of the business.

I have been blessed to find an almost deaf barber, got his ears blown out as a kid.

I'm sure you meant Carlos

The ageless struggle continues.

Didn't know they had barber shops in Ancient Greece.

This made my day-- it's amazing to think that someone today can empathize with people thousands of years ago over this mundane, silly complaint.

"So, what kind of hairstyle do you want?"

"Uhhh.... In silence."

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Its called Chemotherapy. My client can refer you to a specialist. You will have to pay the premium though.

Oh holy shit, I only heard that joke done by a female Irish comic on Just For Laughs, no idea she ripped off an ancient Greek.

Another Ancient Greek joke:

A guy with terrible breath goes to the doctor complaining of a sore throat. He says "doc, I'm telling ya, I think my uvula is hanging too low!" The doctor looks in his mouth, gags at the smell, and says, "no, your uvula's fine, it's that your asshole's too high."

From Philogelos https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philogelos

If they say "Okay", it should be free.

Tiger Lilly Lee, I wonder when Hook is gonna kidnap her

"Answer a quick question to see this article."

Nope.

Radio Cymru covered this yesterday

And it's been all over the news and even Facebook.

You can still change your mind halfway through

If I was the hairdresser, and the person decides to start chatting, I would yell "STFU! YOU'RE IN THE QUIET CHAIR!" and then continue quietly cutting their hair like nothing happened.

That was the shortest article I've ever read.

“And they can change their mind halfway through if they feel like they’re missing out and want a chinwag!"

lol brits are weird. wtf is a chinwag?

I'd be there. Id drive halfway around the world just for the name

"Cut to the Chase"

So a library.

This is pretty damn awesome. Would be nice to unwind at a place like that

many a night have I spent longing for such a place...

Nah, call it "Buzz Off"

Sounds amazing

inb4 one day "That Eva Green is fine....know what I'm saying?"

Man, where is this heaven on earth?!

I can imagine walking in, tossing my hat to the coat rack, greeting the secretary with a single rose, and saying "I'm feeling a Dalton today!" both about the movie choice and haircut style!

Mine is kinda like that, but she forgets what we talk about between cuts so it's like groundhog day every time I get my hair cut. We talk about the same shit every single time.

I go to a hairdresser to get my hair cut. If i wanted a friend or therapist, I'd see someone else for that... but that's just me. :\

Thank you! I have the social exhaustion and a need for frequent solitude, and I prefer smaller social groups, but good lord I'm not antisocial. I enjoy talking to new people and have conversations with strangers all the time.

I feel like the definition has been hijacked and we need a new term now.

Hey, I can have both you know. Social anxiety and enjoy talking to people. It just depends on the day or moment.

I really wish more people understood this. Goddamn Extroverts, ruining the world for the normal people.

What is this "energy?" Clearly we're not talking about Joules here.

It's not only an anxiety related thing.

I just don't want to talk and I'm really not interested in their life nor for them to pry into mine.

Yeah, a lot of self proclaimed introverts are just socially awkward or simply havent found their "people".

Exactly.. The best way it has been explained to me goes "introverts recharge their batteries by being alone. Extroverts recharge them by being in social situations."

Thanks for your post. Lots of people in this thread who think there's something wrong with introverts.

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Unfortunately when you go to a public place or social situation you're going to have to expend some of that energy. That's just how it works.

I'm an introvert, but I understand it can't be that way all the time. Practice also makes it far easier to interact and be sociable without it being draining.

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Yes, so much this. I'm tired of people mistaking social anxiety for introversion.

Instead of introversion being a personality trait, like it is, people have turned it into a mental illness it seems. The reason I believe social anxiety to be the worst in introverts is the fact they try to force themself to be extroverted. That is not their personality. So if you ever feel weird don't worry, you just like and thrive on something different.

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Well having a customer get chemo isn't good for the barber business, win win.

*That mole looks pretty cancerous" -said no barber ever

Since when did hairdressers have training in diagnosing skin cancer?

Credits Roll
Kavinsky comes on
DRIVE

Squall's tenure as a barber was brief and unsuccessful.

/r/FuckMyShitUp

Me_irl

http://i.imgur.com/tFUlzlol.jpg

He at least knows English for like short and long, right?

Hmm what if we just pretend we don't know much English

How do you tell him how you want it

Yeah, it's not like I haven't done anything remotely productive in the past 3 months and just been living off my severance money. Nuh-uh. I work at a place.

"I'm a stay at home son"

I HATE this question coming up. I don't work due to mental and physical issues, but I really don't want to go into this with a random person like a hairdresser for example at all. My anxiety is willing this question not to come up at all throughout the whole process of getting my hair cut. I go to a walk in place in a store, where in the past they've been non-talkative to me but now they've started to recognise me when I go and have started talking more. The dreaded question came up and I couldn't have wished to get out of there sooner, I really don't want to go back again except I have no idea where else to go to avoid the small talkers. gah

Free chiropractic adjustment with every haircut.

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Was this on Howe Ave? Because I know a hairdresser at this place I used to go to who was known for this, but it was cool cause I'm into that stuff.

Hairdresser here. We never get taught how to turn someone's head.

I can't imagine why she would need you to tilt your head. Probably for the best you didn't go back.

Already sorta did it with the Taxi company.

Shut It & Cut It

Don't you dare hold back, you trim the sides for free

Oh don't you dare look back, just keep your head still. I said: "Now I'll just snip right here-"

She said: "SHUT UP AND CUT MY HAIR!"

To the Point Haircuts

Silent Snips

Mutt Mute Cuts

But then we'll need a barber that doesn't sign

Or just pretend to be deaf

What's sign language for "just fuck my shit up?"

Make a barber deaf.

What?

I've got one and it's the most relaxing haircut I've ever had the pleasure of having.

Instructions unclear. Blew a barbers eardrums... Now what?

you mean mute?

They can also talk, bigot.

This! Best barber I ever had, taught me how to curse In asl! Miss ya Don!

You know that deaf people can still talk, right?

Were there ever any issues with like...telling them exactly what you wanted?

I can imagine being able to mime simple things, but things like "razor cut" or "just the split ends" seem a bit hard to do with someone who can't hear me.

Exactly, I hate that most of the top comments in defense of not talking is, "People have social anxiety." Okay, some people do, but there are many more people who are just introverts. Introversion is not a social anxiety issue. I'm not anxious when talking to strangers. I'm not shy, or scared, or having a panic attack. I just genuinely don't care to talk to them. Chatting about the weather or the local sports team with somebody I don't know is tedious and annoying, and I don't like it. It has nothing to do with anxiety.

You can also be an introvert and learn to make casual conversation with people.

I would suspect that the vast majority of people who say this are not actually comfortable in situations like a barbershop.

Edit: a few replies and PMs I've received have really driven home for me just how true this is. You are so far from the level of comfort these people have that you don't even understand it. It's like how fat people can't understand how people run marathons and cry genetics until they've been through the experience and really start to understand what it is. It is presently so far beyond your ken that you think you are just inherently different, and that your efforts and talents are the same as theirs, and that all that separates you is an accident of birth. In actual fact, they excel at something you suck at, and the first step in excelling at this is admitting this inconvenient fact.

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The few lines of forced conversation you have to push out before they get the message are the most awkward words one can speak, however.

Yeah, idk what kind of autists are upvoting this thread and all of its whining. Go to the same hairdresser more than once and he/she'll figure out how much you like/don't like to talk. Been seeing the same one for like five or six years now and she knows that I'll talk for a minute or two here and there but constant convo is not required.