The Barber Shop Atlanta Salon — Attraction in College Park

One of the worst haircuts I’ve ever had to be totally honest. I remember one of them being close to this bad about 13 years ago.

Pretty easy cut, just a fade with a 3 all the way around, scissors on top. I feel like that’s a super common haircut these days, at least aesthetically. It had only been a few weeks since my last cut so I asked her to just clean everything up for my vacation. Already had it styled just how I like it when I walked in, and I was very clear with how I wanted it to look when she was done, just cleaned up.

I was clear with expectations, explicit in detail of how my usual barber cuts it, and I wore it in how I wanted to wear it out. All that and I’m a really low maintenance customer, I swear. Seems like a good recipe for a normal haircut.

The nice lady spent 25 minutes very slowly, cautiously cutting my hair. Just sitting in the chair, feeling the way my hair was being held and moved around, I thought it would probably result in me telling her to just buzz it all off.

I should have stopped her before she got too far. But I didn’t. I should have stopped her when a random airport employee came in to gossip with her and then video tape my haircut for God knows what social media platform as she was trimming the sides. But I didn’t. I should have stopped her when all the other barbers sitting around stopped making eye contact with me. But I didn’t.

She then insisted that I get a shampoo, which I NEVER do, but I let her do it, hoping she was using that time to think about a solution. But then she barely dried my hair off, asked ME to comb it, and told me I was done. I said “we’re all done?” She said “that’s it” 😂 Probably because she knew when my hair got dry, it would look like an insane person cut it with Play-Doh scissors. I think it looked like that before it dried honestly. Once it did dry let me tell you... No cap, I had several ~1” hairs sticking up around both my ears (lol). Additionally, she butchered around my part on top with the scissors- cut just as short on both sides so now I got half of my hair sticking straight up on the right side of my head… no amount of product has done a lick of good. Got me messed up man!! Had to wear a hat as soon as I walked out it was so embarrassing. Lol

BUT- the story gave me and all my friends on our trip a great laugh. My best friend said I look nuttier than an outhouse on a peanut farm which also made me laugh 😂. The customer service was bad although my hairdresser was really a nice lady. I still tipped $10 just in case this lady loses her job soon. I’m not saying any names to nobody but buddy there ain’t no way she’s been doing this a long time and if she cuts anyone else’s hair like that I wish this establishment all the best dealing with those customers because God almighty that was a horrible haircut.

I would just ask the staff to be honest with themselves- if you don’t know how to cut certain kinds of hair, just let your customer know next time. And if you can’t cut any kind of hair in general, please find a new job while I try to find Jesus. Not worth your pride or a bad review to cut anyone’s hair like this, but I hope you’re happy you got $50 out of me.

Went to a real barber at my destination and got it fixed so it’s all good. Just a crazy experience I thought needed...

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Overall my experience here was good, not great, and slightly stressful. I had a layover in the morning with a decent window to exit out to the main entrance in order to get in for a cut, but still make it back through security and to my gate with plenty of time - based on the website's claims of quick, professional cuts. I made an appointment at 9am and showed up about 5-10 minutes early. Unfortunately they didn't open the shop until about 9:15. Floyd showed up first, but didn't have keys. I could tell he felt bad and adamant he cut my hair and get me out within 30 minutes. He did a great job, but was a little flustered - presumably by the deadline that he created. If it was a shop in my neighborhood, I would be willing to go back to Floyd for a cut under a relaxed setting as he did a solid job. But ultimately I probably should have waited until I got home. I did hear them talking about opening the shop sooner to avoid this, so hopefully that is something they decide to move forward with - especially on days that they have scheduled...