So I just went to the barber and came to a strange realization. I went to the eye doctor yesterday and the whole time I was talking to the optometrist about the different procedures he was doing, while the barber asks me “what do you want me to do with your hair ?” and i completely blanked. So while I awkwardly sat in the barber’s chair I pondered this a lot more deeply.
I’ve never cared too much about my appearance, but I do try and look somewhat kempt. But I also care very little about optometry. I deal with machines, not biology. So why is it that I know about optical nerves, but nothing about how to cut hair. I used to cut my own hair, but that involved taking some clippers and a #whatever spacer to my head, not exactly rocket science (something I find quite interesting). However I could never do what barbers and hair stlyists do. I guess its sort of like how i can change my own contacts, but thats about where my skills end.
I guess I just find it odd that I sit in the chair of the barber, a person who in my experience makes a lot of small talk, and the chair of the optometrist, a person who in my experience is rather straight to business, and my actual experience is just the opposite. I guess the key phrase there is “in my experience,” but I had to wait a lengthy period at both places and noticed each performing just as one might expect.
There is no real point to this, more of just an observation that I found unusual. But then again the unusual is becoming quite the norm for me these days. Anyway, now I’ve got a decent haircut and a fresh batch of contacts, long overdue, are on their way.
