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> Honestly, I genuinely find it quite rude when people do that as you lose all sense of how many people are before you and when you'd be up next. This is ridic

> Honestly, I genuinely find it quite rude when people do that as you lose all sense of how many people are before you and when you'd be up next. This is ridiculous, you can simply go ask how many people are ahead of you if you want to know your place in the queue, which is the proper way to do it.

laumars 8y ago
Never in all my years of going to the barbers have I ever known anyone do what you've just described in the UK; and if it does happen, then it's certainly not custom in any of the towns I have lived in. Sometimes people do disappear when it is extremely busy but when they come back (typically an hour or two later) they expect to join the back of the queue. Literally the only time I've seen anyone leave queue and rejoined it where they left was when they were there with their larger family and one of the kids urgently needed the toilet. And even then I've only seen that happen once in the decades (literally!) I've been frequenting barbers. You can use all of the patronising terms you like to promote your preferred etiquette but if it's not shared with the rest of community then your method simply isn't the "proper way to do it".
- matte_black 8y ago
  How is it any different from calling in to make an appointment for a specific time and then walking in when it’s your time and getting seated immediately? The only difference here is you make the appointment in person.
  - laumars 8y ago
    I can't believe I actually have to explain this, but the difference is you're going to a barbers that don't take appointments and expecting them to honour one. If you want that kind of service then you go to a barbers that offer appointments. It's really not a hard concept to grasp but after reading your other comment about how you love to talk confidently about subjects you no nothing about, I'm starting to question if this is one of those subjects. Perhaps you don't even have kids at all and this is just another one of your attempts at trolling which you also described enjoying. In any case, the real crux of the matter isn't what you consider logical but rather what the generally agreed social etiquette is. So you can argue until you're blue in the face but if it's not how barbers currently work then that simply isn't how barbers currently work. Period.
    - matte_black 8y ago
      I never said I had children, don’t know how that’s relevant to this particular line of thread. I’ve also never known a barber that didn’t take an appointment. We’ll just have to end it here.
      - laumars 8y ago
        > I never said I had children, don’t know how that’s relevant to this particular line of thread. It's relevent because this topic is about parenting and kids waiting in line for stuff like barbers. > I've also never known a barber that didn’t take an appointment. As I've repeatedly said, this might be a cultural thing. Most UK barbers in UK towns don't take appointments. Trendy ones in the big cities might well do, but in terms of your typical UK barbers shop you would just turn up and wait in line. So to that effect, I've also never known a barber that does take an appointment. > We’ll just have to end it here. For what it's worth, I did try to end this tangent several times already when I compromised with "it might be a cultural thing". Which, weirdly, is when you decided to rejoin the discussion. Go figure.

laumars 8y ago

Never in all my years of going to the barbers have I ever known anyone do what you've just described in the UK; and if it does happen, then it's certainly not custom in any of the towns I have lived in. Sometimes people do disappear when it is extremely busy but when they come back (typically an hour or two later) they expect to join the back of the queue. Literally the only time I've seen anyone leave queue and rejoined it where they left was when they were there with their larger family and one of the kids urgently needed the toilet. And even then I've only seen that happen once in the decades (literally!) I've been frequenting barbers. You can use all of the patronising terms you like to promote your preferred etiquette but if it's not shared with the rest of community then your method simply isn't the "proper way to do it".

matte_black 8y ago
How is it any different from calling in to make an appointment for a specific time and then walking in when it’s your time and getting seated immediately? The only difference here is you make the appointment in person.
- laumars 8y ago
  I can't believe I actually have to explain this, but the difference is you're going to a barbers that don't take appointments and expecting them to honour one. If you want that kind of service then you go to a barbers that offer appointments. It's really not a hard concept to grasp but after reading your other comment about how you love to talk confidently about subjects you no nothing about, I'm starting to question if this is one of those subjects. Perhaps you don't even have kids at all and this is just another one of your attempts at trolling which you also described enjoying. In any case, the real crux of the matter isn't what you consider logical but rather what the generally agreed social etiquette is. So you can argue until you're blue in the face but if it's not how barbers currently work then that simply isn't how barbers currently work. Period.
  - matte_black 8y ago
    I never said I had children, don’t know how that’s relevant to this particular line of thread. I’ve also never known a barber that didn’t take an appointment. We’ll just have to end it here.
    - laumars 8y ago
      > I never said I had children, don’t know how that’s relevant to this particular line of thread. It's relevent because this topic is about parenting and kids waiting in line for stuff like barbers. > I've also never known a barber that didn’t take an appointment. As I've repeatedly said, this might be a cultural thing. Most UK barbers in UK towns don't take appointments. Trendy ones in the big cities might well do, but in terms of your typical UK barbers shop you would just turn up and wait in line. So to that effect, I've also never known a barber that does take an appointment. > We’ll just have to end it here. For what it's worth, I did try to end this tangent several times already when I compromised with "it might be a cultural thing". Which, weirdly, is when you decided to rejoin the discussion. Go figure.