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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

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

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.