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There is a certain sort of personality that despises that sort of human contact. But I don't expect they're a large enough portion of the population to make s

There is a certain sort of personality that despises that sort of human contact. But I don't expect they're a large enough portion of the population to make such a robot commercially viable. (Also that demographic is already served by hair-cutting vacuum cleaner gadgets.)

opportune 7y ago
Usually I find barbers don’t even try talking to me because they tend to be older and their clients tend to be older so they don’t know what to say. And I look a lot younger than I am. Not that I want to talk to them anyway, due to awkwardness, but seeing all the other barbers talking to their clients and mine not even trying to talk to me somehow makes it even worse
- catalogia 7y ago
  My barber always leaves a TV running in the corner. If you're in a talkative mood he's more than happy to chat, but if you're the quiet sort he's content to work quietly and listen to the TV instead. (I'm not a huge fan of TV, but it's prompted some interesting conversations about motor sports, of which he's a fan but which I know fairly little about.) Before I found my current barber, I used to go to a 'hair salon' sort of place that had very talkative hip young hairdressers. They were always friendly but I found them harder to relate to. It was also a lot more crowded which didn't help, and they always seemed a little disappointed when I asked for a regular haircut.
larnmar 7y ago
Personally I’d love a (competent) hair cutting robot because I simply don’t have time. The only day of the week I can get my hair cut is Saturday; I meant to get it done last Saturday, ran out of time, now I’m going out of town next Saturday and I am stuck looking terrible for the rest of the year. If there were a robot at the mall I could get it done at 9pm on a Tuesday or whenever I have a moment.
- tomjakubowski 7y ago
  There are barbers who work weird/late hours, you know.
squish78 7y ago
Our species spent a million years forming complex social bonds and we're doing our damnedest to engineer them away

opportune 7y ago

Usually I find barbers don’t even try talking to me because they tend to be older and their clients tend to be older so they don’t know what to say. And I look a lot younger than I am. Not that I want to talk to them anyway, due to awkwardness, but seeing all the other barbers talking to their clients and mine not even trying to talk to me somehow makes it even worse

catalogia 7y ago
My barber always leaves a TV running in the corner. If you're in a talkative mood he's more than happy to chat, but if you're the quiet sort he's content to work quietly and listen to the TV instead. (I'm not a huge fan of TV, but it's prompted some interesting conversations about motor sports, of which he's a fan but which I know fairly little about.) Before I found my current barber, I used to go to a 'hair salon' sort of place that had very talkative hip young hairdressers. They were always friendly but I found them harder to relate to. It was also a lot more crowded which didn't help, and they always seemed a little disappointed when I asked for a regular haircut.

larnmar 7y ago

Personally I’d love a (competent) hair cutting robot because I simply don’t have time. The only day of the week I can get my hair cut is Saturday; I meant to get it done last Saturday, ran out of time, now I’m going out of town next Saturday and I am stuck looking terrible for the rest of the year. If there were a robot at the mall I could get it done at 9pm on a Tuesday or whenever I have a moment.

tomjakubowski 7y ago
There are barbers who work weird/late hours, you know.

squish78 7y ago

Our species spent a million years forming complex social bonds and we're doing our damnedest to engineer them away