cut it

Jispa had her first hair day. Well not exactly that but … ok., lets start from the beginning. Everyday her mom and her would be fighting over her hair. Combing it, removing knots, they coming in her eyes etc. Being eth dad I obviously know nothing about hair care. For me any solution is simply – Shampoo it. Obviously its pretty ineffective. So every now and then I would be calling for a cease fire. Actually shouting CEASE FIRE is more like it. so I started working on Jispa to have her hair cut short. I thought of everything in the book for her to cut it shorter. That she looks pretty cute with short hair helps. So finally she agrees. But she decides the length. It her call. I am ok. She wanted to go to a particular neighborhood parlor where she used to get it trimmed. I had my doubts but let it happen. Mommy and Jispa go there while I proceed for my hair cut. Jispa like me to cut my hair short so that she can massage my head without me worrying about how I might end up looking like.

After I am through I wait for her under the building. She emerges in a really bad mood and with a few tears. What happened I ask? I look at mummy who signals a really bad mood indicator. Jispa is no mood to talk. I figure that she is very unhappy with the length. It seems that she had clearly indicated length. The stupid lady cut it in that length at the back and then cut it sorter in the front. Oh shit. Why do these idiots think? Can’t they just do as they are told? Can’t they ask? I told Jispa next time you cut it at a decent place. She was angry with everybody. Why me? I was not even there. EVERYONE… evn me because of me she cut it short. Oh ok… I am sorry. I agree it could have been cut better but it wasn’t that bad. It was pretty cute that way itself. But I guess she was in no real mood to listen. All I could tell her that the best thing with hair is that it grows. So it will be fine soon enough :). I know. I have had really bad hair cuts myself.

Luckily the art has improved over the years with a variety of styles and cuts coming in. When I was a kid the guys cutting hair were really pathetic. Trained to cut without seeing the person or the face. When you cut someone’s hair you are not cutting hair, you are giving shape to someone’s personality. The ones who understand that become stylists, the other remain butchers.

In the middle I was seriously contemplating taking up hair cutting as a part time hobby. I even inquired about the course. But hell, I just couldn’t find the time to take it up. Someday I would. Possibly after retirement, when my hands are no longer steady. Or retire before the hands get shaky I guess. Ya. That’s a better option. I will do one thing for sure, talk a lot while cutting. Especially when I am using my brains, and most important – ask again and again to be sure, when I cut someone’s hair SHORT.