Thread: how much blood is too much blood?

Originally Posted by jfthrash

Ok so is it customary to not be expected to pay if they cut you?

I would say, if they cut (nicked actually) just once, no big deal. Twice, maybe. Maybe not.

If they are soaking towels with your blood, did you get the experience you were after? George Washington died because his physicians overdid his bloodletting. You did not go to that barbershop for 18th century medical care. You also did not go to that barbershop just to remove some whiskers. The fact is that you went there basically for a (pardon this) man-spa type of experience. It was supposed to be a brief period of luxury treatment. Did you get that? Hell no. For most people, a straight shave is a novel experience, not just a routine whisker removal procedure. Aside from your whiskers being a little shorter, your face was WORSE off for the experience. THAT is why you should not have paid for what you got, or rather, didn't get.

Along a similar line. The last time I paid someone to cut my hair was in 1984. The "stylist" cut my ear so badly that the blood soaked my shirt all the way down from my shoulder to my waist yet she was actually mad at me when I did not tip her. For the next few years, my hair was in an easy to cut ponytail. Gradually I got better at cutting it myself. Someday I'll get it right.