So here’s what happened…
I always cut my own hair. I’ve been doing it for the last 9 years or so. It saves me money and I can get my hair just the way I want it. Plus I don’t even have to tip myself $1 when I’m done. Last night, however, was a time that I deserved zero tip for the catastrophe I caused my poor head.
I have one of those clippers with the different colored guards on them. The key to what sized guard it is that corresponds to the color is on the actual clipper. Everything started out fine with the trimming…buzz, buzz, trim, trim…just dandy. Then I switched the guard from blue to purple. I took a swipe at the side of my head and a voluminous amount of hair fell from the clippers down into my bathroom sink. The following words are my conversation with myself as the evening continued…
“Hmmm, that’s a lot of hair. Maybe I don’t have the right guard on. Oh well, I’ll try it again and see if I get the same result when I go to trim a second time. Wow, a lot of hair came off then too; what’s going on? I’ve got the right guard on–it’s purple and the key here on the clippers say purple is 7/8 of an inch…oh, wait, there are two purple guards. Oh wait, the dark purple guard is 1/8 of an inch. Oh wait, I’m an idiot.”
That’s about right. Bottom line: the mistake was an unrecoverable event to the point that I took it all off. It’ll grow back, right?
