I swore up and down that paying $40 for a haircut was a scam, until a barber in Tacoma fixed what a $15 cut did to me
For about 5 years I told anyone who would listen that a haircut is a haircut and anyone paying more than $20 was getting robbed. Then last spring I let a cheap spot near the mall buzz my sides uneven, and my sister's wedding photos still haunt me. A guy named Ray at a shop on 6th Ave in Tacoma spent 45 minutes fixing it and explained why the cheap places rush the fade. What dumb money opinion did you hold onto way too long?
Wait, 45 minutes on one haircut? That sounds fake until I remember my last cheap cut took like 8 minutes tops, and the guy never once touched my neckline with a razor. The part that gets me is how you didn't notice the uneven side until the photos came out, because that is exactly how it goes. You look at it in the mirror and it seems fine, then a camera catches it from a different angle and it is over. Cheap places rush the fade because they are booked back to back, so nobody is checking their work twice. Kind of wild that it took a wedding to make you see it, but at least Ray saved you.