rudeness: hair cut

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when i graduated law school i had hair down to my bra strap.  it was summertime when i got my first real law job.  i'd shower in the morning, put my wet hair in a bun and go about my day.  i knew that when fall came i'd have to do something differently.  i couldn't go out in the cold with wet hair and i wasn't willing to take the time to blow dry.  i'd always wanted to cut my hair short and one day i made the very scary phone call to make that happen.  i didn't tell anyone.  i was living at home but said i had to work late that night.  king louie was clueless.  the stylist was just talking to me when she pulled my hair into a ponytail and made a huge cut.  it was incredible.  she was very considerate of the fact that i may not like it and cut it in a way that growing it back out would be very easy.  however, i loved my hair short and over the years have figured out the cut that is just right for me.  my hair is styled in a super short pixie.  my stylist actually uses the same foot that my dad uses on the electric razor (a #3 if you're wondering).  i don't have to worry about blow drying my hair now.  i haven't used a dryer in years. 

i had a hair appointment on friday.  i love haircut day.  i feel like it is a fresh start.  i see the past eight weeks falling to the floor when i get my hair cut.  i was waiting for my cut when a woman sat down while her manicure dried.  she asked me if i was there for a hair cut.  i said yes and she asked where.  i get it, by most people's standards my hair is short and wouldn't need a cut.  i explained that for me my hair was long and was in desperate need of a good trim.  i told her the above story and she looked at me and said 'so the whole reason your hair is short is because you're too lazy to dry it?'  i wasn't sure what to say to that but said that was part of it but also because i thought it looked good.  i'm a firm believer in 'if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all'.  she was perfectly entitled to not like my hair.  i don't like everyone else's hair.  in fact, if i had the haircut of the woman in the chair before me i would have cried.  i also wouldn't have gone up to her and ask why she cut her hair that way.  after she left, i told my stylist about my encounter.  she said that the woman was known as 'miss cold' so i guess i'm not the only one who has had a run in.  she was the kind of person who wore a bluetooth to get her nails done.  you know the type.