i watched a video of a guy getting his hair cut at sports clips. the vibe i get is trying to make an environment for men to get a salon experience (hot towel, shampoo, etc.) without thinking its gay
Which is funny because old school barber shops were doing massages and hot towels for centuries. It's one of the most masculine traditions. Some old ass Turkish guy or Italian cuts your hear, gives you a straight razor shave, with hot towel, and then you get a massage.
Sports clips is weird. But years ago, I found it was the best chain to go to for a cheap-ish haircut. They did a pretty good job though and the babers were pretty nice, though they werent flirty or anything. When I moved out of my mostly suburban area though I started going to locally owned barber shops with young barbers. A world of difference and definitely worth the extra 5 dollars to get a haircut.
I keep a pretty normal Crew cut though so YMMV with more complex cuts
I went to one once and didn't get the that vibe but I was hardly paying attention. This was on a weekday afternoon as other people there were some parent taking their boys
There's a lot of different cultural expectations around haircuts. I used to live in Japan where it's totally normal to get a short shoulder massage after a cut (unless there's a huge line), so SportsClips doing that to me didn't surprise me at all.
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i watched a video of a guy getting his hair cut at sports clips. the vibe i get is trying to make an environment for men to get a salon experience (hot towel, shampoo, etc.) without thinking its gay
Which is funny because old school barber shops were doing massages and hot towels for centuries. It's one of the most masculine traditions. Some old ass Turkish guy or Italian cuts your hear, gives you a straight razor shave, with hot towel, and then you get a massage.
WASPS made masculinity boring
I get my hair cut at this Turkish place and I come out feeling like a new person, more places should do that
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Sports clips is weird. But years ago, I found it was the best chain to go to for a cheap-ish haircut. They did a pretty good job though and the babers were pretty nice, though they werent flirty or anything. When I moved out of my mostly suburban area though I started going to locally owned barber shops with young barbers. A world of difference and definitely worth the extra 5 dollars to get a haircut.
I keep a pretty normal Crew cut though so YMMV with more complex cuts
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Well tbh I haven't been to a sports clips in years so it may have gone this direction, when I went there a while ago it didn't feel that way
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I went to one once and didn't get the that vibe but I was hardly paying attention. This was on a weekday afternoon as other people there were some parent taking their boys
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It's incredibly awkward when people are mandated to be friendly to you
I got a free haircut coupon from that place before.
It was not worth the free haircut. I felt deeply uncomfortable there. It was radiating the most douchey of dudebro energies.
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Best barbers
Hey I've been there.
There's a lot of different cultural expectations around haircuts. I used to live in Japan where it's totally normal to get a short shoulder massage after a cut (unless there's a huge line), so SportsClips doing that to me didn't surprise me at all.