Unconfirmed reports suggest that your barber was only pretending he knew the obscure industrial techno act you were talking about while he cut your hair.
Members of the barber high council have confirmed that all barbers must pretend to be informed and interested in all topics covered during conversations held while cutting their clients’ hair.
“Barbering is about far more than simply cutting hair,” explained a member of the barber’s high council. “Every single barber swears an oath to engage in conversations with their clients, no matter how boring or obscure it may get, and failure to do so can result in barbers having their scissors, or even worse their clippers, confiscated.”
“The first thing barbers are trained to do is pretending to know about things they have no interest in,” continued the barber. “You can be the best at doing skin fades in the world but if you can’t keep a conversation about football, the weather or whatever going, than you’re never going to make it as a barber.”
According to your friends, you were really impressed by the barbers in depth knowledge of industrial techno, resulting in a generous tip.
“I’ve heard him tell a million people about that Slovakian techno producer and not one person has ever heard of him,” claimed your mate Dave. “There’s no fucking way that barber knew who he
Other things barbers are bound to under oath include getting shit tattoos, not pressing their junk into your shoulder, laughing at you’re shit jokes and pretending you actually look good.
