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Barber shop owner draws the line at interfering women
The Daily Telegraph ^ | 3:01PM BST 16 Apr 2009 | Richard Savill

Posted on 04/16/2009 3:23:25 PM PDT by protest1

Philip Swanton does not like wives and girlfriends 'offering advice' and interrupting the male bonding between customer and cutter.

So a thick black indelible marker stripe bisects the floor of his shop in the Clifton area of Bristol, marked No Ladies Beyond This Line.

Mr Swanton, 60, whose wife Kathryn (corr) works with him in the shop, says he has nothing against the 'Ladies', but just wants some space where men can do what men do. "Men like to come here and have their hair cut without the intrusion of a lady putting her oar in" he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Philosophy; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: barber; feminism; masculine; ofeveryheadheshadthe; pennylane; pleasure2haveknown
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To: ridesthemiles

well if the barber chooses to cut your hair, i am guessing it’s because he is not adverse to a paying customer and would not object. i think the point of this story is not wanting wifey standing over his shoulder telling him how to do his job as far as cutting her husband’s hair.


21 posted on 04/16/2009 3:42:18 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: OneWingedShark

Well then she should go off and do what she has to do while her husband is getting his hair cut .... or ... plan on doing what she wants on another day .... that way they’re out of each others hair for the day (no pun intended) ....


22 posted on 04/16/2009 3:43:22 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: xsmommy

Yeah, I don’t understand these women who drag their hubby’s to the clothes store every time they need a new outfit. Those poor guys are SO bored and it makes me so uncomfortable to have them near the dressing room. That’s one of the reasons I buy most of my clothes online.


23 posted on 04/16/2009 3:43:57 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon drama at a time!)
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To: Abigail Adams

I was at the hair salon when a woman came in to get her hair done and had her husband and two small kids with her. They “antsed” around the waiting area, FINALLY, dad strapped them in the stroller and took them to walk around the mall. Another woman and i looked at each other just APPALLED that she would haul them in with her. What the heck is the point of that?? daddy stays home and bonds with the kids for two hours while mom can have some ME TIME and get her hair done. That was just an atrocity right there! LOL!


24 posted on 04/16/2009 3:45:21 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: protest1
I have no problem with this, although it might make sense for him to put in a separate entrance and a half wall between the two spaces. Otherwise, enforcing this may become an issue.

Btw, I'm a woman and I don't mind at all that men have their hair cut at the salon I frequent. I also don't mind at all if they prefer a barber.

25 posted on 04/16/2009 3:46:31 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: SkyDancer

>(no pun intended) ....

Dang, you gave up a good opportunity there.


26 posted on 04/16/2009 3:46:44 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: xsmommy

I only make suggestions. It’s boring though. Riding shotgun for woman style clothes shopping takes so long. Guys tend to be really surgical strike when clothes shopping, I can grab 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants in 10 minutes head to the booth pick the winners and we’re out. Women have that whole “this might go good with that thing we saw 20 minutes ago on the other side of the store but didn’t grab let’s go get it” thing. It wouldn’t be so bad if I was just playing sherpa, I could turn off my higher brain functions and just follow, but nooooo she actually wants my input. I like Penney’s best, they have chairs near the dressing room, husband chairs I call them.


27 posted on 04/16/2009 3:48:18 PM PDT by razorboy
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To: Domandred

You just watch too much TV.


28 posted on 04/16/2009 3:48:24 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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To: xsmommy

who will hold your purse when you try things on?


29 posted on 04/16/2009 3:49:18 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Tamar1973

I am not remotely concerned about them being near the dressing room, but they are quite often standing right in front of where i want to look, etc. I have ranted at Talbots to the salesladies about it and they have told me how many women will not buy clothes unless the hubby is there to approve or disapprove. i find that unbelievable. i basically buy stuff and try on at home etc and return what doesn’t fit, look right etc. anyway. A habit that i developed when shopping with kids in strollers etc.


30 posted on 04/16/2009 3:50:11 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
i love my husband dearly and if he likes something i wear then i am likely to wear it more often, but i do not need him picking out my clothes, nor does he need me picking out his. it drives me nuts to see men in the women’s clothing depts. in the way and annoying! LOL!

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I love getting my husband's input, and yes, even have him with me when I shop, although I do most of my shopping online. The only thing that matters to me is that he likes what I wear, and that it's comfortable.

If he demanded that I wear certain styles it would be a different matter.

Otherwise, I'm not that concerned. As long as he's happy, I'm happy.

31 posted on 04/16/2009 3:51:07 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Tamar1973

We’re mostly sleeping when we’re near the dressing room. But it does really suck when there’s no seating, kind of does force us to act like stalkers.


32 posted on 04/16/2009 3:51:15 PM PDT by razorboy
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To: thefactor

I normally don’t try on at the store, but if i did, i would put the purse on the floor or hang it on the hook in the dressing room. I do hope you are being facetious in asking that question?? That can’t possibly be a legit reason women haul me into stores with them is it?


33 posted on 04/16/2009 3:51:59 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: razorboy

Well it wouldn’t be the first time that i think more like a man, as i like the Three Stooges and Monty Python also and i have been told right here on FR that that is more man-like, LOL! but i do not have the mentality you describe as women’s clothes shopping, i can walk into a dept and know instantly if there is anything there i am interested in or not and walk right out if not, and if so will consider if i have anything else to wear it with and then pick up the size and go.


34 posted on 04/16/2009 3:56:11 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
I have to say, I really don't like shopping, other than online, for clothes.

It's just boring. I do like to go fishing and I like to garden. Shopping at a mall is time spent indoors, at a place I usually would rather not be.

35 posted on 04/16/2009 3:56:24 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

I guess I dress for me and if my husband happens to approve it’s gravy. I am pretty decisive about what i like and don’t like, and there aren’t even a lot of diff stores I will shop in. Talbots is where i get most everything. heck, i don’t even like clothes shopping with other women! i know what i want, or what i like, when i see it, and that’s that. I will shop with my teenaged daughters, but then it’s to help them pick out stuff like prom dresses etc. and Lord knows, i am the one paying! LOL!


36 posted on 04/16/2009 3:59:18 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: OneWingedShark
Hmmmm

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37 posted on 04/16/2009 4:00:03 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: xsmommy
I have ranted at Talbots to the salesladies about it and they have told me how many women will not buy clothes unless the hubby is there to approve or disapprove. i find that unbelievable.

Me, too. Unless it's an outfit to wear to his company Christmas party, he doesn't need to be there. It shows how weak some women are. *sigh*

38 posted on 04/16/2009 4:00:14 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon drama at a time!)
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To: trisham

i mostly shop if i have an occasion where i need something, i don’t shop for the fun of it, certainly. But again, with my daughters it is fun and we will usually have lunch while we are out.


39 posted on 04/16/2009 4:01:01 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I don’t like shopping much w/ other women either. I’m like you. I know what I want and if I don’t find it, I want to be able to leave quickly and go somewhere else that might have what I need.


40 posted on 04/16/2009 4:01:24 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon drama at a time!)
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