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CONVERSATION with a hairdresser

Her: Hello, would you like some tea? Me: No thanks, I'm ok Her: Please come this way to have your hair washed Me: Ok sure. Her: Is the temperature ok? Me: es, thank you Her: !ould you like conditioner in your hair? Me: es, thank you. some time goes by Her: Please sit up so that I can dry your hair Me: sit up so that she can dry hair Her: Please come over here and have a seat Me: go over there and have a seat with lots of big layers of plastic all over me '"hank you' Her: #oooo, what can we do with your hair today? Me: !ell, can you please cut it so that it is short on the one side and lon$ on the other. (show picture from magazine) Her: Glances furtively at picture and moves hair around in different directions and says ' !hen last did you $et your hair cut?' Me: %&out ' months a$o. Her: Have you &een here &e(ore? Me: No, I havent, actually. Her: !hich way does your partin$ usually $o? Me: "his way (point) Her: our hair is very dry, should we take hal( an inch o((? Me: !ell, please can you take a&out an inch o(( on the one sid. %s its so dry, and a&out ) inches o(( on the other side, similar to the picture and please can you make sure its *uite sort o( messy Her: #o you don+t want it to &e too styalised? Me: No, not really, thanks. Her: ok, are you sure you wouldn+t like some tea? Me: no, I'm ok thanks Her: would you like a ma$a,ine to read? Me: no, thanks. Her: $ets scissors and cuts hair (or a&out -. minutes and says ' where are you (rom?' Me: I'm (rom #outh %(rica, where are you (rom? Her: I'm (rom /n$land. Me: !here in /n$land are you (rom ori$inally? Her: well, I'm (rom 0oventry in the midlands Me: 0oventry is a &eauti(ul town, do you $o home much? Her: #ometimes. I'm $oin$ home (or christmas. How lon$ have you &een here? Me: a&out 1 years Her: !ill you $o &ack one day? Me: no, I love /n$land Her: es, there are a lot o( #outh %(ricans here. I worked with a #outh %(rican in my last 2o&. Hair dresser picks up mirror and shows hair at the &ack and says: 'have you thou$ht o( $ettin$ hi$hli$hts?' Me: yes I did once, &ut my hair is $oin$ $rey so i dye my hair. Her: oh yes, I can see you do it yoursel( Me: 3a, I do Her: "here we $oooowww, how does that look? Me: that's nice, thankyou. Her: ru((les hair and says: ' all you need to do is put some $el in your hair in the mornin$'

4puts a hand (ull o( $reen stu(( into my hair, and my head (eels instantly a lot heavier and stran$ely detached5 Me: yes, thanks. Her: takes o(( all layers o( plastic stu(( (rom shoulders and lets hair sprinkle onto the (loor. !alks to till. Me: $ive plastic card to hair dresser Her: rin$s unknown amount into the till and $ives paper to si$n Me: si$n and add tip and say 'thank you' Her: 6ye then, have a lovely day. Me: thanks, you too. &ye.

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