My usual spot for a cut is Regular Joe\u2019s. Unless I peek my head in and see a roomful of customers waiting; then it\u2019s Yes We Do. They ask for my phone number and know exactly how I want it. There are currently 2 people there that I prefer just because they are the ones who usually cut my hair and know my eccentricities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today went down differently. For those who don\u2019t know me, I don\u2019t like different. Some new dude is there. Obviously new. And shadowing another stylist. Not good. He\u2019s the one who calls me up. Fine. I ask if he\u2019s any good with scissor, because I don\u2019t like the clippers. Claims he is. He asks, \u201cHow would you like your hair done, boss?\u201d I reply, \u201cSame as always,\u201d and proceed to explain, as I\u2019m sure it\u2019s written down on the slip of paper that has my name on it. That\u2019s how Regular Joe\u2019s works. So you don\u2019t have to explain what you want on each and every visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Right off the bat, he turns into Machine Gun Inquisitor. How\u2019s your day so far? What are your plans for today? Plans for the Super Bowl? Where are you from? How long have you been in El Paso? What brought you to El Paso? Why did you stay in El Paso? You didn\u2019t like Orlando?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I give short, courteous, to the point answers. Good. This. Might watch it \u2013 who is playing? Orlando. Since 1996. The Army. I like it. No. Jesus H. Christ, what is this? The Spanish Inquisition? Can\u2019t a mufucka just get a haircut in peace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those last three sentences were in my head. At least I think\/hope. What I did<\/strong> say was \u201cNo more conversation please,\u201d to which he responded, \u201cWhat?\u201d I repeated myself, \u201cNo more conversation please.\u201d To his credit, the only other words from his mouth were relevant to my haircut. He finished my hair. Pretty good job at it, too. Gave me my shampoo, I paid, left him my customary $10 tip and left. Headed back to my cigar lounge to roast another pound of coffee, sip some whiskey, smoke a cigar, and memorialize this interaction on Walt\u2019s Corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m an introvert. Living through the pandemic forced others to live my life. The difference is, I choose this life. I enjoy this life. Interacting with humans is exhausting. The older I get the less I\u2019m willing to put up with unnecessary conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My usual spot for a cut is Regular Joe\u2019s. Unless I peek my head in and see a roomful of customers waiting; then it\u2019s Yes We Do. They ask for my phone number and know exactly how I want it. There are currently 2 people there that I prefer just because they are the ones […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[316],"tags":[317,318],"class_list":["post-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-day-in-the-life","tag-haircut","tag-introvert"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":579,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}