Warning: I told a guy his neckline was too high, then watched him get a chair at the shop down the street last week

Blair Coleman · 2026-10-14T19:15:05.027795+00:00

Three weeks back a walk-in asked for a low taper and I talked him out of it, said it would look sloppy with his hairline, and pushed him toward a mid fade instead. Last Tuesday I saw him at Rudy's on 5th sitting in another barber's chair, and his cut was clean, low taper and all. Turns out his brother is a barber in Dallas and told him a low taper actually works fine on his growth pattern. I'd been cutting to my own taste, not his head. How do you all handle it when a client asks for something you don't love?

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Warning: I told a guy his neckline was too high, then watched him get a chair at the shop down the street last week | Barbers - Free To Speak