terry1•5d ago

Had a kid ask me why I cut hair for a living last Tuesday

Honestly I was working on a fade for this kid maybe 10 years old and he just blurts out "is this your real job?" out of nowhere. I told him yeah I've been doing it about 8 years now and he said "that's cool you get to talk to people all day." His dad was in the chair next to him getting a beard trim and just laughed. It hit me different though because I never really thought about it that way. Anyone else have a random comment from a client that stuck with you?

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aaronf405d ago

Maybe you're reading into it too much, it was just a kid making conversation.

sethr115d ago

Take a look at what the kid actually said though. "Why do you have a cane, is your leg broken?" That's not just making conversation, that's a kid learning about disability for the first time. Kids at that age say exactly what they see but they don't mean any harm by it. It's on us adults to correct them gently when they get it wrong, not just laugh it off.