Why is changing barbers so difficult?

 
I’ve been going to this regular guy for a while now. Just get used to him and he closes the business to move somewhere else too far away. Thanks Jeremy :)   Always such a good cut and he said “Really it cuts itself,”  I wish that were true it would save me some money over the years.
 
I’m not really one for small talk. I hate it at places for drinks and you have to make small talk with someone you would never normally meet. Have no idea what to say and just mumble from one thing to the next hoping it will soon be time to go. Maybe that’s why I’m never invited out much!
 
Well that’s me...sorry for being honest but there it is!
 
So a new barber. Well I finally plucked up the courage, yes for me it takes courage, and tried one. Nice enough guy, friendly and the conversation flowed easily. What was I worried about? I have NO idea.
 
You have to be a good communicator to be a barber. Just say enough...but not too much to offend. Gather the news and share it but friendly..always friendly.
 
I know I couldn’t do it. I would be hopeless and when it came to using the cut throat razor...oooh I couldn’t  trust myself. “Was that your ear just dropped on the floor? Sorry about that!" as blood gushes like some Sweeny Todd caricature. The trap door opens and the victim falls through the floor and if you know the real story of the  *Demon Barber of Fleet Street London back in the the late 1700’s the flesh of his victims were served up by his lover “in apparently highly regarded meat pies”.
 
What a lovely thought to end on....                           *        
                                                                                    "He kept a shop in London Town,
                                                                                     Of fancy clients and good renown,  
                                                                                     And what if none of their souls were saved?
                                                                                     They went to their maker impeccably shaved."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     The Ballad of Sweeney Todd in Stephen Sondheim's popular musical.                   
 
                                            .

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