The Wisdom of a $12 Haircut

Townhall.com ^ | October 8, 2011 | Bill Tatro

[MadelineZapeezda]

This barber is probably as a PAW (Prodigious Accumulator of Wealth), according to the Millionaire Next Door.

[cynwoody]

And not all that insightful an opinion at that. The world wasn’t “hooked on caffeine and sugar” before Starbucks? Lame.

Back during the internet bubble, I was in a meeting with venture capitalists discussing the funding of a new hi-tech company. One of the prospective investors was perhaps a little slow and indicated unfamiliarity with the term "business model". A one-sentence definition was offered. Oh, said he. Our business model is really simple: We turn fat, sugar, and caffeine into money. He owned most of the Dunkin' Donuts shops in the area.

[Magic Fingers]

‘”Our business model is really simple: We turn fat, sugar, and caffeine into money.” He owned most of the Dunkin’ Donuts shops in the area.’

LOL - perfect. What’s old is new again...

[familyop]

He who cuts his own hair is wiser.

[7MMmag]

"...We turn fat, sugar, and caffeine into money..."

Knew a guy in the espresso stand biz (small place, more than a stand, but just a small one room shop) who told me he realized after a while, that he wasn't in the coffee business as much as he was in the milk business.

Those latte's (the most popular specialty coffee drink, by far) are mainly steamed milk.

[hinckley buzzard]

Yeah, if you want an experience, you have to select your barber carefully. I have had the same barber for twenty-something years now, because he has high-profile people in his shop and his clientele. I get a lot of inside dope on the pro sports teams and local politics. And he does a great job cutting hair.

[hinckley buzzard]

The coin was the Spanish real, which circulated as money in the American colonies well past independence. And you are right, it was cut into eighths for small change.

[hinckley buzzard]

Jobs taught people to need things they couldn't even ima gine, much less know they needed.

That is the essence of marketing isn't it--get people to buy things they don't need for more money than they should have spent.

Starbucks is the same way--you can get sugar and caffeine for 70 cents at McDonalds, and it's better tasting coffee, but some a-holes insist on paying five bucks to the liberals at Starbucks for the same thing.

[Hot Tabasco]

I always cut my own,

Since it was YOU that brought it up, we all noticed........We've all chipped in and are sending you $12 to get it done by someone who marginally knows what they're doing. LOL!

It should do wonders for your love life........

[11Bush]

Little shop down the road is run by an old Vietnamese woman. Joked with her one time that she cut hair like they did at Fayetteville when I was with the 82nd.

She laughed and said that was where she started back in the 60’s.

$12 haircut, includes the razor, talcum, and a shoulder massage. Takes me back every time I’m there.

[sit-rep]

bread and circuses... same difference...

[Petruchio]

My Barber is the daughter of my former Barber. She learned from her Dad how to cut hair and worked for him part time to supplement the household income. When her Dad died from brain cancer, she took over the shop, and she still gives 25% of the gross to her Mother as a pension.

She is the ONLY person I will let near my hair.