Speed (Marine Parade Central)

I'm one of those people who's rather particular about my haircut. And I'm particularly particular about it. Nonetheless, haircuts are getting more and more expensive (that's if you choose to go to a more expensive place for that little bit more security - that's me), plus mid-length hair usually cost more too. Desperately needing a trim, I decided upon a random shop where there was an available hairdresser.

The haircut was $22.50 flat. And I didn't have to wait long to get started. At the same time, there were quite a number of people, thus making it seem like the place was rather popular. So having given the abovementioned reasons, I stepped into the shop.

First impression: Oh man, this place is full of people who spells of "I-just-smoked-and-so-I-smell-like-this". The smell got me feeling rather giddy for a little while till I got used to it.

All I did there was get a trim and thin my hair a little, but allow me to illustrate my experience within my "short" (it was much longer than necessary) time spent there:

1) I wasn't offered a drink, despite there being an obvious sign placed on the table that there are free drinks. I thought it wasn't anything much until I saw the same person cutting my hair serving another customer a drink, then I wondered why the double standards. 2) The floor is extremely dirty and nobody bothers to sweep the hair from the floor (till maybe the end of business everyday). 3) When I asked for some suggestions on what I could do about my hair to make it look less messy, all the advice I received was "oh, rebond your hair lor". How wise. 4) I was brought to the back to wash my hair. The water temperature was not adjusted and the hairwash was literally simply a hairwash. No other value-added services like a massage at the same time (which I get very often from other place, and so I presume it's the norm for most salons). 5) After washing, the person in charge didn't even bother to towel-dry my hair. He merely put a towel on my head and expected me to walk out. I could feel water dripping from my hair down to my ankles. 6) The towel that he put on my head was black, and stained from the many occasions it was used to dye someone else's hair. No doubt the colour wouldn't get on my clothes/ head, but it was a disgusting sight to see dirty towels on your hair, especially just after a wash. 7) Lastly, while drying my hair halfway, a customer came into their shop. She was around several minutes before and was told to come back again. So when she did do so, the guy cutting my hair stopped and brought her in to get a seat (without even saying a word to me either). Not only did he do just that, he even went on to getting her a drink and mixing the hair dye for her hair. All that took awhile. And in the meantime, my hair was strewn all over my face, half wet half dry. And then I waited. And waited. And waited. Till he came back, and didn't say a word.

Lastly, the person cutting my hair didn't even appear to be interested in his job or seemed very confident of what he was doing. It was a nightmare. Personally, I will never go back there again.

However, it does seem like they have rather good business though. A number of regular customers and perhaps cheaper service. Maybe I was just unlucky. But I'd still say: I'm never going back.