Haircut: Appointment or Walk-in?

For those of you that go to a barber for a haircut, do you just walk-in any time or have to schedule an appointment?

Seems like more and more you need to make an appointment to get your hair cut at the barber.

Several years ago in Indiana, I walked into a barber shop to just get a simple haircut after work. No one was waiting and the barber was reading the paper. He refused to cut my hair (a 5 minute job) because I didn't have an appointment.

Locally I've had to use different barbers because I didn't make an appointment prior. Hair cuts aren't something I think about in advance, I just look in the bathroom mirror or truck mirror and decide that it's time.

Well, that's just terrible business.

I always make an appointment with my barber. A couple reasons, it's easy because he uses the Booksy app, and secondly you'd never get him on a walk-in basis because he is too busy. There are other guys in the shop that can do walk-ins, but not my guy.

A lot of barbers will also require you to make an appointment, and if you don't show up or cancel too late, they'll charge you a service fee.

Always an appointment. I text my guy a couple of options each Monday and he confirms which one works best for his calendar.

Walk in on Saturday morning, I'm usually 1st or 2nd in line.

Haven't been in a barbershop/haircut place in 10 years. Prior to that, I usually made an appointment because I was particular about who cut my hair. Never wanted to take a chance that I wouldn't get who I wanted.

I like to get an appointment. My spot is right outside downtown Cincinnati and I usually go in the middle of a workday, so it's nice to know I can walk in and walk out most of the time.

I don't go to a barber, but I make an appointment on my Great Clips app before I leave the house!

I use an old school two chair barber. Don't care which one does the job both are fine barbers. I try to get there early but there are times I need to sit and wait. While doing so, we all try to solve the world's problems while waiting. It's a lot like Floyd's in Mayberry.

My Barber Shop does not take appointments, it is walk in only and you take a number.

I get my hair cut every week and sometimes I have to wait a hour or so and sometimes I jump right in the chair but usually I have to wait.

The thought of not having the same barber every time gives me anxiety. :lol2:

The thought of not having the same barber every time gives me anxiety. :lol2:

Not that you were speaking to me but I should have added that I wait for the same barber every week and I would only allow one of the other barbers to cut my hair in an emergency which hasn't happened for numerous years.

Not that you were speaking to me but I should have added that I wait for the same barber every week and I would only allow one of the other barbers to cut my hair in an emergency which hasn't happened for numerous years.

Nah just in general. Like I could never just go to a random shop and wait for the next available barber.

A barber told me once that the difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut is three days. A haircut is not a high priority in my life. I show up unannounced on Saturday mornings. They have just raised their price to $10. You can get cuts cheaper at the barber college----or at least you used to able to.