St James Salon

I don’t like giving bad reviews but I’m afraid I just have to do so in this case. My experience at St James’ Salon barbers is quite simply one I will never ever be repeating. Also, when I Googled the business to check the address, I noticed others who had reported very bad reviews, so I am clearly not alone here.
Basically the man is rude, that’s my main complaint. He looks scary and he’s rude, and he was rude to me and I was scared. Here’s my story…
I had quite short hair at the time of going in, and I asked for a number 2 shaved head (sometimes I do this in the warmer months). He looked at me and asked me if I knew what a number 2 was, to which I replied that I did possess this knowledge, and had in fact had one before. He replied, ‘once I’ve cut if off, I can’t put it back on’. I replied that I also possessed this piece of knowledge.
Having finally confirmed that I was indeed to receive a number 2 cut, he then informed me that this would be more expensive than the standard price of a hair cut. This, he said, was because he would have to cut my hair normally first, and then shave it afterwards, essentially meaning he had to do two hair cuts. I asked if it might not be fair to say that it is actually much easier and faster to shave a head than it is to do a full haircut, to which he told me that I had made a false assumption. It is possible that I do not understand hair cuts, but I am sceptical to this possibility.
Nonetheless, I decided to continue with the cut, just to get it over with and carry on with my life. The number 2, as you can imagine, was largely fine, but there were a few bits that he had completely missed, which my lecturer pointed out to me the following morning in a seminar, assuming I had cut it myself.
It was over £10, this with my student discount, which is twice as much as I have paid in the past. For £10 you can actually go to the Toni and Guy academy on St Anne’s Square. There you will find pretty young female hairdressers, instead of horrible old Manchester City supporting men.