What cars do hairdressers actually drive ?

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People are still using that tired old stereotype, when they dont see a particular model as being worthy of a meat eating, red blooded, hard living heterosexual man they have a pop at hairdressers, as apparently anyone who cuts hair is likely going to be driving a pink Micra CC and shouting "Hello Ducky" as they pass.

I had a TT and got called it, I also had an app on my phone that made the sound of hair clippers, got a couple of people with that who said it "Well you said I am a hairdresser so thought you looked like you needed a quick trim"

I go to a barbers shop locally, there is a knackered old A3 outside that belongs to one of the staff, one had a Megane Scenic. The one over the road had a CLS63 and seems to have just got a G63 (must cut a lot of hair)

I used to know a Hairdresser called Dave who was a legend with with ladies, into the nineties he still dressed a bit like he was in Saturday Night Fever and drove a white Trans Am "6.6 Turbo" with the Eagle on the bonnet, sounded mighty but was actually only like 200 bhp !

Anyone on here cut hair ? Any idea what hairdressers actually drive ? Does that stereotype actually exist ?

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Skeptisk said:

In terms of stereotypes, is there a difference between a barber and a hairdresser? Is being gay associated with both or just the latter?

Yeah, barber is a blokey, manly career, cutting mens hair "Something for the weekend sir" etc, straight as a die, but if you do ladies hair then people make assumptions.

My youngest lad is a Fashion designer, he was on a course at Uni and was one of three lads out of twenty odd, and the only straight one, it annoys the living st out of him people assuming he is gay because of his career choice.

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fozzymandeus said:

My mum’s hairdresser drives a 911 Turbo S. Had a Conti GT before that. Also has some sort of classic Alfa but my mum can’t remember exactly which.

I am guessing your mum pays quite a lot for a haircut....

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Earthdweller said:

J4CKO said:

Yeah, barber is a blokey, manly career, cutting mens hair "Something for the weekend sir" etc, straight as a die, but if you do ladies hair then people make assumptions.

My youngest lad is a Fashion designer, he was on a course at Uni and was one of three lads out of twenty odd, and the only straight one, it annoys the living st out of him people assuming he is gay because of his career choice.

On the plus side what a target Rich environment

Indeed, he is living with a girl off his course

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Mr Tidy said:

I know someone who owns a hairdressing salon and raced a manual Jaguar XJS V12, a rented ASCAR and took a stint in a V8 Ford Galaxie as well as driving for MB World at Brooklands and Jaguar at the FOS!

Years ago I was working part-time at a self-storage warehouse and took my recently acquired BMW Z4 Coupe to work. The removal contractor we worked with said it was a hair-dressers car. I asked him what he'd buy and he said an automatic 911 Convertible!

Sometimes it translates as "You have a nice shiny thing, I dont, I must piss on your bonfire by questioning your manhood in a very unoriginal, borderline homophobic way", its just a bit of banter really but it can get tedious, sometimes its just their life, means or self limiting personality stops them getting anything nice.

Best just to take it as a kind of back handed compliment.

It also sounds like there are plenty of petrolhead hairdressers.

Did occur to me that stereotype "hairdresser" is the supposedly effete one, who works on the fragrant ladies all day, but the supposedly manly career of being a barber is the one that has to touch means sweaty swedes all day.