I've never had a bad barber. But, I went to the same barber for pretty much my entire life, and for the last few years I have cut my own hair, since I just shave it down to a super short buzzcut (and I will not pay $13 for someone to shave my head).

I remember years ago, though, that my cousin told me a hilarious story of going to a bald barber. It seems that the "never trust a bald barber" thing is true, because this guy was horrible. First, after my cousin already told him what kind of haircut he wanted (a "skater cut," which is a variation of the terrible mushroom cut that was popular back in the early 1990s when this story takes place), the barber asked him, "Are you sure you don't want a nice shiner like me?" He was not joking.

He cousin, of course, said, "No, I don't want to be bald, thanks." Then, the guy started cutting his hair, but started doing it completely wrong. If my other cousin (i.e.: my cousin's sister) hadn't been sitting in the waiting area, and noticed, "Um, you're not cutting his hair the way he asked," it would have been a disaster. As it was, it was still a pretty bad haircut, because the barber had already done a lot of damage, and wasn't able to completely fix his "mistake" by the time my cousin noticed he was doing it wrong.

yes I received a prince valiant cut from some redneck methhead missing most of her teeth once

we dont get our hair cut in delaware anymore

http://www.bdportugal.info/Comics/Hero/Prince_Valiant/image/PrinceValiant2.jpg <- not the haircut I asked for

I haven't really had any bad barber experiences.  Most of my life I have kept my hair pretty short, and if I saw that something wasn't even, or was really bad, I would just take care of it myself by making it pretty short.

I once asked for a trim and ended up getting a buzzcut. I was not happy.

Since then I have been cutting my own hair.

Once when I was seven I went to this new barbers place. the barber almost cut off my freaking ear. I was seriously scarred for life. Which is partially the reason for my long hair now. 

Morale: Don't trust a barber just out of college to cut your hair.

I have my mom do my haircut.

hell yes motherfuckers
that shit is free

... How does that work, exactly?

Easy: mirror, scissors, and electric razor with a protector (also used for layering.)

Not really. I go to this guy that cuts really good and really cheap ($5)
At first he was a regular barber but then he began becoming famous among the local people and now I gotta like, book a date with anticipation and shit.

Anyway, by now he pretty much can cut my hair by heart.

I forget why I ended up doing this, but once I went to a barber that was different than my usual one. I think maybe she was closed and then other shop was about on a five minute walk away. Anyways, I go in and ask basically for a buzz cut. You know? I want it really short, because my hair is extremely thick and grows VERY fast (faster than anyone I even know. Hell this has even been mentioned to me by other people too). So I sit down and tell her what I want, and I say I want to keep the sideburns. They weren't much because I hadn't really developed an ability to grow serious facial hair yet, but I don't like the 'straight line to ear' thing. Anyways, she starts cutting and buzzing away and then goes and buzzes off part of the sideburns. I was stunned, so I wasn't sure what to do. I mean, she couldn't glue it back on so I might as well just go with it. She buzzes the bottom of the other one too, not completely off, but not what I wanted either. All the while she is talking with the other hairdresser and barely paying attention. She puts her fingers on the side of my head to make sure the sideburns (what is left of) are even. Then she asks me, "Does that look good?" And I'm like, "These aren't even? You see what I mean? This one is shorter." And she goes "Okay." and then cuts it on an angle. And I seriously was stunned again. I was like, "No, it's not on an angle, it's just longer." And then she cuts the sideburn on an even more acute angle and was like, "Like that?" I just agreed and pretended that's what I wanted. I paid her, but I had half a mind not to. I ended up coming home and shaving a lot of the sideburn off both sides to make them even lengths.

Black barber's don't fuck up.  If you want a terrific cut whether you're white, black, asian, hispanic, whatever then go to a black barber. 

This is a well known fact because if you fuck up a niggaz hair you're bound to get shot.  I'm a nice guy, but fucking up my hair will make me pull a nine out of hammerspace and you wouldn't want that.

I had a nasty case with this one guy once...  I think his name was Mr. Todd or something.

No I never went to a terrible barber, except for one time when I was a little child that a barber cut my hair and I don't know why but I was crying a lot. Now I don't cut my hair anymore.

around here a good barber is around 15-20$

i go to this vietnamese lady and her daughter and they charge me 9$ for a decent haircut. by decent i mean the hair is even in places it should be. so its not so bad.


but when i have the money and i have an event to goto (prom etc) i go to an expensive barber who cuts my hair so you dont notice that im balding