Comments on: Conversations at a Barber Shop

By: jim of Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

jim of Blueprint for Financial Prosperity — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:28:15 +0000

What’s funny is that I also work from home and I not abhor human contact. :)

By: Jared

Jared — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:00:34 +0000

My barber and I normally talk about comic books and comic related movies..and booze.

By: Online Dividends

Online Dividends — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:52:16 +0000

Lazy Man, the first part of the conversation sounds like you were going to pre-sell them your site services..But the last part is pretty funny. You could write a script for barber shop 3 movie.. And earn more residual income :-)

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:06:47 +0000

Oh be happy that you only look like one actor apparently I look like some actor and then it begins as people try to puzzle it out. I don’t recall any of the names that people come up with but I can see where some of the names come from.

Yeah working at home all the time can really deprive you of the social element in life. I’ve always liked going to the barber primarily for the conversation (but then again i like to talk to people).

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:17:21 +0000

I’ve been working at home for over four years now, as a house-dad investor. I still miss the social interaction of the workplace. Occasionally I think about returning to work, but it doesn’t take much thinking to realise just how good it is not showing up an office each day.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:55:55 +0000

I was nearly tackled at the airport in Louisville KY by a Matthew Broderick fan. For years I got the “Do you know who you look like?” line of inquiry. Sad when it slowly trickled to a halt 8(

By: Brett @ Personal Loan Portfolio

Brett @ Personal Loan Portfolio — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:12:14 +0000

I get a kick out of the barbershop interaction as well. I even dropped a barber once who just did the job without a word. It was boring!

Barbers interact with so many people all day long that there must be a way to tap into them in word-of-mouth advertising. For example, a few weeks ago, the lady who cuts my hair and another stylist were raving about the red box video rental service. I think they probably convinced three people to try the service in just a few minutes.