Barber Shop Talk (First Posted June 3, 2011)

There’s always lots of friendly talk and light bantering going on in a barber shop, and the one where she works is no different.

Of course THE WEATHER invariably seems to be the place where most conversations between a barber and her/his customer commence.   But, from here, it is anyone’s guess where things will lead.   True that.

The following is an on-going list called  "The Barber Shop Hot Topic Of The Day" and will be added to each day she works at CFB, Kingston (at least for a while):

June 3, 2011 - the postal strike (which everyone thought was absolutely wrong-headed and/or ludicrous)

June 4, 2011- the K2K fundraising event  (Collectively, participants cycle on stationary bikes from Kingston to Kandahar and back to raise awareness and money for the "Soldier On Fund" and Providence Care Hospital. On route, they pass through [and converse with] locations around the globe where CF members are deployed, including Landstühl, Germany.)

June 9, 2011 - how awesome and ominous the sky looked last night when the storm hit (Global Weirding)

June 10, 2011 - analysis of the Grey Cup final games, to date (WHOOPS ... she means the Stanley Cup ... she's listening ... really, she is!!)

June 11, 2011 - further analysis of the Grey Cup final games, to date (ditto, the above)

Okay!  Enough of this already!  You get the picture.  The talk is pretty much what you might expect in a non-drinking, male stronghold in Canada.

PS:  From her point of view (which happens to be mostly behind and above) the most enjoyable barber/customer conversations revolve around their domestic animals.  Not only do customers (almost without exception) light up in the telling, she finds them the most amusing and the most uplifting stories overall.  She often reflects on how impoverished our human lives would be without each and every living thing we share this world with.

NOTE:  The shop portrayed in the illustration for this blog is "Generations Barber Shop" located on the NE corner of Barrie & Queen Streets in Kingston.  At one time she worked there one day a week as well as at CFB Kingston for another three.