Just hit 500 beard trims in my book and the number threw me

I started counting them on a whim about two years back. I thought maybe I'd do a couple hundred, but hitting 500 made me stop. It's not just a haircut anymore, you know? It's a specific skill, and that many guys trusted me with their beards. I had one client tell me, 'You're the only person I let touch this thing,' after his third visit. That's when it clicked that this part of the job is its own whole thing. How many of you keep track of a specific service like that?

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the_thea4d ago

That kind of trust really is something special.

henryp404d ago

Yeah, that's a level of trust I haven't earned since my dog realized I'm the one who gives him baths. Spot on, @the_thea. I'd probably mess it up by overthinking and asking for a receipt or something.

joel_clark374d ago

Totally get what you mean about it becoming its own thing. Hitting a number like that makes you realize you've built a real craft, not just a task. That trust @the_thea mentioned is the whole game, because a bad beard trim feels personal in a way a bad haircut doesn't. People let you in on a part of their look they're really attached to. Keeping count probably makes you better at it too, paying more attention each time.