Supercuts

my worst experience thus far! i have walked in waited a bit and some spanish lady took me. dont remember her name, a bit bigger with glasses… I just needed simple triming from the sides, no lining up of any sort… this lady treated me like she was doing me a favor and not as a regular client… first she spend two minutes total and left me with huge missmatch. I simply asked her that i dont like lines and to even the haircut out to which ahe responded «oh so you need me to go higher now»!!! i just said no got up throw $ 20 and walked out…
she was just trying to trim my hair as quick as possible because her friend was waiting for her as well. she was chit chatting the whole time with her friend while she didnt even pay attention how she was cutting
my hair…
after i left i had to find another place to fix my horrible lines she left. i just went accross the street on Touhy and these guys did a great job… never ever go to this place!

I’m ashamed to tell people I go to Supercuts, the McDonald’s of the hair-​cutting world. Why? Maybe because it’s not street enough and I’m insecure. I should be going to one of those $ 5 barber shops, but I hate the way they always insist on lining me up. It’s too perfect and I end up looking like a complete asshole.
Unfortunately, that Supercuts/McDonald’s comparison only holds true in quality (or lack thereof), not in price. I don’t understand why basic haircuts are around $ 15. That’s a bit too steep for a place like this.
Just like any other barber shop, you have to find someone who cuts your hair the way you like it. I visit this location specifically to get my hair cut from a woman named Barbara. She does a great job, and I’m in and out in about five minutes. She’s the reason I’ve been coming here since I was 16 years old.
I won’t go otherwise, unless of course I’m somehow tricked. That’s exactly what happened a couple of months ago.
I called ahead, as I always do, to ask if Barbara was working. The woman who answered the phone said she was indeed, and she put my name down. When I showed up, the place was crowded and the wait time was longer than the estimate on the phone. Much longer. No biggie. Shit happens. What perplexed me, though, was Barbara was nowhere in sight.
After waiting there for what seemed like an eternity, another stylist called my name. Against my better judgment, and because I had already been waiting for so long, I went ahead and sat in her chair. This particular woman gave me a bad haircut a couple of times several years ago when she was new, and I promised myself I’d never again sit down in her chair. But that was so long ago, I justified to myself that fateful day. She has to have improved by now. Right?
No, not right.
I got my haircut and it looked OK. So I paid my money and went home. That’s when I noticed how ridiculously uneven it was from one side to the other. I had to spend the next 20 minutes or so cutting my own damn hair in the mirror in order to straighten it all up. I should have gone back and complained, but really, I should have known better than to get my hair cut from this particular person.
This place gets five stars for Barbara alone, but that rating is chipped away by price and by the random nature of the cuts depending on who’s doing the cutting.
There are other stylists besides Barbara who’ve given me nice haircuts. A woman named Angie comes to mind. Just find someone you like and stick to her. That’s my advice. Otherwise you better own a fashionable hat.