What I do.

I have done hair for the past 11 years. 11 very long, hard working years. 11 years of children screaming and hitting, 11 years of people telling me that they don't know what they want or even what they do want. 11 years of people thinking I am some kind of idiot because hair is the field you go into if you are too stupid to do anything else.

Don't get me wrong, it's been great... No wait, typo, I meant to say "please no more! I can't take it!"

After the little girl kicked me in the crotch and her mother demanded that I finish the cut, I've been kinda burnt out on the entire thing. So I've been trying to make a go at bartending. And here is what I've learned:

1. People can't realize that doing hair is all customer service and retail.
     -When you get your hair done you will tell your stylist the most vaguest of details and they have to make that into something you love, all while keeping you happy and trying to sell you on overpriced goop. Seriously, the markup on most product is insane. I can get a bottle of Paul Mitchell Awapuhi shampoo for $7, and sell it to you for $18.

2. Tacoma's bar and restaurant scene is way too tight knit.
     -It doesn't matter how good I am, there is always someone that the owner or bar manager knows that gets the leg up in the hiring process. This is just the one I have to fight though.

3. No one wants the guy who went to bartending school.
     -Because I don't drink, and have no prior serving experience, I thought school would be the way to go. But it appears that most people look down on people that go to bartending school.

Don't care, I had the best time at my school.

Every day I pound pavement looking for something. I hate looking for work...