Things Said to Me on a Monday Morning When I Arrived to Work with a Very Short Haircut
November 12th, 2007by Greg Boose
CHICAGO, IL -
I cut my hair the other weekend, and by that I mean I took my clippers, a plastic bag and the extension cord out onto the back deck.
An all one length, kind of thing.
And because I knew that the new look would get a reaction at work, I decided ahead of time to record every comment onto a pad of paper.
So here they are.
In order.
Things Said to Me on a Monday Morning When I Arrived to Work with a Very Short Haircut
In Order
Hey, Greg. Nice haircut.
Join a cult?
Did you lose a bet?
You get a haircut?
Join Hare Krishna?
Shh. He’s undercover.
Is that Greg? Who’s that new guy?
Joining the military? Sick of us already?
Haircut.
You must be the new guy.
Hey, Greg. I didn’t recognize you with glasses. And… your hair.
You cut your curls off. Oh, man. I almost didn’t recognize you.
Oh my God. You cut your hair. When did that happen?
There’s something different about you? New shirt? Har har.
I almost didn’t recognize you with your hair short.
You got a haircut.
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Have a happy Monday.
“Hey Greg, did you get a haircut? It looks…”(fades into silence.)
At least you didn’t get that one.
The big question: does Claire like it? heehee
At least people care enough about you to make a comment.
Damn. Who let Debbie Downer play with the computer today?
Grow it out!
Isn’t your head cold?
Short hair at the crest of a Fargo winter would be a bad idea. Wish you were still here though…
Hi Greg:
Now I’ll be able to use your head as a tarmac when I fly into Chicago to visit you and Claire one of these days.
Great post, my friend.
Great haircut, too.
You did get a haircut, right?
Is that a receding hairline in the picture?
No one said, “Hotness”
?
Wait a minute….
Aren’t those the same comments you got when you showed up with a mustache?
I wanna know what they say when you show up in nothing but a speedo and an afro.
Remind me never to say anything around you I don’t want recorded in one of your notebooks…
you totally made up the new shirt one. no one is that annoying.
and:
debbie downer…hahaha. that’s awesome.
Thanks for sharing in my misery, everyone. Have a good week.
Is that a classical guitar neck tied to a crucifix behind you??
That is a classical guitar neck, but underneath are two drumsticks that were thrown into the crowd at a couple concerts: Live and Silverchair. So I held onto them and made some art out of it all. Look at me.
Wait … who got a haircut?
Me!