Hairdresser disaster

My hairdresser had sanitiser at the door, and masks were compulsory - they sold them for £1 if you didn’t have one (I did). Only 4 customers were allowed inside at any time, chairs spaced 2 metres apart, disposable capes and all staff wore plastic masks. It’s not an expensive, up-market salon, just an ordinary kind of place. £16 for a haircut.

Daisymae I have not tried making an appointment yet as I am in no hurry to rush in before they see how it works and like you I was shocked to see how busy my usual hairdressers was! I only noticed they were open because I came across lots of chatter and looked up realising where I was trying to give a wide berth was my very busy hairdressers . I did not apot any masks/screens.

I haven't bothered to make an appointment yet. A year ago, I had a disappointing cut and decided to grow out the layers. It's had two light trims but nothing for four months. It now feels thicker and is quite a lot longer than ever. It is also curlier than it has been since I was little! I'm looking a bit like one of my grannies, but for the time being I'm holding on to my curls.

I think I will let mine just keep on growing. It was long anyway, but now it is very long. I have no wish to go to a hairdresser.

no OP don't go back there.
i saw some places like this, too many people in a small space.
if you are mobile, try walk past a few and look at what they are doing and how.
my hairdresser is only doing dry cuts, no washing.
he is using the chair nearest the door, with the door open throughout.
there is a list of instructions in the window. wash hair before coming. wear mask. no waiting allowed. appts only with phone number for tracing. normally it is only walk-ins.
big vat of sanitizer on counter, and careful cleaning after each client. hairdresser and client wearing masks.

I, too, had my hair cut today. I have known my hairdresser, who I also count as a friend, for over thirty years and it’s the first time she has looked like Darth Vader in all her protective gear! (“Greyduster! I am your hairdresser!”). Mask, visor, black coverall..... I had to wear a mask and use hand sanitiser though I had done so when I left my car. It’s a very small salon and I was not allowed through the door before everything had been wiped down and cleaned after the last customer had left. One in, one out strictly by appointment. She then had to log every customer for track and trace. Gosh, I felt like a million dollars after I came out of there! She told me that, after her first day of business after reopening, she went home, cried for an hour and then fell asleep on the sofa! And in the week since, she has never been so exhausted. She has had to put her prices up, but it’s not surprising.

Again I'm slightly off topic but I had my first dental appointment since the beginning of lockdown. I had lost a large filling but as it didn't hurt, it wasn't deemed urgent. I was collected from the car park by staff in full PPE, my temperature taken and hand sanitizer provided, no reception or loos, straight into the treatment room. Only able to do a temporary filling as drills not allowed at the moment but I was well pleased!

I went to my hairdresser this morning too and I was the only client. She checked my temperature at the door, I had to hang up my jacket myself and my “gown” was a disposable plastic cape. She wore a visor but I had assumed customers would be expected to bring their own masks so wore my own .
Glad I wasn’t having a lengthy procedure though - no loo facilities!
I paid an extra £5 presumably to cover their PPE , which was a bit steep I thought but who’s arguing these days.
Not the relaxing pampering experience I had hoped it might be but it will do.