When You Only Have One Haircut Left

Being of a certain age, let me speak freely about my cohort. I never quite knew what the problem was with hiring old people, some of us are even nice. We have to be. It's the necessary misdirection that allows us to get our own way.

My hairdresser was talking to the back of my head. Since she can't cut hair and talk at the same time, she stops, arms and scissors in mid air, so she can tell me something I heard, ignored, and forgot, on purpose, twenty years ago. I say nothing.

I don't listen well but overheard something about her mother also being a hairdresser. I thought, what if I was a hair dresser? After twenty years, could I still cut each person's hair differently or would I just give then all the same haircut? After so many years, don't you get to a place where your haircuts all start looking the same? Hairdressers are only human.

Imagine twenty years cutting hair in the mall, - a different head of hair every hour. Ten cuts a day, 50 cuts a week, 2600 cuts a year, 52,000 haircuts in 20 years.

You want a different haircut? You are a joker aren't you? You're my 52,000th haircut, do I look like I do custom haircuts? You funny man. Run fast funny man, I'm going to stab you with my scissors.

I asked her, "does your mom actually give people different haircuts or does she just think she cuts them differently? She started to laugh.

I've noticed getting older is not about age, - it's about losing our playfulness, curiosity, ability to wonder, - old is about being in a rut. Young people can be in a rut, - they are then 'old." It's not years, it's the rut! The problem with age is not years, it's about giving everybody the same haircut.

Let me give you a different haircut, a different way of looking at absenteeism, sick days, lates, and sloppy people. You may have given up on some of your staff, - don't give up, come with me on Sept. 14th and I promise you, you'll feel young again! I'll teach you many new ways to cut hair, to get people to work for you, every day, with enthusiasm. And, you'll have a good time while you learn! Bring other managers, bring your team, - I'll show you attendance haircuts you would never dream about!

If your management methods are down to one, same haircut for everybody, - you're just old. Age is never the problem. Being in a rut, - that's the problem. Learn a new haircut!

See you for breakfast,
Wolfgang

p.s. You think you have problems with absenteeism? Think about Obama, his approval rating is down to 26%. About half the people who voted for him abandoned him, they are absent!

p.s. 7% of the American population believe Elvis is alive. 26% approve of Obama. Too close.

p.s. I've met old people who are young and young people who are old. We start to age when we recycle our opinions, views, stories and generally bore everybody to tears. And that seems to happen at any age.