The barbers you have encountered thus far may have learned from the same teacher? When i was in barber school we were taught to do a blunt cut on the bangs despite the fact a lot of customers don't want that.
As far as what to say to the barber, tell him you like it longer in front! And that you don't want it lined up! Good barbers want you to tell them clearly what you want so they get it right!
I like to try out different barbers in town, looking for ones who can cut good flattops (I like a classic short flattop about 1/4" at the center lengthening to about an inch or so in front, with sides at a 2 tapering to zero and the corners rounded off slightly). Lately, I've found that a lot of barbers will cut the front wrong even if the rest of the cut looks fine.
I have a slight widow's peak in front - so in order to keep a flat deck on top, the hair in this area needs to get longer the more forward it is, to counterbalance the curvature of my forehead. Seems like a basic rule of geometry that anyone should understand, right?
Well for some reason, a lot of barbers will clip this hair shorter . Like sometimes, after working hard to get a perfectly flat deck, the barber, without warning, will take the clippers, rotate them so the blade faces up, and then run them in an upwards stroke at the front center, randomly cutting through the hair in front so it's shorter than the hair behind it. Worst was a few months ago when the barber, having very carefully made the deck perfectly flat, suddenly clipped the front hair like this, then busted out an edger and shaved off the widow's peak (I thought lineups don't work well on white guys???). Within a few days I was sporting a weird 5 o'clock shadow in front of where my flat deck ended.
I've tried saying I'd like the hair in front to be an inch long when I talk to the barber before the hair cut, but that doesn't always work. And the front-clipping usually happens so fast that I don't have a chance to say anything in time.
Given that getting it right would seem to be just a matter of basic geometry, anyone have any suggestions as to what I can say before they get started to avoid this result without sounding condescending/insulting to the barber?
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