Anon, don't pretend you didn't hear, express sympathy. You don't have to know a person to know grief.
(And then you become a human to them, and they'll remember you need your haircut finished. Even if they're annoyed, they can't really say so if all you've done is express sympathy. They'll cut your hair just to be rid of you.)
He needs empathy for that
Anon went to a hair salon to get his head shaved
anon just likes cute girls groping his scalp
Also it was specifically a salon not a barbershop, so he knew this experience was going to be at least $40
"work up courage to get a haircut" quite the specimen
Right? What a fucking show off.
Anxiety can be a bitch.
I'm an extrovert who has no problem going to a party by myself when I don't know anyone
haircuts still give me the howling fantods
I can see the dating profile now.
Level of social interaction I'm prepared for: have a haircut without displaying any human emotions or interacting with other members of the human race.
