1. When you gotta fake it 'til you make it.

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2. When you know the true meaning of hat hair.

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3. When you swear this is the last kids cut you're doing ever again.

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4. No. More.

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5. When your client got jokes.

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6. When the barbershop brotherhood is too real.

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7. When every client brings that same picture.

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8. When you gotta keep it cool so the client doesn't get shook.

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9. When your client knows the universal barber body language for ~DAMNNN~!

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10. When you spot that client who's been stepping out on you.

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11. When they must not know who they're talking to.

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12. When you hit 'em with the "I DOES THIS MAAAN" face.

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13. When only another barber can truly understand your struggles.

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14. When you remind yourself of the end game.

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15. When the client knows his cut 'bout to be too lit.

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16. When you got that bobble head client.

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17. Or when you got that wood neck client.

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18. When your girl friends translate what those most requested looks really mean.

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19. When the clients think you're some kind of magician.

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20. Or wizard.

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21. When it's Saturday afternoon and every dude's trying to get right for the club.

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22. When you realize just how intimate your profession really is.

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23. When you're geeking out with your barber bros over tricks of the trade.

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24. When you're trying hard as hell not to be petty.

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