That's an approach a friend of mine has, I asked him about it and he shrugged and said "cheaper."

Stop copying me.

Please cut it short?

I have shoulder length hair so I usually just get the ends trimmed.

Flowbee user.

I don't have to request anything.

walks in with stupid, ugly hair and sits in front of a total stranger

"Just give me a trim of what I have. Nothing crazy."

Looks great for a day, then turns stupid and ugly a week later.

I have two strategies for barbers, one is to bring in photos. I've been told I look like Seth Rogen, so I looked through a bunch of his photos to find a haircut I liked. That way I had a decent idea what I'd look like with that haircut.

The second is to never switch barbers. It's nice to have someone who recognizes my preferences on the whole experience.

Not even trimmiing? I also keep mine somewhat long, but I occasionally get it "tidied up".

Just cut off all the dead shit.

I buzz my own head. I can't afford 20 a month for haircuts.

Same here.

On a good day, number 3/4 on the back and sides depending on the season and trim the top. On a bad day, one pass straight across the carotid, Sweeney Todd style.

I have been going to the same barber for 7 years. I have only gotten cut once or twice by someone else I think, which was when I moved away for about 6 months for an internship, regretted it greatly. Stopped doing that, and just scheduled cuts when I visited back.

I couldn't tell you exactly what my haircut is. He knows it. I think it is a 3 or 4 on the back, 2 or 3 on the sides, and shorten the front/top.

"A little off the top and sides. You know what? Let's take a little off the front and back as well!".

6 fade

I don't tend to have much use for a hairdresser, I've been bald for decades. I do sometimes chuckle "short back and sides, please" to myself in the shower as I put a razor to my head.

The last time I actually went to a barber was right before my wedding, so someone else could just razor off whatever stubble was there for the special occasion.

I just say buzz the sides with size 2 guard and then scissor trim top until it's just long enough to style a little bit combing it back and to the right. The details beyond that are up to them and if they fuck it up I never return.

Which isn't often because I've used the same barber shop for 6 years now.

I point and wave my hands around my head. Then the stylist inevitably does whatever she wants. 😁

I moved and had to switch about 4 years ago. I really considered driving 2+ hours back to my old barber.

I'm happy with my new barber, but switching was really uncomfortable.