This is a difficult one as if he had cut her hair and it had not been right then he would have been in trouble also.

In the past barbers have cut males hair and hairdressers cut females.
They use a different technique because of the difference in styles and lengths.
Years ago they were probably only trained in one technique.
Political correctness gone mad again. Go to the right place and don’t complain.

Yes she definitely took it too far. Very silly.

How silly to insist the barber should cut a young girls hair when he is not trained to do so.

I completely understand why a barber would reject a female patron, she clearly had a bob at the point of walking in and a bob is not a barber esk style.
Although If this girl clearly wanted a boy style haircut then I would be disappointed in the barbers decision. I’m glad the store has cleared things up.

I think the girl’s mother took her there to save herself some money. Wonder how she’d feel if a male went into a salon she was in and asked for a haircut. Would she have caused trouble there as well? Still, I’m glad it has been resolved.

How ridiculous- that poor man! To me it sounds as though the woman didn’t want her daughter to have a buzz cut, but rather a trim to her hair and if he felt uncomfortable or unqualified to do this she should be happy he refused rather than muddle through it and risk her being unsatisfied. Bureaucracy gone mad once again!

Seriously. This absolutely has gone way to far. It sounds like this Mum, with a legal background, just wanted to prove a point. I think if her daughter was embarrassed, it was probably because of her Mum’s behaviour. This has the potential to ruin a business, a person’s reputation. Unfortunately, this is the world we live in where your reputation and image can be smeared and ruined so easily by others.

This has gone too far.

This woman is a lawyer so what chance did Mr Rahim have. He shouldn’t have to cut girls hair if he’s not qualified to do this. If he’d mucked up the cut the woman would still be complaining. My take on this is she’s one of these mothers who possibly wanted a boy so she wants the girl to look like 1. Feel sorry for the kid. She’ll probably not know what gender she wants to be with a mother like she has. Mr Rahim, you should not have backed down to this commissions demands. They won’t be happy till we all become non gender & we all do as we’re told. This is my opinion, which i hope I’m still entitled too.

Just goes to show that some women should never get any power – this went way too far. Bet she would have sued him also if he cut her little girl’s hair the way he normally does a young boys hair.

Incredible that this case has been treated as sex discrimination! 🙁

It’s gone way too far. The lawyer is just trying to prove how high and mighty she thinks she is. It’s a babrber shop not a hairdressers and I think the daughter was embarrassed by the way her mum is acting and not the fact that he wouldn’t cut her hair!!

Barbers do seem to have a different way of cutting hair.

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  I have my own hairdressing/haircutting kit and save $$$ by cutting/trimming hair. Clippers and scissors are both quite different to use and the skill with using them develops over time.

Really!!!! Just because she’s a lawyer doesn’t mean you have to sue everyone that doesn’t do what you want. He’s a barber & I perfectly understand that he’s not trained to cut girls hair. I think the Mum went too far

And she’s a lawyer? I wonder if he had cut it when asked if she’d be suing him for cutting it like a boys? This is just ridiculous. Get over it woman. Hope all goes well for Mr Rahim and it doesn’t affect his business.

What an unpleasant response of this lawyer mum. Yes, this has gone way too far !

Making mountains out of a molehill. I would never think to go to a barber to get my daughters haircut, or mine for that matter, Only some have the training for womens cuts and would expect clear signage to say they do womens hair.

I really wish it was the mother who wanted the haircut. When she kept pushing he coild have given her a short back and sides and that would have shut her up.

No? Really? He’s not the only barber that cuts just men’s hair. I agree with him. Not everybody is trained for cutting women’s hair.
I wonder if the mother went on with this just because she’s a lawyer.