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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
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Hairdressers trim the load in fine style Frustration and screen time usage grew considerably during the recent lockdown … so did people’s hair. JOHN LAZO-RON writes. Post lockdown has become a bit of a hairy time for many businesses trying to desperately recover after three long weeks out of business. Yet, one industry currently on the mend from the latest covid-19 outbreak is hairdressing. Ever since most of New Zealand came out of level 3 lockdown a fortnight ago, people have been flocking to hairdressers and barbers looking to get their locks chopped – in turn overloading booking systems. Feeling that heavy demand right now are hairdressers and barbers across Wairarapa, with some businesses currently stacked with bookings right up to the end of October. Owner of La Cutting Crew in Greytown, Siobhan Jephson, said the phone in the salon had been ringing
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nonstop ever since they opened their doors again. “It’s been flat out,” Jephson said. “We’ve been really busy with a lot of big jobs. In the morning when we get here, it [the phone] doesn’t stop. Now, we’re booked right up until October.” She said managing to comply with social distancing rules had been one of their most significant hurdles in dealing with the large client numbers. Workers must keep 2 metres apart from their clients, except for when close physical contact is needed to provide a service.
Even reporters need haircuts. Times-Age reporter Tom Taylor gets his locks chopped by BarberShop Jordy’s Oakland Dean-Pene and Jordan McDowall [owner]. PHOTO/JOHN LAZO-RON
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