Learn How This Hairdresser Almost Joined the Mafia: Part I

Joshua M. Elkin
Nov 3 · 5 min read

By Joshua Elkin

Ever been afraid of being whacked at your barbershop? I didn’t think so. In the winter of 2004 I was studying at hairdressing school, and the curriculum included an observation into the real world of the hair industry. I figured the easiest thing for me to do was go to my childhood barbershop. If only I knew the learning experience that I was going to receive, I probably would have gone to Supercuts.

Walking into this place was like walking into a mob movie; pictures of Al Pacino and James…

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