While I was driving around, I heard a radio advert for Clearwire. The guy that showed me the $1600 townhouse had already told me about Clearwire and it sounded pretty freaking cool. What it is is wireless broadband... Your modem only needs to plug into a power outlet, and you are ready to go with broadband internet over the air (768Kb for $30/mo or 1.5Mb for $37/mo). The guy that told me about it said that he’s actually setting the thing up in his car, so he’ll have broadband wherever he goes! Woah!!! Plus the radio advert said it’s only $20/mo for the first 3 months AND if you sign up now they’ll give you a free companion airline ticket to the mainland (basically buy one get one free). Yeah, sign me up... NOW! I saw a Clearwire store while driving around Kahului, so I stopped in to find the catch. No catch as far as I can find (well, there is a $50 activation fee). Man, as soon as I get that apartment, I’m marching down there and getting my wireless modem and free ticket home, sooo awesome!
Drove back to Kihei again, Mokulele Highway is a one-laner cutting through sugar cane fields. Not the quickest drive, but can you complain? Oh, while I’m on the subject, let me just say that almost every posted speed limit here is exactly 10 MPH slower than you’d expect. Pi’ilani Highway is much like the Milwaukie Expressway... 50 MPH? Nope, 40. And roads that are like, say Halsey, that skirt neighborhoods are marked 20 MPH!! Does that mean that everyone drives slower on the island? No, everyone drives as fast as the streets SHOULD be marked... I don’t know what’s up with that, but whatevah...
By the time I got back to the hotel, my hair was a tangled mess. I decided that my hair was just too long for me to be driving around in a convertible all day. So I called up a nearby Great Cuts and made an appointment to get trimmed up. This was a big step for me, my mom was a hair dresser, so I have NEVER paid for a haircut! I went in there and sat down, and Michelle says “what do you want?” Now I can’t just say “Oh mom, you know how I always like it.” So I told her that I needed it shorter, but not so short that I’ll get a sunburn on my scalp! She said “I’m thinking a number 4 on the sides, and about an inch off the top.” I said that sounds fine, that I’ll be good with whatever. Halfway through the haircut, I confessed that this was my first paid-for haircut. I know that we were both thinking the word ‘virgin’ but neither of us said it. It turned out well, the cut cost $22, and I tipped $3, was the right amount??? I have no idea.
And now I’m sitting here typing a bunch of stuff and drinking some beer... I suppose I should go out and get some dinner sometime soon, sushi sounds good...
My wife can verify this, but usually the tip depends on whether you had a "stylist" do it or just a normal "hair-cutter" do it.
$3 is usually ok. $5 wouldti be a decent tip for a $20. If you pay more than that for a cut, then I'll start calling you Mr. Clinton.
I wouldn't feel bad about the $3 you paid though. It's like tiping the minimum at a restaurant. (Not the best tip, but I doubt she'll spit in your hair the next time you go in)
$22 for a haircut down there? Do they have to ship in the hairstylists from the mainland, is that why it's more expensive? So did it turn out ok? Would your mom be proud? $2-3 is norm, unless it's a fancy shmancy place, then I'd put in $3.50.
Wow, 22 bucks! The Great Clips I get haircuts at is $12 or $13. Of course, you're getting a Hawaiian hair cut, while I'm only getting a mainland one. That must be the difference. ;)
And then there's the Bob Barnes special, which I had last night for $10.
:)
Wait. A hair what? I don't get it.
Boy....I guess I should have gone to Hawaii to do hair. The only reason I stopped was because I was tired of making peanuts. I figured if I was going to send you and Julie through college, I had better go back to school to make the big bucks. Who would have guessed..... I could have just moved to Hawaii and cut hair!!! I don't know if they have perfect looks in Hawaii, but they have cheap haircuts. $3.00 bucks is fine for a place like that. Now if they had served you an umbrella drink with that hair cut then more would have been expected.