[northwest65]

As somebody with that attitude, it's because I find it quite zen just to relax and be groomed by a professional. I won't shut down conversation, but I won't initiate it either.

The other thing is that decades of motorcycling without ear plugs has rooted my hearing, so talking to people with thick accents (I'd say 50% of hairdressers here are immigrants) can't be tiring, which is the opposite of why I actually enjoy getting my hair cut. There's a nice Korean lady I sometimes see who chats away merrily, but I feel like an arsehole having to ask her to repeat herself the whole time.

[Reason077]

> "rooted"

Aussie?

In any case, you may not have good hearing, but at least you have good hair!

[harry8]

Gotta love the way australians think being polite and couth is achieved by using another word for f&^k that literally means f^&k.

"The gearbox is totally f&^ked! Oh, sorry Cheryl, didn't see you there. I mean it's rooted."

[kimburgess]

We have a long, proud history of screwing the queen's, sorry, king's english.

[northwest65]

Kiwi! But yes, polite way of saying my hearing is fucked. Odd phrase... if I were to use that in the context of actual fucking, I'd consider it a vulgar way to put it!