Lines start early for haircuts as Georgia begins to reopen

[brooklynite]

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

They needed a trim, and couldn’t wait any longer. For the the first time in weeks, some Metro Atlanta hair salons and barbershops reopened Friday. And the lines started early.

The first phase of Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan to reopen Georgia during the coronavirus pandemic included haircut shops and gyms, though not all chose to open their doors.

Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/lines-start-early-for-haircuts-georgia-begins-open/jWJvWglc5N7RlQt1Z6oDTN/

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Georgia barbershop owner ‘definitely not opening’ Friday, saying many others won’t either

The owner of a Georgia barbershop said she is not planning to open her doors Friday, when the state lifts coronavirus-related restrictions for businesses like hers.

“I’m definitely not opening this Friday. I don’t have a calendar date for opening,” Diane Fall said Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

Fall, who owns Maxim Barbers in Decatur, Georgia, said the task of gathering personal protective equipment and other supplies needed to meet safety requirements by Friday is too onerous.

“Yesterday I went on the internet just looking for capes because they’re saying you have to use one cape for each client. I looked for disposable capes, there’s nothing out there,” Fall explained. “You have to have an infrared thermometer to take the temperature of your employees and each client who walks in the door. This can’t happen overnight.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/23/maxim-barbers-diane-fall-on-georgia-lifting-business-restrictions.html

[turbinetree]

1. IDIOTS that are only thinking of themselves...........maybe they should get that spineless Kemp in

or on the sidewalk giving haircuts................where is that chickenshit little punk............where is Kemp...............hiding...........

[CaptYossarian]

2. So unnecessary.

Granny Clampett used a bowl to cut Jethro's hair.

Why waste $20 in Confederate bills?

[Happyhippychick]

15. You win

[CaptYossarian]

16. Thanks.

[ananda]

17. Lol

Yeah, a pair of scissors would do it.

[yaesu]

3. get a haircut & we will throw in a case of corona for free

[roamer65]

4. For men.

Just buy a pair of clippers and do a butch like I did...Jeebus.

Getting a haircut done in a shop is not worth the risk.

We should stop anyone from GA from entering MI as of today. Turn them around and send them back.

[barbtries]

13. not so easy to get clippers these days

i broke down and hacked off my hair with scissors. it grows back.

[roamer65]

20. Try eBay.

I got them there.

[barbtries]

23. i hadn't thought of ebay.

i've been checking Amazon daily and other big box stores occasionally.

[HarlanPepper]

5. They'll look good in their caskets

[pazzyanne]

6. And the 14 day countdown starts today in Georgia. nt

[Auggie]

7. Any funeral parlors publicly traded? Casket makers? Can we cash in on the stupidity?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Ivanka is trying hard. She got a trademark on caskets in 2018. . . . nt

[Auggie]

26. Yeah, that's right

[paleotn]

8. For some, it will be their last.

Doesn't break my heart.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Wait until the lines form for disinfectant injections /nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Jokers should paste to Red Hatter businesses opening "Free Disinfectant Injections!" . . nt

[spudspud]

11. Notice the shot of the cops talking to the barber had no masks on...

Guess that's just indicative of where the rest of their state government is at on this pandemic.

[benld74]

12. Get a haircut and receive free liability waiver

[keithbvadu2]

14. Was getting shaggy. Bought a set of hair clippers. Gfriend did some OJT.

Was getting shaggy. Bought a set of hair clippers. Gfriend did some OJT.

Buzz cut. Came out ok.

Nobody laughed at me - for the haircut, anyway.

Scottish sheep farmer....

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[Akakoji]

31. This is great! He obviously knows how to shear!

I could see myself losing an ear.

[NickB79]

18. College students will study this in microbiology class 40 yr from now

And shake their heads in disbelief.

[matt819]

19. Incubation period is, what, 14 days?

I imagine some folks will be watching GA numbers beginning around May 8.

Now, I would have thought human testing would require maybe FDA approval? But, hey, I'm no scientist, so maybe this is permissible, like injecting bleach.

Speaking of injecting bleach, is anyone taking bets on the first injected Lysol/Clorox death? Date and location (state would be fine).

[roamer65]

21. Alabama. Some backwater town.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. I'll Go Some Part Of Orange County, CA

Or perhaps out around Bakersfield.
Or some county in central Illinois. The yahoos are abundant about 2 hours south!

[kairos12]

24. I thought head it all, but risking death for a haircut. WTF.

[Thekaspervote]

25. All good republicans.. head to GA for your hair trim...if from a closed down state DO NOT return

[totodeinhere]

28. I fully understand your comment, but the problem is those good Republicans can spread it to

everybody else. This virus doesn't care if you are a Republican or a Democrat.

[totodeinhere]

27. In my youth I used to have some pretty long hair back in the days when I thought that was a cool

thing to do. So now if I have to grow my hair long again in order to be safe then so be it. My hair is the least of my worries right now.

[yardwork]

36. The MAGATs seem preoccupied with haircuts right now.

I have a theory about that. I think these are the same uptight people - and the children and grandchildren of those - who had hysterics in the 1960s and 70s about long hair. They equate long hair with being a hippy, being liberal, being radical.

Fear of long hair is so deeply ingrained in them, they are truly distressed not to be able to get their weekly haircuts now. They're literally rioting to hold up signs begging for haircuts.

I had no idea. It's a window into MAGATs' view of life. We talked a lot about repression and uptight people in the 1970s, but I had no idea.

[keithbvadu2]

29. Needs new clippers

[IronLionZion]

30. Many of us cut our own hair just fine

my Mom cut my Dad's hair. Come on people. Don't die or kill someone else for a haircut.

[catrose]

32. And some of us just let it grow. On the list of the businesses I miss, hair salons are not on it.

Some women are shaving their heads, because who's going to see them anyway? Talk about a low-maintenance style.

[catrose]

33. And this business of hair places taking your temperature?

I guess Georgia hasn't heard how many people are asymptomatic.

[Roy Rolling]

34. Open!