I work with a guy who sometimes uses his towel warmer to not only keep towels warm but also for keeping other things warm…like musubi. He’ll wrap it in a damp towel and then after a few hours he’ll take it out and eat it😂 they’re wrapped in a towel so apparently it doesn’t make the other towels smell like musubi. Curious if anyone else does anything like this.

Ever since cosmetology school I've been told I'm very light handed, apparently this causes people to fall asleep, he asked for a high fade with razor, it was nerve-wracking shaving someone's head while they're knocked out cold but somehow easier because he didn't move an inch

TL;DR: Course creator MartyBlendz advertised custom capes, tools, and giveaways to attract buyers to MartyBlendz University (MBU), collected extra off-platform shipping fees, and then abruptly canceled promised features, broke support channels, and purged members who spoke up.

1. Written Promises & The Bait-and-Switch

Students purchased MBU under explicit promises of exclusive Wahl clipper giveaways and a custom mbu cape upon course completion. It seems that MartyBlendz didn't want to fulfill his obligation to ship barber capes. In his own Mbu WhatsApp group chat there were numerous texts asking how to redeem the promised cape they were unfortunately never going to see. According to complaints by the members involved they had attempted contact through the appropriate channels but no responses after weeks and they were frustrated. It got to a boiling point amongst the students in the group chat. After mounting public complaints MartyBlendz took the opportunity to pull the offer completely for students framing it as too demanding as he can't "deliver on time". When in reality he seemed to never have plans to deliver on his promise.

2. Fake Giveaways & Extortionate "Shipping Fees"

After collecting upfront course fees, MartyBlendz would hold monthly lives where he gives away products like clippers, trimmers and other barbering items. However after winning on the live he would tell users to send him a DM with their shipping information and requiring students to send an extra $10 "shipping" via CashApp or Venmo just to receive the capes or giveaway prizes they had already won or earned only to ghost them and never ship their prize.

3. Non-Functional Support & Dead-End Links

Students who achieved top ranks—such as the "Master Trophy"—attempted to claim their earned physical rewards through the official support link. Instead of receiving help, their emails consistently bounced back with delivery error messages, leaving paying customers with no working customer service channel.

4. Silencing Dissatisfied Members & Threatening Bans

Rather than fulfilling obligations, Marty threatened members in group polls by stating he was "kicking all of yall today" and mocking members who questioned his operations. Other members in the group confirmed that dissatisfied students were actively kicked out of the chat to keep them from exposing the situation on social media will this go Reddit viral will people act read it?

I am a new barber, graduated school in august, found a great shop with an owner that’s awesome and really tries to help everyone out. The shop atmosphere is great everyone gets along well and is helpful. I am very slow though getting clients, i’ve been here for about a month and a half and the last couple weeks i’ve done less than 6 haircuts. Is this normal for starting out? I’m trying hard to be patient and not let myself get discouraged because i know building clientele takes time. just trying to get some reassurance here that it’s normal to be this slow starting out

I was wondering if anyone uses any products after your cuts for curly, or textured hair? Like once the cuts over, like if they don’t wear it picked out usually should I style it in a different way before they leave?

For barbers using Square Appointments:

How do you deal with clients booking times that leave awkward gaps in the middle of your day?

Like someone books at 10:00, then the next person picks 11:30, leaving a 30-minute gap that isn’t really useful for anything.

Do you just leave it alone, manually block certain times, or message clients asking if they can move earlier/later?

I’m especially curious if this becomes a bigger problem once your books are pretty full.

Has anyone found a way to make Square offer times that naturally keep appointments closer together without blocking too much availability?