A teenager who waited through four months of lockdown to get his hair cut has urged Nicola Sturgeon to close the barbers after being given a dodgy do.
Thomas Haggarty booked an appointment with his local barbers in advance of them being given the green light to open on Monday, with hairdressers having been shut down since December.
But the 19-year-old said yesterday was the 'worst day of his life' after being stunned with what the barber had done to his hair, the Daily Record reports.
The Paisley lad posted a picture of his haircut, describing it as “all skin, no fade”.
Commenting on the snap on Twitter, he said: “Four months I’ve been waiting for a haircut, only to be hit with this.
“@NicolaSturgeon do us all a favour and close them again love.”
Thomas said he spent 45 minutes in the barber’s seat and didn’t say a word as his hair was being shaved off.
He told the Daily Record that he had been visiting the barber for six years and would get his hair cut there every three weeks prior to lockdown.
But after that experience he reckons it will be a while before he considers heading back.
“I was buzzing to finally get my hair seen to, but it just turned into the worst day of my life”, he said.
“I’m one of those people who just lets the barber get on with it, I’m quite shy that way. But as time got on, I was proper starting to wonder what was happening.
“When it got to the end, I just paid up and was like ‘see you soon’ - but I can’t see myself going back.”
Thomas’ picture of his haircut has gone viral since he posted it on Twitter earlier yesterday afternoon - with more than 4,000 retweets and over 70,000 likes on the social media website.
One of the first people to comment on it was one of his football coaches.
Thomas said: "We’re going to be back at training at the end of this month or the start of the next. Fingers crossed it grows in a bit by then so I don’t get pelters.”
