Devil's Haircut

For the most part, I have kept this blog away from politics, social media, and finances.  In part, I have done that because I have good friends that agree on motorcycles, travel, and audio, but not on politics, etc.  Anyway, the coronavirus is changing things and I will take a moment on a subject that some may consider political.  Quick, turn away if this will bother you.

The Devil's Haircut is a local hair salon where I get my haircut every month.  They are a little unusual, but in a fun way.  They dress slightly goth, are mostly in their late 20's, ealy 30's, and they have part of a wall with cassette tapes as wallpaper.  Actually, its kind of fun to read the titles on that wall.

I'm lucky to be comfortable in my retirement.  I'm not rich, but I was a good saver and I had good jobs all my life.  A lot of the working people around me aren't as lucky.  For the first time, I am in a high risk group when it comes to the virus, so I am working on my "social distancing".  Meanwhile, dining rooms in restaurants are closing by law, so some of the places I like to eat are at business risk along with virus risk.  The same is true for the women that cuts my hair and the other women that I hire to clean my house.  I will be letting my hair go long and cleaning my own house for the near future.

So where does that leave the servers, heck the owners, of the restaurants I like?  How about the haircutter and house cleaner?  Media commentators suggest that we are going to have to tip-tip-tip when all this is over, just to help folks around us recover.  I am taking that a step farther.  It won't a total answer, but I am paying for haircuts, house cleaning, and sending tips to servers, even though I'm staying at home.  I hope you will think about ways you can help the people around you, if you can afford to.