Small Business Q&A: Mick's Barber Shop
This longtime Northeast Cobb business offers shop talk prediction on the outcome of U.S. presidential elections.
A bit of manual labor and a long pole are required to change the black letters on the tall, old-fashioned business sign in front of Mick’s Barber Shop on Canton Road. The current message promotes new manicure and pedicure services. Owner Autumn Freer says past messages have been “Closed mouth gathers no foot” and “We don’t buy gold.” The street side humor reaches back in history when barber shops were a place for men to come in, share jokes, and talk. Freer said lifestyles in 2012 allow limited barber shop time. Customers commit to everyday hustle and bustle and a full parking lot may make a prospective ‘walk-in’ keep driving, however, there still are moments when men, waiting for their turns in a barber’s chair, share perspectives on …
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