hairdresser

They know that they're hard to get right, and that it matters that the hairdresser knows what they're doing.

It would be better if they could talk to their hairdresser instead, and arrange to hangout afterwards.

That and chemicals for dying, perming and straightening hair, which can have dangers to both customer and hairdresser if misused.

Instead of having a robot hairdresser, what if cutting hair wasn't even a thing?

You know they don't give two shits about hairdresser barriers to entry, either.

So you Magic over a hairdresser for a quick buzzcut, while turning up some music you think she'll like (based on her Spotify account).

Not only do you need a license, as they're usually not valid across states, so a Texas hairdresser can't work in California, and vice-versa.

At least with money, you can still go to another hairdresser.

They don't limit hairdresser licenses or medical licenses, why taxi medallions?

That said, if you open a PC repair service, the likelihood that the hairdresser in your neighborhood would come to you with PC problems seems high.

There are established ways for us to get good estimates of a great deal of information - including your hairdresser problem - that involve seeking out real data.

Also, licencing hairdressers doesn't even prevent fuck ups from happening there, that's people with nontrivial haircuts (the group of hairdresser clients formerly known as women) pay so much for haircuts.

You'd be correct if the simple assumptions of fundamental economics applied, but they don't: Most immigrants are _not_ "people doing valuable work" - in fact, most are at hairdresser level or below.

The haircut was not really any "better" than many of the cheap ones I had paid for myself, but the hairdresser spent a lot more time, and there seemed to be a lot more faffing about, with no real purpose as far as I could see.