While waiting at my hairdresser's recently, my thoughts turned to unit price of a haircut and that of cutting the grass in one's yard. The frequency of the two events are not the same, but the price per unit could come close depending on the quality of the haircut and the size of the yard. There is a point where these two lines in a two axis graph could meet. So as I sat there flipping through old fashion magazines, I wondered what that point of intersection signified. Say that number is $X/unit then should we also consider how long it takes the job to be done. If approximately the same time, then it's even more interesting.
Your yard guy takes a blunt instrument to hack overgrown grass into shape and a chatty young lady works with finer things like combs and scissors to shape your hair. They make about same money per hour of labor. When you are skilled at either job, the process is fairly mundane. Some hairstyles could be challenging in the way that some yards might be but other than that it is just taking the instrument through the area over a period of time and at a certain clip. It was deeply satisfying for some reason to feel kinship between the hair on my head to the grass in my yard. Apparently, such thoughts are hardly unique.
Your yard guy takes a blunt instrument to hack overgrown grass into shape and a chatty young lady works with finer things like combs and scissors to shape your hair. They make about same money per hour of labor. When you are skilled at either job, the process is fairly mundane. Some hairstyles could be challenging in the way that some yards might be but other than that it is just taking the instrument through the area over a period of time and at a certain clip. It was deeply satisfying for some reason to feel kinship between the hair on my head to the grass in my yard. Apparently, such thoughts are hardly unique.
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