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Date: 28 August 2010 15:52:40
Act 1, Scene 3: Woman enters hairdressers’ shop, which looks as though it has been vandalised. Waits for a while. Hairdresser (flustered): Hello. Sorry to keep you waiting, we have had a bit of an emergency here this morning. Woman: Yes, I can see that. What happened? Hairdresser: We were broken into in the night and the place was trashed. Woman: Oh dear, did they take much? Hairdresser: No, that is the odd thing really. They only took the scissors and the styling products. There was a float in the till and I’d even left my engagement ring by the sinks – none of this was touched. Woman: How very strange. I guess you will not be taking any appointments for a while then? Hairdresser (with slight laugh): No, it’s hard to cut hair with no scissors. Woman (Indicating post from which rotating chair has been wrenched): I don’t fancy sitting there, either. I’ll come back another time, good luck with your repairs. Hairdresser: Thanks Woman exits Act 1, Scene 4 At Council Office. Woman, with obviously wild hair by this time, waits in a queue. Reaches window of teller, who can now barely see from beneath his fringe. Council Tax transaction carried out during the course of this conversation. Teller: Hello again. Good to see you. Woman: Can you? See me, that is. Teller: Having trouble, if I’m honest. Tried to get my haircut this week, but the place I usually go had been broken into. Woman: Oh yes? We must use the same place, Hair Today in the High Street. I tried to make an appointment there this morning. Teller (surprised): No, I go to Herr Cutts, just up the road from here. Strange that two local places should be vandalised in the same week. I wonder what someone has got against hairdressers? Woman (smiling): Being far too well groomed, perhaps? Teller (grinning): At this rate, I’ll need to cut my own hair. Woman (completing transaction and exiting): Me too. Low, menacing laughter heard from stage as woman exits. Both woman and teller start slightly at the sound, then resume their tasks.