Is it just me?

seriously, is it just me or does anyone else NEVER get a good haircut? i have yet in my 21 years of life to find a freakin hair dresser that knows the difference between half an inch and three inches when i get a freakin trim!! my hair was the longest it's been in about three years which still wasn't very long buy my hair grows really really slow. i simply asked for a LITTLE TRIM and even showed her how much to cut and she still cut about three inces off and even more in some parts of my hair. i can barely put it in a pony tail now because the top layers of my hair are so short. Am i just being a drama queen? or does this happen to other people?!?! sorry to vent to you guys i am just really upset about my hair :(

Every third haircut my wife gets is a tragedy; we're not sure why.  This happens even when she goes to the same stylist.  She had been going to this guy for three years and got her haircut every six to seven weeks.  Even with him, every third cut wasn't what she wanted.  He left to go travel around Europe and was gone for six months.  She had a different stylist at the same salon cut her and he did the same thing.  The worst was when the guy came back from Europe and she started back with him; this first haircut with him after his was truly the worst she has had in years.  Her hair was just below her shoulders and slightly layered and she was still trying to grow out bangs from an earlier mistake (they were almost chin length at the time); after he finished with the cut, she had which could only be described as a bi-level; her bangs were tip of the nose, her hair by her ears just barely covered them and the back was shoulder skimming.  She's now with a new guy at a different salon and he's only cut it twice; this Friday is the third cut with him; we'll see what happens.

As for me, I generally get a good cut but mine's a basic Marine Corps medium regulation; hard to screw it up.  For me, the difference between a good haircut and a bad one is about two weeks.

The girl that cuts my hair now, I trust 100%. I've been going to her for about 10  yrs. If anything she doesn't cut off enough (when I wanted it short) She would always say she can always go shorter, after cutting off little. And, she was afraid my husband come after her lol, she knew he liked my hair long.

Yes, it can be a problem. The girl I have now, for some reason, really remembers what I like from visit to visit ("I know you don't like me to use the straight iron because it makes it too flat," she'll say). And she barely trims anything...and I'm always a chicken to ask for much. I got in the habit for years of asking for a half inch off if I really wanted 2 inches, etc. Now she does exactly what I ask, and sometimes it's not really enough, but I like to err on the long side.
Another thing I have found in all these years is that stylists don't know how to STYLE hair!!! They sent me out looking so weird. But the gal I have now --who thought she wanted to be a nurse and hasnt been doing hair all that long -- sends me out the door looking like a Hollywood movie star. I swear we'd all be better looking if we could have someone like THAT working on our hair every day. For some reason, she's the only one who has EVER had a knack for styling. Wow, do I love it. So I guess, keep looking. The good ones are out there.