World's Oldest Hair Dresser

Hi What a great story. Now that is an excellent example of great customer service and the loyalty. I bet that they all know everything about their lives, their grandchildren, who is doing what to who and so on. I bet it was like a huge family that has a strong bond. The sad part is all those members are going to be lost because it wasn';t just the haircut she was offering it was the socializing between them. It like when we see the same gang going to their bingo night etc. Maybe they will decide to meet once a week for tea.Diane> I just found this kewl article in the National> Enquirer:> by Chris Rodell> Hairdresser Makes The Final Cut:> She's Quitting At Age 88> Fourteen Philadelphia beauties will have to break a> nearly 50-year habit and find a new place to get their> hair done -- Lucy the Hairdresser is finally retiring!> "Don't you think it's time I had a rest?"> asked Lucy, who just turned 88.> This great-grandmother's been snipping ladies' locks> since 1950 in the same row house, with the same> equipment and for the same ladies. And all her> customers, ages 65 to 92, are so faithful to Lucy they> hobble in on canes for their Saturday appointments.> "We don't know what we're going to do without> Lucy," patron Sue Gagliardi complained. "We> keep trying to talk her out of quitting, but she says,> 'I've had enough! Forty-eight years in this room! I> need a break!' We can't change her mind."> Lucy's retirement will also leave Margaret Crisci, her> 92-year-old sister and loyal assistant, out of a job.> "Yeah, I guess I'm going to have to go out and> look for work," cracked Margaret.> Lucy's son Amedeo Giambuzzi, 54, told The ENQUIRER:> "Lucy used to have about 50 customers. Now a lot> of them are gone or too sick or old to make it out.> "But the 14 who still come are just like a> family. When one walks in they all kiss each other and> say hello. They know each others' secrets, they> exchange gifts, recipes, gossip and have a great time> every Saturday.> "Even when it snows a couple of feet, there's> always some women down there every Saturday."> Lucy still has her original Pennsylvania state> beautician's license hanging above the $15 vanity she> used in beauty school. She still charges just $8 for> the whole works.> "This is all the same stuff I've always been> using," Lucy told The ENQUIRER. "The sink's> the same, the dryers are the same. I've taken good> care of my equipment -- just like I've taken good care> of my customers.> "But I've been doing this long enough. Me,> Margaret, all my customers -- it's not like we're a> bunch of teenagers anymore!">> ************************************************************> I just had to share this one. :-)> JA

I just found this kewl article in the National Enquirer:by Chris RodellHairdresser Makes The Final Cut:She's Quitting At Age 88Fourteen Philadelphia beauties will have to break a nearly 50-year habit and find a new place to get their hair done -- Lucy the Hairdresser is finally retiring!"Don't you think it's time I had a rest?" asked Lucy, who just turned 88.This great-grandmother's been snipping ladies' locks since 1950 in the same row house, with the same equipment and for the same ladies. And all her customers, ages 65 to 92, are so faithful to Lucy they hobble in on canes for their Saturday appointments."We don't know what we're going to do without Lucy," patron Sue Gagliardi complained. "We keep trying to talk her out of quitting, but she says, 'I've had enough! Forty-eight years in this room! I need a break!' We can't change her mind."Lucy's retirement will also leave Margaret Crisci, her 92-year-old sister and loyal assistant, out of a job. "Yeah, I guess I'm going to have to go out and look for work," cracked Margaret.Lucy's son Amedeo Giambuzzi, 54, told The ENQUIRER: "Lucy used to have about 50 customers. Now a lot of them are gone or too sick or old to make it out."But the 14 who still come are just like a family. When one walks in they all kiss each other and say hello. They know each others' secrets, they exchange gifts, recipes, gossip and have a great time every Saturday."Even when it snows a couple of feet, there's always some women down there every Saturday."Lucy still has her original Pennsylvania state beautician's license hanging above the $15 vanity she used in beauty school. She still charges just $8 for the whole works."This is all the same stuff I've always been using," Lucy told The ENQUIRER. "The sink's the same, the dryers are the same. I've taken good care of my equipment -- just like I've taken good care of my customers."But I've been doing this long enough. Me, Margaret, all my customers -- it's not like we're a bunch of teenagers anymore!"************************************************************I just had to share this one. :-)JA