Culture has been called “the way of life for an entire population.” If this is true all the ways of life include traditions, habits, values, codes of conduct, art, dress, attitudes, language, and much more that has been passed down from generation to generation.

One of the most (if not the most) shared human experiences particularly among men all over the planet earth is the Barbershop experience. For women it would be the hair salon. For the family it would be church or a sports event.

The barbershop from its genesis to today has always been about, service with respectability, refinement, civility, and courtesy. These culture characteristics in any business will have exceptional longevity. This may be the reason we see so many old barbershops across the country. The amount of real estate that we have inhabited as an industry has to amount in the billions of dollars in rent (Different topic).

In the barbershop it is all about communication. Verbal communication, sometimes non-verbal, group communication, interpersonal communication, visual communication and listening. “Culture is communication, communication is culture.”

We, meaning the Barber industry represent the most unique and undervalued experience; the cross-cultural experience with the human touch. This long-living culture has strong social ties. In real time the barber shop will have in it, humans of different ethnicity, genders, hair textures, religions, political parties, tax brackets and other beliefs all being serviced in the same space in time. Why? Because we are the culture!