Leave a Little on the Top Please

It was time for a hair cut so I walked down the street to a black and white barber pole. When I walked in a young woman and a teenage boy were sitting in chairs with their heads buried on tabletops. They seemed surprised to see me - or anybody for that matter. I asked for a haircut and an hour later I walked out having had the strangest barbershop experience ever. The lady had shampooed my hair, given me a 20-minute head massage, pounded on my neck and shoulders and (this is weird) cleaned my ears with cotton swabs, popped my fingers - and then turned me over to her barber husband who gave me a careful scissor cut. All this cost me US$4 It's worth a trip to China.