I finally found the courage to have a haircut. My guesstimate on my last haircut, was probably more than 6-8 months ago. I normally grow my hair during the year and come summer time, I get a skin head haircut – basketball summer league season 
Anyway, back to my trip to bench fix salon – first time ever. I was thinking of getting a faux-hawk.
First of all – DO NOT go there on a Sunday. The place is packed! I had to wait for close to an hour just to get my hair washed which was the first step. Next, it took about 20 minutes before they started to dry my hair. I think that’s normal.. I mean I heard that’s normal in salons… so girls.. girls girls – I applaud your patience and effort to look amazing. Going back to my quick story on this. So I’m all dried up and ready to go.. after 3 full length articles and 2 passes on this travel magazine that I had in front of me – still no haircut. The girl who washed my hair kept on apologizing, so no point for me to stand up and follow up. I felt so sleepy that I slid down a bit until I found a really comfortable position on the chair, moved slightly to my left and closed my eyes. It was so cozy, sound of hair blowers, endless gossip, a clean sheet covering half your body – I could really get some good sleep here BUT suddenly, my stylist came over and asked me what style I wanted. He was rushing… What do you expect – Sunday and it was packed. Anyway, I told him I wanted to get a faux-hawk. He started immediately… lightning fast scissor action.
He poked me once with the tip of the scissors on the side of my head right above my right ear. He apologized, I said ok no worries (didn’t really hurt, but definitely scared me) and he continued cutting. I felt a sense of recklessness and urgency in the way he was cutting my hair.. Then, he poked me again! I said to myself.. ok, strike 2 – 3 and he is outta here. I sat their calmly, didn’t even bother to look at myself in the mirror – I just drowned myself in the travel magazine that I was reading. Finally, he said he was done- I looked up, not what I expected, but it wasn’t that bad. He asked if I liked it… I thought, he might stab me this time, so I said, its ok – hoping he would walk away and I would be done. He said fine and sent me back to get shampooed – again. Blow dry, some wax, and there it was – my faux-hawk.
So that’s how I almost got my head stabbed with a pair of scissors by getting a faux-hawk. I don’t think I’ll be coming back to that place… I’m never gonna get a hair cut on a weekend.
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yeah..my hair was chopped just yesterday and it came to be a disaster one..i keep on telling the stylist on what style i want…instead of giving me advice on whats best for me, eto pang sabi nya “ang dami mong gustong style…..” i hate bench fix salon…wherever branch it is pareho lang silang lahat…they got our look messed-up ..they want us to look horrible..so please…..if you want to look beautiful with your hair….DONT`T INCLUDE BENCH FIX IN YOUR LIST….especially BENCH FIX CEBU , SM NORTHWING….the slylist?? its “KC”… stay away from him…not minding if your a guy …he will entertain you with all-out smile…guapo ka man o hindi…so unfair……i just tried it once, bad experience pa….balik nlng ako sa davids…to all cebuanos, DAVID`S SALON, ROBINSON, FURNTE OSMENA, they got the nicest stylist ever… accommodating, cheap , good service and they satisfies you… this is not a scam i just dont want you to feel what i felt after i had my cut…IT`S DISASTER, believe me…they wont stop what they are doing, not unless they would hear something from us…
SM NORTH BENCH FIX.. SUCKS!
bench fix cebu, ayala is awesome :] frank’s my stylist :]
I love Bench Fix but I really don’t like the one in SM.. I totally hate that KC dude also..
Bench Fix Ayala is the best!
i like bench fix in market market kac po lahat cla friendly and mababait pa clang lahat lalo na yung mga stylits nila dun..
Within my experience at their branch near St. Luke’s hospital, my hair was totally awesome. I like the style they gave me the style that i wanted to have. I think it was just because of the stylist:D
I would like to share both my positive and negative experiences with your branch in SM City Cebu. Last December 31, 2009, I went there to have a haircut by Mr. Erwin. Luckily, he was very patient even though all of them were in a hurry to go home for the New Year. To make the long story short, I was very happy with the outcome so I told my mother and my sister to go there as well. And so they did on January 3, 2010 at around 5:00pm. There were a lot of customers at that time, so we were asked to come back after 1 hour. Since I told them that your stylists are good, I told them again that it’s worth the wait.
But UNFORTUNATELY after my mother had her shampoo, she was left in the corner waiting for a stylist to cut her hair. She was waiting for a VERY LONG WHILE and nobody even bothered to tell her courteously that her stylist was still busy at the moment or whatever excuse they can come up with. And finally, Mr. KC came and he did cut her hair. After a few cuts, he asked his assistant to blowdry her hair so he can see the result. Then he left to entertain another customer, who was by the way a good looking gentleman. And then after a VERY LONG WHILE AGAIN, he came back and made a few cuts here and there and then it was done. He didn’t say anything. He simply removed the clip and the plastic (whatever it is, the one placed on your shoulder to cover your clothes from the hair). Then he left. He didn’t even brush off the hair. He didn’t even asked my mother whether she liked it or not. It was as if he was too excited to go back to the gentleman. And my mother was confused, obviously it seemed like it was done because he already left and he already removed the plastic cover. So my mother called me, to my surprise it seemed like she didn’t have a haircut at all.
I asked my mother if she told her stylist what kind of haircut she wanted. She said yes, she did but KC had all the excuse not to do it. He told her that if he will follow what my mother wanted, it will not look good after 2 weeks. But we politely asked him to cut it again. Then after that his true colors came out. It was very obvious that he was pissed. He made sure that we can see that he was angry. While he was cutting my mother’s hair, he kept on looking at the other customers. Probably to make us feel that he wasn’t interested at us. He kept on rolling his eyes and everytime he would get or return something he would always make sure that it would make a sound. Nagdadabog siya and he kept on talking about how the hairstyle will not fit my mother bla bla bla. And after that he said, “kana ma’am?” in tagalog “yan ma’am?” The nerve! It was as if we were not paying him! So I told him that it was still not good .. then the worst part came.. sabi pa niya “maayo ning klarohon ni nato ma’am para di magbalik2x ug tupi!” in tagalog “buti nang magka alaman ngayon ma’am para hindi na pa ulit2x yung gupit!”
KC is very unprofessional! My mother said that she felt so belittled. I know that it is his job to style but don’t we have the right to say that we don’t like it? We may not look like those actresses on tv, but we know what is good and bad hairstyle. My mother is already 54 years old, she knows what kind of hairstyle suits her best. We are not that stupid to force something that we know we will not look good on.
Is it because we don’t look rich and glamorous that’s why we get that kind of treatment??? Minamata ba niya lahat nang customers niya kung sino yung gwapo o kung sino yung mukhang malaki mag bigay ng tip??? We may not look wealthy, but we are educated and professional. We don’t deserve to be treated that way. We are paying for the service and we deserve to be treated like everyone else.
Maybe he wasn’t in a very good mood, but that is not an excuse to act very unprofessionally.
And by the way, last Dec 31, 2009, while I was having my haircut by Mr. Erwin, I overheard them arguing over something. If I heard them right, KC was sleeping inside that’s why he missed or lost his turn to cut.
Is that really how unethical he is?
I have nothing personal against him. After what he did to us, this is the least that I could do. We are not that scandalous to argue with him in front of all the people.
baka panget k kaya k ngagalit.. waaah.. wtf
I don’t need to defend myself. I don’t want to stoop down to your level of intelligence as well Chad. With the way you comment, it sounds like you and KC are the same – No breeding and uneducated. I already brought up the issue with their HR-Admin.
By the way, have you looked at the mirror today? I’m sure you don’t look any more good looking than me.
God bless and good riddance!
I already heard about this certain KC almost a year ago. Am just wondering why he is still around….
FRIENDS, DONT BOTHER TO VISIT BENCH FIX – SM NORTHWING..
GOOD SERVICE NOT GUARANTEED!
pangit o maganda… may karapatan sa tamang serbisyo… because we are paying the correct amount.. walang bawas!
yah right, they are too unfriendly specially at bench fix salon EASTWOOD LIBIS i hate the girl stylist, forget her name she ruin my hair and she didnt care for your suggestion of what you want, just cut and thats it stupid thing ,,,,, di pa pantay gumupit parang nagdadabog,,,,I PAY FOR THAT KIND OF SERVICE NOT SATISFIED AT ALL…… together with my cousins, i ask the cashier if i would pay for it if im not satisfied , or i might have a retouch, you know what did she told me you must pay again wow,,,,, WHEN I TURN BACK AND LEAVE SHE SUDDENLY SAYS ARTE MO naman etsusero or something like that !!!!! the good thing one of my cousin heard when he was waiting for his sched. is that the way you treat your costumers? actually this is my first time to have my haircut again in the philippines and i choose bench because my cousins suggested me bench fix, so it is very dissapointing i might have tell it to others so they might be aware for it and not happend to them anymore,,,, hope the management would be focus on this thing. thank you
There are lots of other competent and professional hair stylists in Manila…try:
Edward Doblado Salon – E Rodriguez Ave Q,C. 412-5735
Nikki Herbolario – Headzone Shangri-la 634-8036
Fredy Gutierrez – Taft Avenue 3039924
Weng Sanchez of Affascinante Salon 345 8815
Rene of Ultima Salon Shoppesville Greenshill 721-0708
Nikki of Visage Salon in Libis 635-0355
Mai Castro – il centro salon in BF homes paranaque 842-2896
They are trained on Italian Style cutting & coloring
magkano ba ang salary ng isang manager sa Bench fix?
One thing I don’t like nga sa Bench Fix Salon is that marunong pa sila dun sa nagpapaayos ng buhok. This is true for all Bench Fix Salons that I’ve had my hair done. I was kind of hoping kasi na other branches will provide a different kind of customer service. Boy I was wrong. Had the chance to visit Bench Fix SM Cebu din when I went for a vacation there.
As lenypenny enumerated, Fredy Gutierrez of Fredy’s Salon in Estrada Street, Taft Avenue is a tried and tested Salon. When I was still studying at DLSU-Manila, I always make it a point to avail their Salon Services. They use Framesi products nga pala. It’s an Italian brand I think.