Tom Starnes reports on FoxNews that a New York city barber has been fined for discriminating against women by charging more to cut their hair than men. How much more? Three dollars.
"I’m here for 21 years and I’ve never heard of such a thing," said Leon Kogut, the owner of Leon’s Fantasy Cut in Brooklyn. "The guy tells me (speaking of an inspector) this is discrimination of a woman."
The inspector slapped the barber with three violations totaling $650 in fines. It is apparently okay to charge more based upon hair length but not style. Kogut tried to explain, "A womans haircut requires a lot of skill. You have to style the hair, blow dry, use the mousse, the hair spray. It could take hours to get her hair cut."
Then the inspector turned on the proprietor’s cash register. It is nearly 100 years old and doesn’t print out a receipt. Kogut was fined again.
There is law governing hair styles and cash registers?
It cost more to get a dog groomed than it does for me to get my haircut. Is that discrimination against me or the dog?
I already know the answer.
PMO
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