Blackburn hairdresser's customer finally pays up after 20 years (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Blackburn hairdresser's customer finally pays up after 20 years
1:30pm Friday 9th November 2012 in News By Sophia Rahman, Reporter
Blackburn hairdresser's customer finally pays up after 20 years
HAIRDRESSER Jeff Stone had a shock when he received a note and £5 from a customer who failed to pay — 20 years ago.
Mr Stone, who has run his business in Fleming Square, Blackburn, since 1971, said he was astonished by the payment.
He said: “I was doing a job in the back of the shop when an Asian lad of about 30 odd came in. He asked me if I was Jeff Stone and I said, ‘What’s this about son?’
“He handed me an envelope with my name on it and said, ‘Just read it.’ “I saw there was some money in it and wanted to know why he was giving it to me but he had disappeared out of the shop and into his car.”
The note explained that in 1992, when he was 15, the man had his hair cut at the shop but did not have enough money to pay the full £8 for it.
Mr Stone allowed him to pay him £5 and told him to bring the remaining £3 back when he could.
“So he gave me too much back, but maybe with inflation it’s right!”, Mr Stone said. “It’s really quite strange. In 50 years in this job I would never have expected such a thing.
“But whoever he is, he is a credit to himself and to his family for doing that and I would love to know who he is and thank him for it.
“Often people come in and have forgotten their wallets and they will go home or to the bank or cash machine and bring the money back, but nothing like this.”
“I’m guessing he had a pang of conscience, or maybe he carried it with him all these years and finally plucked up the courage to bring it back.”
Mr Stone will donate the money to North West Child Action through the charity box in his shop. He said: “I don’t need the money and I would like to pass the goodwill on.
“We all tend to be quite negative about other folk, it’s a cynical world, and this sort of thing restores your faith a bit.”
Comments(22)
A Darener
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1:59pm Fri 9 Nov 12
porky06 wrote:I only pay £4 now!
£8 for a hair cut in 1992.thats a bit steep
Mike Oxsore
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2:05pm Fri 9 Nov 12
A Darener wrote:That's because you're a Darrener and it's probably cut with a knife and fork..........or by the council.
porky06 wrote:I only pay £4 now!
£8 for a hair cut in 1992.thats a bit steep
useyourhead
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2:12pm Fri 9 Nov 12
Mike Oxsore wrote:PMSL!!!!
A Darener wrote:That's because you're a Darrener and it's probably cut with a knife and fork..........or by the council.
porky06 wrote:I only pay £4 now!
£8 for a hair cut in 1992.thats a bit steep
juanbbien
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2:14pm Fri 9 Nov 12
scottlad
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3:14pm Fri 9 Nov 12
sen c ble
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3:26pm Fri 9 Nov 12
scottlad wrote:Precisely.
I love how nobody has commented on the good deed, instead just having a good moan about the price of a haircut..... And now I'm moaning about you lot moaning, when first reading the article, I thought £9 was abit steep for a haircut, which makes me a moaning hypocrite. Maybe I should move back to Blackburn, I would fit right in ;-)
Just proves all posts above are trollers.
Mike Oxsore
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4:26pm Fri 9 Nov 12
sen c ble wrote:Now now sen, no sulking please.
scottlad wrote:Precisely.
I love how nobody has commented on the good deed, instead just having a good moan about the price of a haircut..... And now I'm moaning about you lot moaning, when first reading the article, I thought £9 was abit steep for a haircut, which makes me a moaning hypocrite. Maybe I should move back to Blackburn, I would fit right in ;-)
Just proves all posts above are trollers.
sen c ble
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4:34pm Fri 9 Nov 12
Mike Oxsore wrote:I'm not sulking. I'm just calling you a troller!
sen c ble wrote:Now now sen, no sulking please.
scottlad wrote:Precisely.
I love how nobody has commented on the good deed, instead just having a good moan about the price of a haircut..... And now I'm moaning about you lot moaning, when first reading the article, I thought £9 was abit steep for a haircut, which makes me a moaning hypocrite. Maybe I should move back to Blackburn, I would fit right in ;-)
Just proves all posts above are trollers.
sen c ble
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4:39pm Fri 9 Nov 12
sen c ble wrote:...and a bit of your own medicine. Jeff got his money back bacause of the honesty and good deed of the 'asian' lad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Oxsore wrote:I'm not sulking. I'm just calling you a troller!
sen c ble wrote:Now now sen, no sulking please.
scottlad wrote:Precisely.
I love how nobody has commented on the good deed, instead just having a good moan about the price of a haircut..... And now I'm moaning about you lot moaning, when first reading the article, I thought £9 was abit steep for a haircut, which makes me a moaning hypocrite. Maybe I should move back to Blackburn, I would fit right in ;-)
Just proves all posts above are trollers.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
sen c ble
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4:42pm Fri 9 Nov 12
sen c ble wrote:You see where I'm coming from now.
sen c ble wrote:...and a bit of your own medicine. Jeff got his money back bacause of the honesty and good deed of the 'asian' lad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Oxsore wrote:I'm not sulking. I'm just calling you a troller!
sen c ble wrote:Now now sen, no sulking please.
scottlad wrote:Precisely.
I love how nobody has commented on the good deed, instead just having a good moan about the price of a haircut..... And now I'm moaning about you lot moaning, when first reading the article, I thought £9 was abit steep for a haircut, which makes me a moaning hypocrite. Maybe I should move back to Blackburn, I would fit right in ;-)
Just proves all posts above are trollers.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Regardless of the nature of the deed, it's performed by all.
Mike Oxsore
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4:54pm Fri 9 Nov 12
sen c ble wrote:I agree, every credit to him, there seems to be a lack of honesty and morals everywhere you look in society today so it's nice to see this lad has done the right thing.
sen c ble wrote:...and a bit of your own medicine. Jeff got his money back bacause of the honesty and good deed of the 'asian' lad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Oxsore wrote:I'm not sulking. I'm just calling you a troller!
sen c ble wrote:Now now sen, no sulking please.
scottlad wrote:Precisely.
I love how nobody has commented on the good deed, instead just having a good moan about the price of a haircut..... And now I'm moaning about you lot moaning, when first reading the article, I thought £9 was abit steep for a haircut, which makes me a moaning hypocrite. Maybe I should move back to Blackburn, I would fit right in ;-)
Just proves all posts above are trollers.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Mike Oxsore
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5:11pm Fri 9 Nov 12
sen c ble wrote:On a serious note though Sen, and not wanting to fall out with you, one could argue on the flip side that if he was being honest he should have gone back and paid the same day he had his haircut.
sen c ble wrote:...and a bit of your own medicine. Jeff got his money back bacause of the honesty and good deed of the 'asian' lad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Oxsore wrote:I'm not sulking. I'm just calling you a troller!
sen c ble wrote:Now now sen, no sulking please.
scottlad wrote:Precisely.
I love how nobody has commented on the good deed, instead just having a good moan about the price of a haircut..... And now I'm moaning about you lot moaning, when first reading the article, I thought £9 was abit steep for a haircut, which makes me a moaning hypocrite. Maybe I should move back to Blackburn, I would fit right in ;-)
Just proves all posts above are trollers.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
And I'm not so sure that you can class it as a good deed when you pay for a lawful debt 20 years after you failed to discharge it.
Just playing devils advocate.
chris.e
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8:02pm Fri 9 Nov 12
Babbar Divino
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8:26pm Fri 9 Nov 12
Mike Oxsore wrote:Exactly. A good deed is eg. seeing an old woman trying to cross the road and going over to assist. Not seeing an old woman try to cross the road, walk round and corner and come back 20 years later to assist.
sen c ble wrote:On a serious note though Sen, and not wanting to fall out with you, one could argue on the flip side that if he was being honest he should have gone back and paid the same day he had his haircut.
sen c ble wrote:...and a bit of your own medicine. Jeff got his money back bacause of the honesty and good deed of the 'asian' lad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Oxsore wrote:I'm not sulking. I'm just calling you a troller!
sen c ble wrote:Now now sen, no sulking please.
scottlad wrote:Precisely.
I love how nobody has commented on the good deed, instead just having a good moan about the price of a haircut..... And now I'm moaning about you lot moaning, when first reading the article, I thought £9 was abit steep for a haircut, which makes me a moaning hypocrite. Maybe I should move back to Blackburn, I would fit right in ;-)
Just proves all posts above are trollers.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
And I'm not so sure that you can class it as a good deed when you pay for a lawful debt 20 years after you failed to discharge it.
Just playing devils advocate.
£9 is a bit pricey though 20 years ago. It's not Vidal Sassons What did you get for £9? I only pay the equivalent of £6 now.
That's my moan for the hour over with
Dukes
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8:41pm Fri 9 Nov 12
chris.e wrote:OUT OF ORDER THERE.
Asian aswell god this is breaking news probably rich now this Asian we his drug dealing and false claims
Cuttingsky
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9:22pm Fri 9 Nov 12
hairy mary
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12:12am Sat 10 Nov 12
juanbbien
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10:35am Sat 10 Nov 12
roversjeff
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11:03am Sat 10 Nov 12
peely
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4:39pm Sat 10 Nov 12
peely
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4:41pm Sat 10 Nov 12
juanbbien wrote:Parade magazine , happy happy days !
I still miss Taylor's the barber used to be on Mincing lane a haircut,blow wave,and a read of the Parade two and six,happy days.
porky06 says...
1:41pm Fri 9 Nov 12