Two Scissors in a Barbershop

The barbershop that I usually go to employs two barbers: one who plays oldies, and the other who plays no music when the one who plays oldies isn’t around. Today, both barbers were present, and there was a customer in each chair, so I took a seat and waited. It took a few moments before I noticed that no music was playing, which is unusual when both barbers are on duty. Each barber spoke to his respective customer until there was no speaking at all, and then all I heard was the two industrious pairs of scissors at work. When the barbers did speak, they gave room for each other to communicate clearly with their customer. When they cut, however, there was no such balance necessary. The result was a quiet cacophony of cuts and pauses. I managed to record 10 seconds. I don’t think this recording reflects particularly well the crispness of those four blades in this tiny shop, but I did my best under the circumstances. After the fact, it sounds a bit like a sword fight.