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COVID affected the shop

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in a lot of ways.

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Customers that we used to have,

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because of COVID the clients

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have cut into like maybe half.

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This is the Headmaster barbershop

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oldest barbers in L.A.

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We been here almost 25 years.

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I've been working here for almost

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14, 15 years.

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Everybody knows the shop.

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You know, this is one of the busiest

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shop in L.A.

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Before the COVID ...

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busiest day.

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You know, one person can get at

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least 10 clients

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sometimes 12 clients ... 15.

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But since the COVID, you know,

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everybody everything else, you know,

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cut short.

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Most of our clients, you know, even

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though things are now opened back

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a little bit ... still, most of our

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clients, you know, they scared to

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come to the shop.

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It affect us a lot of ways, you

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know, how are we going to, you

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know, take care of our

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responsibilities?

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You know, take care of our family.

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We have a lot of foreclosures

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and how are we going to take up our

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rent?

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We lost a lot of people.

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The busiest day you can get like 10,

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15 people but now

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sometimes you can barely get, like,

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maybe half.

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It also affect us some

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place that we get our supplies.

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We can't get our discount

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supply most of them is closed

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down.

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Can't even go there and, you know,

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get our supplies.

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And we haven't done anything

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different, hopefully, you know,

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everything will get back to normal.

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You know, this is the only career

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that, you know, we have.

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We like to do this.

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And if you want to look for a good

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barbershop ...

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this one of the first barbershop

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they look for.