Is there some rule that hairdressers always have to part your hair down the middle while giving a haircut? Every single time I go in for a haircut, I explain that I do an off-center part, lined up with a mark so it's consistently placed, yet before they c

No, those are bad hairdressers.

Look, I’ll be honest. Sometimes clients come in with terrible ideas of what will look good on their faces. No style works great on every shape of face, with every kind of hair. If someone came in and wanted something that would look awful, I would politely and honestly explain why it might not look the same. I might suggest a few other choices.

But if they insisted, I would cut it as requested. It’s their money, their hair, and their life. Stylists who ignore the clients are jerks.