Barber?
Go to a salon with a hot stylist, it's worth the extra money for both the quality of haircut and experience.
And really, who's boobs would you rather stare at in the mirror: a fat, old barber or a crazy chick with a cosmetology "degree"?
This x1000
I used to just buzz my own hair for about 7 years. Last year I decided I wanted it different, so I grew it out for about 9 months.
I didn't know where to get it cut, so my dad suggested I go to the backstreet barbershop he goes to. I already felt it was going to go horribly wrong when I was sat in there waiting. Every other person getting their hair cut in there were middle aged men getting it shaved off.
The barber, an overweight man in his mid fifties who looked like he had spent half his life in prison and the other half stealing peoples cars, bluntly asks me "so how much you want off?"
I tried to explain how I wanted it. He the proceeded to hack the shit out of it, which took him just over three minuets. It was fucking awful. I came out looking like an eleven year old girl.
So after growing it back for another five months I went to this upmarket salon my mum goes to. The girl in there actually listened to how I wanted it and took her time. It came out really well and it wasn't much more expensive than the other place.