The change to a barber would, for me, be more than scary, it would be Expensive. I don't remember how long it's been -- 30+ years? -- since the price of a haircut went up above $2 and I figured that it was possible to buy a whole lot of rubber-bands for a ponytail for that amount of money, but I'm not sure I could survive today's Sticker Shock in a barbershop context.