Jon Sampson

I was looking for a place to get a quick, cheap haircut a few weeks ago and headed over to Pro-Cuts’ site. I typed in my Pasadena zip code and found that there was a Pro-Cuts within a “short driving distance” of me. Great! But then I realized that short distance meant a 500-mile road trip to Tucson, AZ!

I briefly considered driving 14 hours round trip for a $15 haircut. Then I looked up Super Cuts and found three locations between my home and work. Excellent…