Lil' Clippers

The moment I walked in the front door I was pissed. I hate that feeling of "why didn't I think of this?" It seemed like the most obvious good idea I had ever seen. We were taking my son for his first hair cut and this place has kids cuts down pat!

Decorated in bright colors, toys for the kids to climb on as they wait, video games: heaven for a pre-schooler. Perhaps the pest part of this place is that each barber's chair is topped with a plastic car or rocket ship (the kind you used to pay a quarter to ride at the grocery store). Each station has its own TV so that that the kid can be distracted by the movie of their choice... its so obviously a good idea that it drove me crazy the whole time I was sitting there!

I remember the first time that I put one of those cardboard sleeves on my cup of coffee at Starbucks... same feeling, why didn't I think of that? It just seemed like such an obvious idea. Isn't that what makes the best inventions: an obvious improvement to something that everyone does/needs?

So, from now on, I will keep my radar up and the next time I start wishing something could be improved, just a little, I will pay attention and maybe you will find yourself saying: "why didn't I think of that!"