How is that guy doing now, did he heal up okay? That is rough, I feel for the guy who got hurt and honestly for the barber too, even if he messed up. Three days with the guard just sitting on the shelf is wild though, and the owner letting it slide is the real problem there. I have seen this before where a shop gets busy and safety stuff becomes a suggestion instead of a rule. My spot is pretty strict about it, the owner does walk arounds and will hand you the guard if he sees it off, but I know a lot of places are every man for himself. Hope your shop made some kind of change after that, because it should not take six stitches for people to care.

Bull, bowling is way worse and here is why. At mini golf there are other people around, you can just keep putting and chat with the group behind you. At a bowling alley she is sitting right there in the lane next to you the whole time, checking her phone while you wait for your turn. You can not just roll your ball and ignore that. Plus you rent shoes, so you are stuck in ugly footwear watching it happen. Hole 7 at least means he got to walk away with his own shoes.