Stan's Barber Shop Creating a Business Out of Friendship
Stan's Barber Shop's Robert Murray shares his insight into the barbershop experience.
Robert Murray hasn’t always been what one might call a people person, not until he became a barber at least. Murray is now the owner and operator of Stan’s Barber Shop on North Main Street, and has been working there for nearly 30 years. “A lot of people they get out of school, they worry about the haircuts and that stuff,” he said. “I mean, I didn’t do good haircuts for quite a while, but that didn’t bother me as much as trying to start a conversation with a perfect stranger.” Murray, the son of Stan Murray, who died in May 2012, said he just kind of fell into the business as his father began his retirement, nearly 30 years ago. Before, Murray said he had no plans to be a barber. “[At the time] I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” he said…
