The worst cut I ever had was by a friend of my mother's in Saudi Arabia. I was 12 and wanted a haircut like Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing. I didn't want to go to an Arab stylist who would have no idea what I was talking about since the movie was banned in that country. Instead, I used Mom's friend (another American "Mobil wife") who told me she knew just what I wanted because she had seen the movie, too. Plus, she assured me, she cut her two sons' hair all the time. Well, I guess cutting the hair of a 6-year-old boy takes less finesse than that of a 12-year-old girl. She did a botch job. My hair wound up looking like Alice's from the Dilbert cartoon strip. After that scarring experience, I never had my hair cut that short again!