Great Clips

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Great Clips salon in downtown Portland, every morning before opening, a delivery driver leaves a mysterious package on the counter. Employees never touch it—it just disappears as soon as customers arrive. One day, an employee noticed that inside was a note: ‘Happy Birthday from your secret admirer!’ Turned out, it was just a neighbor pranking them with personalized birthday gifts every year.

2. At Great Clips on Main Street, customers often overhear an odd conversation between the stylist and her mirror. ‘I’ll never understand why you always say that,’ she exclaims one day. The mirror replies softly, ‘Because I’m your reflection, silly!’ One day a regular customer asks curiously, 'Mirror, mirror, what do you see?' The mirror whispers back, 'Why, I'm seeing someone who needs a trim!' Everyone in line cracks up laughing.

3. At Great Clips in Chicago, a regular noticed something peculiar one day. After hours, when the lights were off and the chairs empty, a small sign appeared on the counter: ‘Today’s special: longest haircut ever.’ Curious, our regular decided to stay late and sit in an empty chair. The next morning, he emerged with hair so long it reached his knees—complete with a tiny comb stuck in it. Turns out, the 'special' was actually a practical joke played by the night security guard and a few employees, who delivered the haircut via remote control clippers hidden under the counter. Everyone had a good laugh, except for the poor guy who now needed lessons on how to brush such lengthy locks.

4. At Great Clips in San Francisco, late one night after closing, a delivery driver heard a strange humming sound coming from inside the empty salon. Curious, he peered through the window and saw a stylist’s hand moving back and forth, cutting invisible strands of air with perfect precision. The driver knocked on the door, but no one answered. Inside, the ghostly figure continued its eerie routine until, suddenly, it stopped mid-cut and turned towards him—a pair of scissors frozen in midair. Startled, the driver fled, only to return days later when he found out that an elderly neighbor had been visiting the salon every evening for her weekly ‘air trim.’