The main reason I have braids is because im tired of spending my Saturdays in the shop getting my knots fried. The same amount of time I wait to get my hair done, is honestly about the same amount of time it takes to get my hair braided.....6-8 hours.
I used to have 9 o'clock appointments, and my girl would be like you said you were coming in at 11. First off, im a morning person, so if she had a 6am appointment, I would take it. And after about 3 or 4 appointments of that, I was starting to get annoyed.
My hair always seemed to have these "stress spots" and she would always acuse me of hot curling my head. I mean not for nothing, but I don't find walking around with bald spots all that attractive on a woman, most especially ME!
My girl would charge me $35 for a touch up and $50 for a full perm. But adding that up montly got costly, so since I got my braids, my hair is back to it's original state and growing like wild fire, so I will never put another perm in my hair again or sit in a shop for 8 hours trying unless my hair is getting braided.