I actually used to go with an ex when she got her hair done and they actually had a screen with the footy on , a comfy sofa and delivered us partners bottles of beer whilst they sipped (or in my exes case gulped wine as part of the compliments)
They were rubbish werent they, but rife. Our playground was awash with them along with skoda and "jokes" about people from Pakistan and Ethiopia which seemed to be "ok"