Hair salon changes from Ossama to Obama
The owner of a Chicago hair salon said it has seen a dramatic spike in business since it changed its name from Ossama's to Obama's.
Mike Elsheikh said his Ossama's Hair Design in downtown Chicago marked a sharp decrease in business after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks due to the similarity to the name of al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday.
However, he said the business woes have turned around ever since he changed the name to Obama's Hair Design in honor of President-elect Barack Obama.
A lot of customers stopped coming after Sept. 11,
Elsheikh said. Old customers have come by and said, 'We like it much better.'
This is going to work for me for sure. The name is absolutely making a huge difference,
he said.
It makes a lot of sense to me to name it Obama's rather than Ossama's,
Elsheikh said. Plus Obama's gonna get Osama.
UPI
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