because i can't get it to flatten the hell out enough for her to let me go into public
Oh. Well, when you get it cut tell the lady to razor it, aka make it thinner so that it doesn't poof up as much in humidity and such, or you could ask for layers, it all depends on what you want, both do the same thing.
AKA he's relatively lazy and useless in an emergency situation?
Ehh, not really, he's a pretty bulky guy (he's hella muscular, not fat) so he'd be good, but in terms of laziness and stuff, yeah, pretty much.