Reflections

It usually takes alot to get under my skin, but for some reason my manager at work really can bug me...

She's pretty thoughtless to other people. We just got a new stylist last week and on monday she came into work and was asking the manager for a couple of days of because her Grandfather is dying. So of course she'd like to spend some time with him. The manager doesn't give her the time off and the girl quits. (I may have done the same) Then the manager tells her in a rather rude tone... "Well you can pick up your check on Friday!"

Then the manager had 2 interviews that day with potential stylists. She hires them both. Well in my company if you are hired as a receptionist and are in beauty school you are guarenteed a stylist job after you pass your state boards exam... That same day we had a receptionist who was taking her boards at the very time that she was hiring these 2 girls. Leaving no open station for the receptionist to work as a stylist... I'm wondering, does the manager just have no confindence in the receptionist that she will pass?

Myself and another girl that I work with are so tired of the politics at work that we have been talking about leaving and setting up our own shop. The problem there is neither of us have the money or credit required to do that... But we do have the motorvation to get out... I was thinking about selling a business opertunity on E-bay. What do you think?

So now I am really frazzeled at work. The girl who just graduated beauty school and took her boards got up the nerve to ask the manager basiclly "What's going on with you hiring 2 people the day I'm taking my exam?". The manager tells her that she isn't ready to hire her as a stylist. She feels that her customer service skills are lacking... and she is more than welcome to stay here as a receptionist!

WHAT A CROCK!!!!

As if she is going to stay here under those terms, she just struggled her way through school for that?? The manager hasn't even seen her work as a stylist. The school let her graduate and if she passes her boards (the earliest she can find out is Monday) the state will give her a liceinse meaning they think she's ready.... The girl told the manager that she is going to talk to the operations manager and see if she has a posision at another store.

I just can't believe that this manager would do that, well really I guess I can believe it.... I have come close several times to telling her just what I think of her. But I know I can't do that. Not yet anyway... There might come a day though!

How many times should a grown adult be asked to sit still when you are trying to get their hair done? Seriously... I had the client from hell today, or maybe she just suffers from some Attention Deficate Disorder.

I was doing foil highlights on her (after doing an all over color) This gal would continuously sit forward on the edge of the chair making it difficult to reach her. And if that isn't enough she then would turn her head to either talk to me or look in the mirror. I asked her about 76 times to sit back in the chair. I just wanted to pull her hair out... AND she would question everything I was doing like I needed to be quizzed on this after doing it for nearly 13 years.

After her I had another foil, this was the gal who has to touch her hair every 5 seconds. It doesn't matter that I am working on her hair at all, she has to check it out halfway through the haircut. Its not like I don't let them check it out when I feel I am finished. I usually hand them a mirror and a brush if they want it. I am never done with someone's hair until they've looked at it. But until I let you look at it, SHUT UP AND LET ME DO MY WORK.

So this is a public service note for whenever you go and get your hair done... SIT STILL AND LEAVE YOUR HANDS OUT OF IT... Remember THERE is a reason why you PAY us to do YOUR HAIR!!

Thank you for your support....