Here's A Funny Story

Well, in all my years as a hairdresser, I haven't had the experience like the one that I am about to share. It was this past Friday night and I was tired than usual. I had had a very busy night and I was looking forward to going home. We listen to rock music on the radio and I work with a co worker that likes the same music as me. It is fun and it makes the time go quickly. Well, this lady walks in and wants her little boys hair cut. She asks for a children style book and we don't have one, however, we have a poster with kids cuts on it and I directed her to it. She had an attitude from hell. I could tell that she thought that was appalling. I asked her who wanted to go first and what kind of hair cut I needed to do. She said short and I asked her all the right questions and we settled on a number 2 fade. It it used with clippers and short on top. (The woman was a Hispanic Princess) So I started the hair cut and was doing a great job, and she was watching very closely while holding a baby on her lap. I was getting nervous, and was trying to do a perfect job for fear that she would find something wrong and start yelling at me. Well, I got half way through the hair cut when she comes running over and starts to inspect the hair cut. What she was inspecting was his eyebrow that I managed to shave half off!! She was so mad. I can't blame her, but I denied it because I couldn't believe it. I was so taken back that I almost started crying. I told her that I would not charge her for the haircut, and then she started to make me feel so inept. I was reeling. Could I have done it?? My co workers were understanding and nice and was trying their best to defend me. They even went so far to say that his brother shaved off his eyebrow before he came in and blamed me. I can honestly say that I don't think I did it. It is baffling. So this is where it gets interesting. I took so much of her insults that I told her that I would cut her other son's hair for free if she trusted me. She hesitated and then asked her other son and he agreed. So I got her to trust me, but she still hated me. I learned a lesson, that I am not perfect. I do make mistakes. She left and while she was walking out the door, she told me that I should concentrate on hair and not the music. (My coworker and I was discussing music while working) It was harmless. She made me mad with that statement. I am a very good hairdresser and I take pride in my cuts. She pushed my buttons. It ruined the rest of my night. The next morning I told myself to let it go. She called and said that she had left her kid's hat and she would come and pick it up. I wanted to run for the bathroom. She did come back and I was the only one available to help her. I handed her the hat and she said Thank You. I refused to let her ruin my day and she didn't. I just find that I am compelled to always be nice and not to make mistakes. I do make mistakes, but I don't like to broadcast them. This experience exposed me. I hate that feeling. Oh well, I only hope that she forgives me and that she comes back and let's me show her what kind of hairdresser I am. I truly am sorry and I don't like it when people are mad at me. I will probably look back on this someday and laugh. So much for my career.

Stress And More Stress

I don't think I could live my life without stress. I mean, it is in every thing I do now a days. It seems like it is in every minute of the day. I know it could kill me. I am not complaining, but I am tired of it. I am stressing about my job, my kids, my finances, my house, EVERYTHING!!! Today was my day off and I was able to do one thing that I love, and that is reading. I am glad that I have that stress relief. I was able to spend some morning time with Tom. We had breakfast together and then we did some shopping. I love him so much. He released my stress at times. My daughter is really sick right now and is giving me a hard time about going to Young Women's tonight. I am sick of my kids talking back to me. I need a strategy on how to diffuse my children's behavior. I know it is part of the territory because they are teenagers. I am sick of teenagers. I love my children so much, but I need a break. I am getting excited about Thanksgiving and I hope that we have some fun. I want to, I need to have fun. I am sorry to be venting like this, but the way the economy is it causes stress. I am thankful for one thing though and that is the price of gas. It is lower and it makes me happy.

Well, I feel like I live at Fantastic Sams. I can honestly tell you that I probably had too much time on my hands before I became manager, and now I don't have enough time. I am sorry I have not kept up with my blog. I am so tired when I come home that I don't have enough time to update. I found a little time tonight and I will try to fill you in on things. I am loving my job, even though I feel like I don't have any breaks. It is going to get better because we now have keys. The co op shut down the last salon and asked my bosses to buy another franchise. The other owners took every thing and so it has been a long battle trying to get this salon up and running. The keys were made, but something went wrong and they didn't fit. So we changed the locks and it took forever for my boss to get the keys. I was having to go every night (even on my days off) and close and open the shop. It was getting old. So we have the keys and every body is trained. I am so glad about the staff, however, we were 20 dollars short tonight. I had a lady come in and yell at me because of the haircut done on her son. I diffused the situation and actually the lady hugged me at the end. I didn't do the initial haircut, the stylist I hired the other day did the initial hair cut and I don't know what went wrong, but it was a bad haircut. So we gave her some product and fixed the hair as best we could. It just was not a good day today. I am tired. I am excited though to be able to be a manager and I hope that it gets better with time. Everybody else is doing good. Sarah is at a school dance tonight and has a bunch of boys in love with her. Andrew is doing good at school and is at the movies with one of the boys that likes Sarah. Tom is working swing shift and is happier. Teddy and Max are still the cute dogs that they are and are growing bigger and stronger. I am reading Twilight. Yes, I broke down and am reading it. I love the sound track and I will be seeing the movie next month. It is so big here in Salt Lake. I swear every middle aged woman, every teen and even some men are all in love with Edward the main character. Every where you go, I will hear " Have you read Twilight?" I am tired of hearing it. I listened to the soundtrack and I became interested. I love it. So I hope things are good with every one who reads this. I will be a better blogger now that things have slowed down.