Just horrible ....

*****GROSS TRIGGER WARNING****

I posted (in December I think) about my trip to the hairdresser and the anxiety it caused me.

Well, out of neccessity today, I braved the evil forces and off I went to the hairdresser. Everything was going quite well. The lovely young lady that washed my hair didn't even give me the head massage that caused me so much anxiety the last time I went. (Actually, I felt short changed as I still can't believe what I paid for this little escapade ...)

Anyway, the aforesaid lovely young lady had the sniffles. And I felt my skin start to crawl. I still have marks where my nails were digging into my palms. I kept wanting to tell the poor thing to go blow her nose. (My son doesn't even try to sniff in front of me - he just runs for tissues!)

Needless to say, after a few minutes of sniffing she tensed .............. I tensed (intuitively) and she sneezed. Right onto my upturned (having hair washed) face. And it wasn't pretty! Naturally she apologized profusely but I was pretty much at a loss for words. I think I muttered something about it happening to the best of us (good grief!)

I don't even know if I have recovered yet, but I will most likely wash my hair at home and just let them cut my hair using water spray bottle next time. (At half the price of course).

Oh well, at least my hair feels nice!

(((((((Sabrina))))))))) Did she cover her face when she sneezed?
That brought back memories. I use to be a shampoo girl. I really sucked at it, but it was fun.

Well .. no she didn't cover her face hence my gross warning. It was a bit ... well .... wet!

I am still shuddering!

Yuck!

Oh yucky!!!!!!!!! That is just plain rude!!! I know it's allergy time and spring cold time, but heaven's to betsy....Be Prepared.

She should have known better!

Hope you get over it quickly.....

Hugssss
J

Does she not have a neck? Because, when I have to sneeze and there's someone in the direction I'm facing, I turn my head.

We should feel sorry for this poor, neckless girl. SAVE THE NECKLESS!!!

Sabrina, I'm so sorry that happened to you. I can't believe she sneezed on you!!! That is beyond rude... it's disgusting! I hope you didn't tip her. She should have excused herself when she had the sniffles and blown her nose away from you... and if she felt the need to sneeze, she should have excused herself, sneezed elsewhere and washed her hands before coming back to work on your hair. You're supposed to feel pampered and fresh and clean when you leave the salon.

When I went to my first hair appointment after recovering from severe BPPV and agoraphobia, I was terrified. I kept telling myself I would be fine. I had extremely long hair at the time. I told the hairstylist about my inner ear problems and my extreme dizziness, so I expected him to be sensitive to that. He wasn't, though. He made me STAND UP for half an hour while he sat in a chair and cut my hair! I had had waist-length hair for 15 years, and no hairstylist had ever made me STAND UP for a haircut! Halfway through it, I was so dizzy and nauseous and feeling faint. I had to go to the bathroom and lie on the floor because I felt like I was going to throw up. Needless to say, I did not tip him and I never went back to him.

I now go to a hairstylist who is sensitive to my condition. I get very dizzy when my head is tipped back, so I wash my hair at home first and she just uses a spray bottle to dampen my hair before cutting it... and she never spins the chair. She moves around the chair, rather than moving me. When I go in for a colour, there's no way to avoid having to tip my head back in the basin, but my stylist is very sensitive. She rinses as quickly as possible and has me sit up while she applies the shampoo, conditioner or removes the foils from my hair.

Going to the salon should be a positive experience. I hope you can find a new stylist who is more sensitive... and not so DISGUSTING!

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We should feel sorry for this poor, neckless girl. SAVE THE NECKLESS!!!

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LOL, Maven!!!

EEEEEEEEEEEWW!! That is absolutely AWFUL!! I would never have been so nice; you should congratulate yourself on that!!

*giggle* Maven, you're rather amazing, you know that? XD

Eeeeewwww, I sucked at being a shampoo girl but at least I covered my face when I sneezed. EW!!!

Never mind feeling sorry for her - I felt sorry for me!!!!! I am still shuddering and probably washed my face a zillion times when I got home. So much for nice make up along with a nice hair-do!

Well, things work a little differently in my country. We don't really tip at the hairdresser (not really the "done" thing), probably because we pay such exhorbitant prices for a cut and blow to begin with.

Anyway, despite this horrible experience, I still feel so sorry for the poor shampoo girl (not so much of a girl mind you ...)! Never mind how I feel, she must have been mortified even if she could have turned her head away.