curlytwirly06
Well-Known Member
So I wanted to share a story that happened today. My cousin is in town for a while looking at colleges. He is natural and his hair is about chin length in the front and almost neck in the back. He is growing his hair out to lock it and doing so in cornrows. Well he wanted a fresh set before his interview and being short on cash and time we called ahead to a beauty school this morning and they said no problem well do it for 25$ +five for a wash and condition. So we get there they tell us 35$ for just the braid alone . We are waiting and I decide to comb out his hair again because I can see his stylist ripping through someone else's head. I did not bring a pick and ask them to borrow one to pick it out. The woman at the front desk said sure and gave me one. I set there and detangled his hair for about 10 minutes and sweep the floor afterward. She looks at his head again and says wow that long ( his hair is barely neck length stretched) and raises her price to 60$ for a wash condition and 6 cornrows. At that point I'm thinking that's to expensive and he is not paying this much for that service. I walk up to her and tell her thank you but we are not going to get his hair braided by them today and have a nice day. This woman flipped out on me. She started cussing at me and saying we owed her 10$ for sitting in store and using her comb. I told her I felt that was unfair and was not told there would be a price for using her comb and sitting in the waiting room. She said she had nothing else to say to me besides pay up. I try to talk to her rationally saying I disagreed with her logic and was not told anything about this before hand. I also told her since getting there I was told multiple different prices and what she wanted to charge was out of my cousins budget. Paying 10$ was not the issue but I felt she was inappropriate and unprofessional. She goes of and starts saying some really rude things. I almost started to cry because I am a very non confentational, shy person and don't like conflict. She still speaking and I tell her thank you but I'm leaving. I get my cousin and we walk out. She follows me out and says she going to file on me because she has my address and number from when we signed in. I'm still shaking. Was I wrong? should I have paid? Money was not the issue. I just felt that she was charging because she could and caught a major attitude once I told her we would not be getting his hair done. Right after I said that she got a stank face and said "you owe me 10$". I've never been treated like this in my entire life. What should I have done?
BUT I think you should proceed to filing some complaints of your own. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY you should have paid anything and you should call and talk to the manager, head instructor, or whoever is in charge there. And if she was it, then you should call the school corporate (if it is a chain) and inform them that this is how their school is being represented.
