On Thursday, I went to Georgiana's, a Dominican salon to get my hair done. Naturally, it begins to snow before I even make it to the door, so I planned on getting a wash and set, blow and wrap.
I should have known better than to go there because the last time I was there, the stylist were telling off this woman who was nearly in tears because she wanted to relax her daughter's hair (and the girl was all of about four years old). After the lady left, I slid up to the counter and asked how much a wash and set was. "$25.00" was the answer. I pivot on my heels and leave.
This salon is usually deserted, but I wanted to give them a try.
I walk in on Thursday, true to form, there's no one else in there but the employees. I peek at the sign-in sheet and notice a list of names, a few of which had be marked over with yellow highlighter. There were about 6-7 names after that and I wondered where the people where as I was the only customer in the salon.
I was unsure of whether I should bother writing my name on the list, so I grabbed the pen and turned to the stylist nearest me and say "I want a wash and set, please."
"Not a relaxer, mami?" she says
And then we stare at each other for what seemed like ten minutes but was probably more like 5 seconds.
Boadicea: No, just the wash and set.
Stylist: No, mami, you need a perm.
B: (struggling not to correct her and say that a perm curls your hair and a relaxer straightens it) No, I just want a wash and set.
S: When was your last relaxer?
B: December
S: Deciembre??
B: ......................yes
S: But you need a perm
B: No, I don't
S: Yes...you do
And it went like that twice more and then I just turned so abrubtly that her last sentence went from "Yes, yo-wait, mami! Come back!" I walked straight out of the salon, through both locked doors
confused: ) and went to Reaction.
Why can't people just give you what you freakin' ask for? If I wanted a relaxer, I would have said so. It's only been just over two months since my last touch up. Way too early for me. Plus my Phyto just came in the mail the same day.
Why would you risk losing customers by essentially telling the patrons they're too stupid to know what they want when they walk in?
I should have known better than to go there because the last time I was there, the stylist were telling off this woman who was nearly in tears because she wanted to relax her daughter's hair (and the girl was all of about four years old). After the lady left, I slid up to the counter and asked how much a wash and set was. "$25.00" was the answer. I pivot on my heels and leave.
This salon is usually deserted, but I wanted to give them a try.
I walk in on Thursday, true to form, there's no one else in there but the employees. I peek at the sign-in sheet and notice a list of names, a few of which had be marked over with yellow highlighter. There were about 6-7 names after that and I wondered where the people where as I was the only customer in the salon.
I was unsure of whether I should bother writing my name on the list, so I grabbed the pen and turned to the stylist nearest me and say "I want a wash and set, please."
"Not a relaxer, mami?" she says
And then we stare at each other for what seemed like ten minutes but was probably more like 5 seconds.
Boadicea: No, just the wash and set.
Stylist: No, mami, you need a perm.
B: (struggling not to correct her and say that a perm curls your hair and a relaxer straightens it) No, I just want a wash and set.
S: When was your last relaxer?
B: December
S: Deciembre??
B: ......................yes
S: But you need a perm
B: No, I don't
S: Yes...you do
And it went like that twice more and then I just turned so abrubtly that her last sentence went from "Yes, yo-wait, mami! Come back!" I walked straight out of the salon, through both locked doors
confused: ) and went to Reaction.Why can't people just give you what you freakin' ask for? If I wanted a relaxer, I would have said so. It's only been just over two months since my last touch up. Way too early for me. Plus my Phyto just came in the mail the same day.
Why would you risk losing customers by essentially telling the patrons they're too stupid to know what they want when they walk in?
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. Anyways, he didn't know anything about rollersetting and blowdrying roots so I just got up and left. He made it seem as though what I wanted didn't even exist and that he had never heard of dominican salon methods although he had been in the hairstyling business for 20 years.
