glamazon386
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Would you be bothered if you went to a salon and they asked you to
ETA: Maybe offended wasn't the right choice of word. How about bothered? I'll change it.
Would you be Bothered if you went to a salon and they asked you to remove your shoes upon entering?
I went to check out this Natural Hair Salon here in town. It got voted the best in the area in a local magazine. They have a nice website and I've been on their mailing list for a few months now. So I decided to call them and talk to somebody about my hair. I wasn't sure what kind of style I wanted and I wanted to check out the salon. The person I spoke with said that the person I needed to speak with wasn't there at the time and she would take my info down and have somebody call me back in 24 hours.
Well a few weeks went by and nobody called me back. I had forgotten all about it. All the sudden I got a phone call in the middle of the day and they left a voicemail. It was the woman from the salon. She said she was calling to follow up with me because she had my number there. She told me that they were really busy the past few weeks because they had been moving to the new location.She wanted to know if anybody had called me back and if I had been serviced. I told her no, so she suggested that I come in for a consulation and that she would waive the $25 consulation fee since nobody ever returned my call. So I said okay cool.
Well I get there today and as soon as I walk in, the woman who greeted me asked me if I had an appointment and I said yes and told her with who. Then she told me I had to take my shoes off. And I looked at her like
I have to take my shoes off? She said yeah and pointed to the shoe rack near the door which was full of shoes. I asked her why? Is there a particular reason? She said no, you just do. I told her I didn't feel comfortable. So she said okay I'll go upstairs and get so and so (the woman I had an appt with). She left me standing there in the foyer. I looked in the one room where they were doing hair and nobody had shoes on except the one woman who was wearing flip flops.
So the woman I'm supposed to be meeting comes down and introduces herself and tells me I have to take my shoes off. And again I asked why? She said that it's the owner of the building's policy that no outside shoes be worn inside. They don't want things tracked from the outside in the building. That the people who work there and don't want to be barefoot usually wear a work shoe or flip flop that never goes outside. I was like well I don't feel comfortable. She said that she tells everybody on the phone that they have a No Shoes, No Guests, No Food Policy. I don't remember her telling me that over the phone. I also told her that if she had told me that over the phone, I wouldn't have even made an appointment nor have wasted my time coming all the way over there since I live across town. She asked if I would like to reschedule my appt so and she that next time I come I could bring a pair of flip flops if it would make me more comfortable. I told her no I didn't want to make another appointment. Thanks for her time. And I left.
Was I being overly dramatic? Was I wrong? I've never heard of such in my life. I don't even like taking my shoes off when I enter somebody else's home but I understand a little bit better with somebody's home. I mean that is where they live. But a salon? Psh...
ETA: Maybe offended wasn't the right choice of word. How about bothered? I'll change it.
Would you be Bothered if you went to a salon and they asked you to remove your shoes upon entering?
I went to check out this Natural Hair Salon here in town. It got voted the best in the area in a local magazine. They have a nice website and I've been on their mailing list for a few months now. So I decided to call them and talk to somebody about my hair. I wasn't sure what kind of style I wanted and I wanted to check out the salon. The person I spoke with said that the person I needed to speak with wasn't there at the time and she would take my info down and have somebody call me back in 24 hours.
Well a few weeks went by and nobody called me back. I had forgotten all about it. All the sudden I got a phone call in the middle of the day and they left a voicemail. It was the woman from the salon. She said she was calling to follow up with me because she had my number there. She told me that they were really busy the past few weeks because they had been moving to the new location.She wanted to know if anybody had called me back and if I had been serviced. I told her no, so she suggested that I come in for a consulation and that she would waive the $25 consulation fee since nobody ever returned my call. So I said okay cool.
Well I get there today and as soon as I walk in, the woman who greeted me asked me if I had an appointment and I said yes and told her with who. Then she told me I had to take my shoes off. And I looked at her like
I have to take my shoes off? She said yeah and pointed to the shoe rack near the door which was full of shoes. I asked her why? Is there a particular reason? She said no, you just do. I told her I didn't feel comfortable. So she said okay I'll go upstairs and get so and so (the woman I had an appt with). She left me standing there in the foyer. I looked in the one room where they were doing hair and nobody had shoes on except the one woman who was wearing flip flops.So the woman I'm supposed to be meeting comes down and introduces herself and tells me I have to take my shoes off. And again I asked why? She said that it's the owner of the building's policy that no outside shoes be worn inside. They don't want things tracked from the outside in the building. That the people who work there and don't want to be barefoot usually wear a work shoe or flip flop that never goes outside. I was like well I don't feel comfortable. She said that she tells everybody on the phone that they have a No Shoes, No Guests, No Food Policy. I don't remember her telling me that over the phone. I also told her that if she had told me that over the phone, I wouldn't have even made an appointment nor have wasted my time coming all the way over there since I live across town. She asked if I would like to reschedule my appt so and she that next time I come I could bring a pair of flip flops if it would make me more comfortable. I told her no I didn't want to make another appointment. Thanks for her time. And I left.
Was I being overly dramatic? Was I wrong? I've never heard of such in my life. I don't even like taking my shoes off when I enter somebody else's home but I understand a little bit better with somebody's home. I mean that is where they live. But a salon? Psh...
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. I come from a culture of no shoes in the house, so taking my shoes off as a sign of respect is just isnt a big deal for me. They are trying to create an environment they feel conducive to the way the run business. Perhaps they should give customers a head up so people can make sure their feet situation is moisturized before they come, and have a box of flops for people who are caught off guard. Do I think you were being over dramatically , yeah, but hey its your feet and if you didnt feel comfortable so be it.
erplexedI would have left for sure. Especially since you didn't know before and weren't prepared with flip flops, extra shoes or whatever. I don't think you were overreacting.
Are they going to pay your doctor bills if you catch an infection or step on something. 
. We don't even walk in our house with shoes. 
? I would have been HIGHLY OFFENDED. 
?people scrambling for their shoes
