Pulling Eye Teeth to get a Hair Cut. - a Blog Post by Platosgames

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10/12/2018 2:49 pm

Pulling Eye Teeth to get a Hair Cut.

Have you ever had one of those days/times when you're getting really pissed off about something, but in the end, it works out for the best?

Had a fun one today.

sorta picky about who cuts my hair. Yeah I know a guy, with short hair. Shouldn't be that big of a deal. Maybe it stems from my and early twenty , when it was long and curly. Think Peter Frampton. haha.

So anyway, a few months back I find a stylist that I liked. Did a great job. I get it cut every three weeks, and the first three visits went off without a hitch.

Quick disclaimer, I own a service business so I really never know what my schedule will be like. I know it's my problem, that it's damn near impossible for me to schedule a appointment for tomorrow, but still.

Anyways, back to the story. So cut before last, I call up and the girl tells me Jessica is there and has no appointments for the afternoon. like great, put me down for 2. But no, not that easy. She needs more info than the DMV and my card number. driving, so like , "never needed an appointment before, what' up with the 12 page info sheet." She explains oh...its just policy. I tell her busy, but I'll stop in later as a walk in. Stop in a hour later. 5 minute wait and in.

Yes, they take walk in's.

Last week it's time for a cut, so I call them up. No everyone is busy, but the wait is only a hour or so. LOL. I say no thanks, I'll let it go a week more and just be a little shaggy.

So now to today. I call at 10, when they open and Jessica, my stylist and just happens to be one of the managers answers the phone. We talk for a bit, she's a friendly lady. Then I ask if she has any appointments set for between 11 and 1. She says no..I say great, can you put me down for 11:15. To which she replies, We don't take same day appointments.

Ok..at first laughing and she asks whats so funny. I tell her that a couple of cuts ago, they were setting a same day appointment, but I was too busy to answer all the questions. She says, "really? We're not supposed to do that". I say, "so let me see if I understand this. You have no appointments, schedule is wide open, but you're not allowed to take an appointment because its for the same day".

She says, "well when you say it like that it does seem a little stupid, but it's just our policy". I can come in as a walk in, the wait is only a hour or so. I I tell her, I'll get back to her, if I can't find someone else to cut my hair. She's trying to talk me out of it, I tip 100% for hair cuts, sure it's not my charming personality she doesn't want to lose.

But by now just fed up with the myriad of policy's and hoops , just to get a haircut.

So I drive for 1/2 mile, go into a giant salon and ask how long the wait is. 5 minutes. like sign me up. 5 minutes later, getting a hair cut by Daniela .

She does a phenomenal job. She takes same day appointments and can't understand why anyone wouldn't. (sorta my thinking). Gives me a great shampoo, I love scalp massages btw. And then to top it all off, puts me back in the chair, Brushes me out and proceeds to give me a 5 minute shoulder and neck massage. Say's it's just part of the service.

like ding, ding, ding!!! We have a winner!!!

And to top it off..even tipping her 100%, she's 20 dollars cheaper than the rules factory where I was getting it cut. LOL

So things started off horribly, and ended up not only getting resolved. It's better now than when I started. Gotta love it.

Sometimes things happen for a reason. And sometimes change is a great thing.

Thanks for listening to me rant.

Have you ever stuck with something for ever, resisting change..but then when you pull the trigger, you find you should have done it long ago. ?

" I refuse to belong to any organization that would accept me as a member" Groucho Marx