Comments on: Little shop of horrors.

By: Vivian

Vivian — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:06:35 +0000

As a salon owner, I do not allow children in my salon unless they have an appointment & can be supervised at all times. Most the kids are wonderful that come in. They bring snacks, toys, dvd players. But we had a few mothers that would come in let their children run wild, break things, grab hot irons, and slide on the floors. It was making our other salon guests feel very uncomfortable. Most of our clientele is stay at home moms, but they were very suportive when we chose to change our policies. We just had way to many accidents, and potential accidents. I do however disagree completely with the salon owners way of being very unprofessional, when we first changed, we sent out a very polite email, and told all of our clients they needed a get away of sorts. To relax away from the kiddos. I have not lost one client since we changed the policy. Its the way you treat people. You can’t have a child rolling on the floor in hair, grabbing at hot irons, while you are relaxing and expect the staff to take care of your child. Its just not a safe place, chemicals, hot tools, scissors. So I can relate to the owner in a way that mothers cannot see, but you do have to treat people with respect, and that you were not given.

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By: Hindsight

Hindsight — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:12:08 +0000

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By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:37:15 +0000

The lady’s reaction was very rude and should have been handled diffferently and in a kind way. There are however, many hidden dangers in a hair salon for customers, especially children and the elderly. A running child could accidently run into another hair stylist and get burnt by a curling iron or stabbed by a pair of scissors. Also, running children can easily knock down an elderly customer who more than likely won’t heal as easily as a child. Since you called ahead, it would have been very simple for someone who wasnt busy to play with your child for the short time that it takes to get a haircut and then there wouldn’t have been a problem at all.

By: dsc1964

dsc1964 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:15:16 +0000

Thanks for the clarification.

By: Ms. Single Mama

Ms. Single Mama — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:09:52 +0000

I take pictures ALL of the time, sometimes because I may end up writing a post about it but mostly just because I like to document Benjamin and I's adventures – we have them often.

In this case, I was hoping to write about how well behaved he was in a salon and about how understanding the staff was at his little toddlerisms. Unfortunately that was not the case.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:00:09 +0000

I've been following this thread with interest. I'm curious about the timing of your photos. Based upon your post, It doesn't appear that you took after you left the salon, so you must have taken have been before you entered. Which suggests to me that you planned to write _something_ before you entered. Yes? No?

By: Nina

Nina — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:53:20 +0000

oh to bald guy – i took my son to a place esp for children – here its called cookie cutters – its pricey but they are good and fast. each seat is a toy like a plane or a car and the kids pick their favorite to sit in, each station has a little dvd player and the kids pick out their favorite dvd at the beginning. my son was just 1 so that was pretty much over his head but like I said they are FAST…like 5-7 minutes and very experienced with kids so they are ok with them moving around and all…I had a traumatic experience as a nanny taking a child, the lady cut her hand open badly with scissors cause the child kept moving his head around…so I’m glad to spend 14 bucks (they also have coupons around) to not have that happen to anyone or my son again. I tried to do his at home due to lack of funds recently and it was ok but VERY uneven…sigh…now its grown out again so back to cookie cutters for us

By: Nina

Nina — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:36:19 +0000

yeah, I would have been tempted to say what are you going to do? I would have been like hey, instead of eating your lunch you could help here.

the other day I brought A to my favorite chinese/vietnamese place. the waitress said “oh chinese have a saying if you hold them once you hold them always” because he only sat in the high chair for about 5-8 minutes…

I’m sorry that happened…rotten lady. a list is a great idea.

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:37:28 +0000

Oooh, now I want to know where this place is, so I can avoid it. Even having calmed down, you were still told it would be OK to have your son there, and she acted far worse than any toddler could have behaved.

There does need to be a directory for each city to point people to child-friendly places. Columbus could certainly use one – I know of a few places that are good, and others to avoid, both by personal experience and word-of-mouth.