I’m from NYC so as soon as I saw this place has a parking lot I’m already won over. Doesn’t take much to make me unhappy except when an institution forgets you are the customer and that without customers they wouldn’t exist......that’s when they’ll definitely lose me.
I brought someone here to get a haircut. What I told them I wanted was simple but it occurs to me that to in order to have understanding in communication, an institution catering to making people look better than when they first came in the door, is responsible for repeating back to you what they’ve understood you told them, otherwise if they just shake their head, yes, then you will assume they’ve understood you. And you’re not going to be rude and second guess them, right? Because after all, they are the “professionalsâ€.
Long story short when I took a peek, they were almost done and they had done the opposite of what I told the girl at the front desk and what she relayed to the hairdresser.
I was in disbelief. I proceeded to question what is it that they didn’t understand and immeadetely all eyes were on me. The hairdrsser stating that’s what she was told and the desk girl, now nearby doing someone else’s hair, not accepting responsibility instead suggesting that I stick by the chair, pretty much putting blame on me.
I went to get a picture of a simple clean men’s short cut, which meant the hairdresser would have to “cut hairâ€. I showed the hairdresser. And now I was accused of hovering by the one that had earlier blamed me for not hovering and again all eyes were on me. About 5 hairdressers lingering around all looking at me and I can already tell business etiquette is lacking in this place.
I responded with letting her know that i didn’t understand why she was upset when I was the customer and she barked back at me that she wasn’t upset.
In the end an acceptable cut was accomplished, it was miles better. I made it even better by applying some hairspray to the scragglies of misshapen hair that were sticking up, which the hairdresser had made it seem like there was no solution on earth for.
The problem I’m having is the unprofessionalism. It’s not the first hairdresser I’ve been to in 40 years but it’s the first I’ve been to in which feedback isn’t welcome without getting your head bit off, without the embarrassment of all intimidating eyes on you pretty much Discouraging you from having reasonable expectations.
Meanwhile, while I waited, another hairdresser was parading another client, pushing her into a corner and taking pictures. The client had a forced smile on her face. At one point the client mentioned that her hair was starting to droop in front and her concern was brushed aside as if she hadn’t said anything.
A smile from any business goes a long way and the phrase “the customer is always right†is also good business. Someone needs to tell them. I’m surprised they’ve never heard of it.
Upon checkout now a different girl at the front desk, one from the bunch that had been sitting around with their piercing stares at me. She didn’t smile. Even when I asked about leaving a tip, even when I proceeded to bump up my tab by purchasing products from their establishment, she maintained her stink attitude as if she was smelling her upper lip.
Management needs to inform these girls that their paycheck depends on their ability to retain customers.
Will not be going back.