Are you the client that makes a hairstylist re-consider their profession?

I have put this in a very pleasant font to make this information more palpable. I have just retired from being a stylist at the age of 33. I was working for 14 years as a hairstylist. I spent the last six working at a huge 5-diamond resort in Las Vegas. The clientele at that hotel has given me Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I am afraid to ever go back into personal service.

This is a blog to recover from being treated as less than human. You can vent here and share your stories. You aren't alone. We all feel like we are the worst stylist ever sometimes. Unless you are a complete narcissist then maybe not. I hope you can share your frustration here. This is not a place to be negative. It is to feel like the negative can be positively dealt with.

I am a day maker. I love to make people feel good. As stylists we are giving loving people. We are giving our blood, sweat and tears to make your day special. Most of us are dealing with wrist pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, legs hurting, back pain etc. We still smile. In return, we just want a "thank-you".

SOME clients were so badly behaved. Rude. Entitled. Sneaky. Manipulative. Sometimes generous and sometimes embarrassingly cheap. Mostly, the worst of the worst. Let me just say this: 70% were well behaved 5% were actually able to make my day brighter 5% made me think I had shit for brains 5% just wanted their hair done for free (they were my best friend until they got to the desk to pay) 15% were the most memorable JERKS on the planet.

The generous clientele came in two packages. 1- Truly lovely people that like to take care of the people who help them. 2-Truly disturbed people who would tip big in order to justify how dispicably they behaved in the salon.

I am just getting started on this blog. I will add stories. I am just beginning to heal the wounds inflicted by some terrible people.