Good evening gals
Had a rough day at work. I was working with the new girl again. The morning went OK, altho I had started my 4th haircut while she was still on her first one. But then it got really busy. I sent her to lunch and when she got back it was still really busy so I couldn't leave for my lunch yet. She had a young girl in her chair that just wanted the bottom of her longer hair trimmed straight across and a side bang. I figured I could take lunch when she got done with that cut. Well, for some unknown reason
, it took her over an hour to do that haircut! It would have taken me 10 minutes. So by the time she was done, we had a lobby full. I was doing three haircuts to one of hers. I never did get my lunch. By 3:15 I was turning away customers because I knew we weren't gonna get done before 4 even with the 2 customers we had left. By 4 she was still struggling with the haircut she was working on. The kid's father wasn't happy with the haircut so I started working on it. It was a mess and took awhile to just get it to look somewhat decent. I finally told the dad that if he still wasn't happy with it, they could come back tomorrow and get it worked on some more by the manager.
By that point, I hadn't had a chance to sit down to rest my back and I had a bad back spasm that just about brought me to my knees! I finished getting the shop closed up and headed straight home. When I got home I left a message for my manager. She called me back and I told her I refuse to work with that gal anymore without someone else working with us. I told her I have to take care of my back and I can't work like that again. She told me she understands and has had problems working with her too. She has talked to the GM and owner about it but they won't do anything about adding a 3rd person on Sundays. To make things worse, she said the other older (my age) stylist put in her 2 week notice yesterday.
The only positive today was that I made just over $100 in tips. Did well yesterday too. I had to fix a really jacked up haircut on a woman yesterday and assumed it was cut by one of the two new stylists. I was shocked to look it up and find out it was last cut by my manager!
She is really good with men's cuts but apparently not so much with women's cuts.
I am going to call the GM tomorrow and tell her what I told my manager. Maybe with 2 of us complaining about this situation, something might get done. Or not.
But I will not work alone with this girl anymore. I also need to ask her if I am getting docked a half hour for my lunch I didn't take. CA has a law stating that anyone who works 6 hours or more, has to take a full 30 minute lunch, no exceptions. And owners will get in trouble if that doesn't happen. So I hope they aren't deducting a half hour from my work time (ie; paycheck) to keep that from happening. If so, that will be another serious discussion...
I am so stressed out tonight and my back is still really sore, as is my shoulder and my feet. I am too old for this crap! I just want to sell my house and hit the road, before my body tells me I can't.
I have a ton of things to do tomorrow so I am going to bed by 9pm tonight so I can get a good night's sleep. I am really exhausted!
Judy, I hope you can get your fridge door replace so you don't have to replace the whole fridge!