So I’m a very quiet, non-confrontational person. But I keep thinking about my hair appointment two days ago and wondering whether I could have done anything other than what I did...!
Very nice hairdresser at first. Then after she put the dye on my hair she got a phone call and it all changed... she came back in a mood and started ranting about her sister in law. Proper style. How she was gonna punch her in the face and tell her husband on her.
So at first I nodded sympathetically and agreed it sounded a hard situation. But she just kept on ranting. And I got more and more uncomfortable and didn’t tell her to stop ranting because I was worried of upsetting her more and ending up with a bad hair cut!
Honestly, she ranted for a good half hour with increasing threats of violence towards the sister in law. Constantly. Non stop.
I tried:
Nodding and smiling sympathetically but not engaging
Offering my own (short) stories of falling out and making up
Closing my eyes and pretending to be relaxing
But it continued until the end of the appointment. Would anyone have done something different?