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My hairdresser has come and gone.....

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Mmmmmmmchips · 23/05/2018 11:35

She cuts my hair really well and as it’s a particular style I haven’t found anyone to cut it like her so have to grin and bear.

However when she leaves there is hair everywhere!
We cut in the kitchen and literally she’ll put her bag on the counter furthest away and constantly going back and forth so it’s not contained in just one part.
I cover the area where we are cutting with paper.
She then always uses the bathroom and basically shakes herself off there so there is hair everywhere and my hair is dark black.
Today this is how she left it (I have vacuumed the hair already) but the toilet stinks, the lid is left up and there’s footprints everywhere Angry
AIBU at being a little angry and what can I do or say to her next time? Or do I just suck it up?

My hairdresser has come and gone.....
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JaneyEJones · 23/05/2018 12:11

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bringincrazyback · 23/05/2018 12:13

I can't believe no one seems to think the way she left OP's toilet is an issue! If I needed a No 2 in someone else's house (or my own, obv lol) I'd never dream of not using air freshener or opening a window, I'd be mortified. For me this is a far bigger issue than the hair, although I also think she should make a little effort not to 'distribute' hair any more than necessary. I used to have a home hairdresser who worked quite neatly, minimal clearing up afterwards and my hair is long. So it is possible to work more neatly.

ShatnersBassoon · 23/05/2018 12:14

You pays your money, you takes your choice. Ask her how much extra it is for her to clean up after herself next time.

PlatypusPie · 23/05/2018 12:16

I have a mobile hairdresser and she clears up the area she uses ie puts foils in a bag that she then asks if it is ok put in the bin and washes out her dishes, then as soon as she goes I quickly put the vacuum cleaner down. I certainly don’t notice any other flying hair !

And this weird side derailing about the use of the possessive . It would read rather oddly if the OP had said THE hairdresser and very impersonal, rather more handmaidish in fact than MY. I would say my hairdresser, my dentist etc - shows a pride in our established relationship.

TomRavenscroft · 23/05/2018 12:18

As for the loo, I'm always baffled by these posts. Shit stinks. It's pretty difficult to go and not leave a smell.

Yes, this. Isn't that just life? I never get why MN is so horrified by this.

Is the hair really 'everywhere'? If so, can you ask her to keep her bag closer so you can sweep up quicker afterwards?

I get my hair cut at home too and my hairdresser (yes I said 'my') always offers to sweep, but I always do it. I can't stand the thought of standing watching her sweep up!

I too stick with a particular person because she cuts my hair very well. Plus her prices are very reasonable and I like her. Isn't it worth a bit of a sweep-up (and the odd shite) for these payoffs?

This 'don't call her my' thing is plain fucking weird. I'm quite sure my hairdresser refers to 'my clients', and I certainly refer to 'my GP'/'my zumba teacher' etc. I don't do this because I think they're handmaids. Confused

QuimReaper · 23/05/2018 12:20

I've been trying on and off for years to find a mobile hairdresser. I live fairly centrally in London, I thought there'd be loads. How do you people find them?

JaneyEJones · 23/05/2018 12:21

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KatieKittens · 23/05/2018 12:31

Fair point Ravenscroft. I saw the first episode of the new series of the Handmaid’s Tale the other day. I’ve been affected by it Angry

Bluesmartiesarebest · 23/05/2018 12:34

I don’t understand why you would have your hair cut in the kitchen as that doesn’t seem ideal. I have my hair cut in the living room and have a very large plastic tablecloth under the chair that is used to collect the hair. I sit at the dining table so that the hairdressers bag is close to hand and keep a sticky roller brush on the table so that stray hair can be brushed off easily.

LavenderDoll · 23/05/2018 12:34

I really don't understand why her going to the toilet is an issue. She used the toilet for its correct purpose. Shit smells..... the smell will go

KinkyAfro · 23/05/2018 12:36

Cant see the issue, do you expect her to hoover up and not use the toilet ffs?

WannaBeWonderWoman · 23/05/2018 12:41

What had she been standing in to leave marks like that on the floor?

Tell her you're a shoes off house in future. Although there would be any future with me for anyone (outside of family) having the temerity to leave their stink in my toilet!

Sweetpea55 · 23/05/2018 12:41

i hoover after my hairdresser has left. Its no big deal .
Does your hairdresser go for a poo everytime?
Poor girl has got to go sometime

sanasa · 23/05/2018 12:44

Fink
So glad I'm not the only one thinking this Grin

InsomniacAnonymous · 23/05/2018 12:49

I'm lucky. I had my hair cut this morning, but I went to my hairdresser's house where she has a designated fully equipped room for her to do hairdressing and her daughter to do beauty treatments. Perfect.
----->> Smile smug smile

GalwayWayfarer · 23/05/2018 12:54

I have absolutely no objection when my clients say 'my lawyer' about me. In fact I think it's much more polite and respectful than calling me 'the lawyer' and a lot less confusing than simply 'a lawyer'. People who provide services to clients in any capacity have a professional relationship with them, and saying 'my' is just indicative of that relationship. Are you offended by your hairdresser saying 'my client'? I doubt it. Total non-issue imo.

Re OP's original point, if you don't want there to be hair on the floor, go to a salon and pay a bit more! It's inevitable that hair is going to get about if you get a cut at home. That's why it's cheaper.

Mmmmmmmchips · 23/05/2018 12:54

Using the term ‘My’ I did not in any way mean offence.
My issue is that there is a whole kitchen and I sit in one corner as the light is better there.

As my lounge is long and thin I can see the hair covering the sofa.
She uses clippers so I think that causes it too.

I don’t expect her to clean up, or not have any hair but I don’t think it’s much to ask to keep it confined to at least one half.
After she goes to the toilet she leaves so I don’t understand why she shakes her clothes in the bathroom and not outside.

I found her at the local hairdresser and she charges me the same now she has gone mobile.
As for telling me to go to a hairdresser it’s hard as I have a chronic illness that I cannot always get out.

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TomRavenscroft · 23/05/2018 12:54

Quim, I'm in London Zone 2. Mine used to work at the salon I went to, so I just followed her (or she followed me?) when she went mobile. Want a PM?

TomRavenscroft · 23/05/2018 12:54

I don’t think it’s much to ask to keep it confined to at least one half.

But HAVE you asked?

IsItThatTimeAlready131 · 23/05/2018 12:58

Depending on how much you pay for your hairdresser to cut your hair depends on how much clearing up you'd expect them to do. The lower the price the less tidying up I'd expect, a higher price and I'd expect a better service.

As for the footprints, I wouldn't expect those to be left at all, by anyone. We had a new kitchen fitted recently, new electrics, flooring, tiles, everything redone; a lot of dust. Everyone cleaned up after themselves, the only thing that got missed was errant footprints in the passageway where they hadn't been noticed by the workmen (no women involved) and the tiling wasn't cleaned properly, and this was from a dirtier job than a hair cut.

You could do something to minimise the footprints yourself eg fully cover the floor (do you have old sheets\dust sheets etc from decorating you can use on both the kitchen and bathroom floors) rather than just covering a small area of kitchen with paper?

Or, (as it is not practical to remove shoes as feet would get covered in hair), could you provide shoe covers and request your hairdresser uses them? Or if your hairdresser is expensive ask her to provide them. As hair can stick to shoes you could also use the excuse you want to minimise hair tracking across floors if you don't want to highlight the footprint problem.

Otherwise, you could show your hairdresser the footprints she leaves behind next time it happens and ask her to come up with a way to avoid them\clean them herself.

Oh, and no, you can't refer to her as my hairdresser. It should be something like my person who facilitates cutting and styling the stuff that grows out of my scalp! Grin (There was a thread the other day where someone said you can't say 'my' about someone providing a service as if they 'belong' to you, it was a weird comment, most of us say my hairdresser, my doctor, my dentist etc. They will also refer back to you as my client, my patient etc.)

gillybeanz · 23/05/2018 12:58

Go to a salon and why does it take two of you to cut hair?
Do you mean she, not we when referring to who is actually cutting the hair?

IsItThatTimeAlready131 · 23/05/2018 12:59

You could also ask your hairdresser to move her bag closer to where the cutting happens to minimise hair transfer.

Shambu · 23/05/2018 13:00

My (Wink) hairdresser cuts my hair in the bathroom. After picking up the longer stuff I hoover the rest.

I'd ask your hairdresser to shake herself off in the same area as the rest of the hair so it's all in one place. But other than that - yes sounds like a salon would suit you better.

DadDadDad · 23/05/2018 13:02

Regarding "my", are people confusing the grammatical function of being the possessive with a semantic interpretation of implying possession? Surely, "my" is simply an adjective that conveys the noun relates to the person speaking. I talk about "my parents", "my boss", "my village" - I definitely don't think I own them!

nothingwittyhere · 23/05/2018 13:09

You could provide a stool (the kind with legs...) nearby for her to put her bag closer to you? Apart from that, you just need to deal with the hair yourself, it's inevitably going to go everywhere on a tiled floor. And I think you need to accept that people who use your toilet for its intended purpose will sometimes leave a niff.

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