To have been annoyed in the hairdressers?

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I had a hair appointment today. I turned up at 12 really looking forward to having my hair done and reading while my colour was put on. My hair takes 4 hours to do and I enjoy having a few coffees, reading and chatting to the hairdresser. I turned up and noticed the pram then the toddler running around while the hairdressers were trying their best to dodge her.

After being sat next to the parent I asked to be moved to another chair. The baby was 5 months old (mum repeated this numerous times), then there was the "Do you need your lunch, can you remove my gown otherwise he'll suffocate when I feed him and we don't want that do we?" "Oh look here's Sophie giraffe" then fucking Sophie giraffe was squeaked."My nipples must be elastic as you're just chewing on them." Then to the toddler "oh look at what that lady is having done, look over there that lady is having her hair washed, oh look that lady is having purple in her hair"

She was there 3 and a half hours. The above went on for the whole time mum was there then a hairdresser was asked to hold the baby while she had her hair rinsed.

I appreciate people need their hair done but FFS some of us want to relax and have our hair done in peace.

I hear you op! The poor hairdresser too(I am one) how many times I’ve wanted to say no your toddler is not funny she’s just ruined my window display, broken everything in it and I don’t think she’s cute. I once had 3 girls ages 4, 6 and 8 shrank in front of me brushing their mothers hair as I tried to blowdry it. She said “Awh they’re so sweet aren’t they” I eventually said well no it’s not really sweet, It’s quite annoying to be honest.

They permitted the lady to bring a baby and a toddler with her without another adult to entertain the toddler for a multiple hour appointment? I've heard many a tale of woe and seen the sad face stories in the paper from mothers who have told they can't have their appointment for that exact scenario, because who will be taking care of the roaming toddler? Babe in arms / pram probably OK if there's room for the pram, but that's not always possible in a small salon.

I think the salon is damned whether they do or they don't take action in either way.

I feel kinda sorry for her. Maybe she's a single mum and it's the only way to get her hair done. I don't really understand why you were annoyed by her talking to her kids Is she supposed to not speak to them?

Just rebook your appt for a different time if you don't like kids.

It really annoyed me! I don't expect the salon to be silent but I don't expect toddlers to be running amok or a blow by blow account of what the 5 month old is doing. I felt so sorry for the hairdressers - you could see they were on edge and guarding their straighteners as the toddler ran past. The girl left holding the baby apologised to her client as she was sitting with wet hair. Some people are so bloody entitled and think everyone loves their children as much as they do.

I feel sorry for her too, perhaps she doesn't have a support network or anyone to look after them. What are people supposed to do in that situation .

Or maybe she doesn't think everyone loves her children, maybe she just wanted to be a hair cut 🤷‍♀️

Just rebook your appt for a different time if you don't like kids

Ok, next time I book my appointment I'll ask the salon if there's anyone with toddlers going the same time as me shall I? Don't be absurd.

@ViserionTheDragon they are supposed to stay at home and self flagellate and have shit hair in case sensitive people get upset over the fact that children are in public

I agree OP. If your paying for your hair to be done for over 3 hours she is hardly skint and should pay for a sitter.

At the very least she should go on s Monday morning not a Saturday!!!!

And overhearing people's conversations in the hairdressers is kind of an inevitability. I'd rather listen to small kids than the woman who spent 3 hours talking about her home redecoration last time I went to the salon!

If you have no childcare find a mobile hairdresser who will come to you. Or just go for a basic trim.

Don’t expect everyone else to have to be entertained by your children!

Maybe she works on a Monday @Bringonspring

Also OP I doubt she declared when booking that she'd bring her kids with her

That would piss me right off.
I do not think other people's children being annoying are sweet, I think they are annoying.

No-one needs a hairstyle that requires a 3 and a half hour appointment. If she has no childcare she needs to choose a style that requires less work and ideally needs to find a mobile hairdresser so the children can remain in a more suitable environment.

YANBU. If she has no childcare she should book a mobile hairdresser in her own home like lots of people need to. A four hour hair appointment is an expensive luxury and I don't blame you for not wanting it in the middle of a nursery. It's not a safe environment for the toddler and I'm very surprised the salon allowed it. I would contact them and explain that your experience was really spoilt as they need to realise the impact allowing children in will have on other customers and potentially losing repeat business.

You can’t supervise a toddler properly whilst you’re getting your hair done. You need to stay still whilst the hairdresser is doing their thing, so it’s impossible to deal with a toddler running around and it sounds like this kid was getting in the way of the staff. So totally unreasonable for her to have brought the toddler. A non-mobile baby I could understand, especially as a breasted baby can’t wait 4 hours for a feed, although I would never have done it personally. The nipple commentary was totally unnecessary though (not envy).

Been in a beauty salon where a mum rocked up with 4 kids under 6! Only two were her own, but she then asked the receptionist to 'look after them' while she went in for her massage! The clients waiting were left with nowhere to sit as the receptionist checked with the manager who thankfully appeared and said 'no', we can't look after the children!

Been in a hairdresser where 3 appointments in a row I've been sat next to a parent holding her son while he got his hair trimmed. He was about 6. The kid screamed horrendously and the mother was fuelling it with ridiculous comments 'come on nobody likes getting their hair cut' 'just a bit more and we will get sweets' 'the fringe will be worse , shall I ask them to spray water on or shall you do it*. Geez - my head and the hairdressers was exploding! The parent was the problem. I asked to never have an appointment while that kid and his mum was in the salon - the hairdresser said I'm not the first to ask.
Restful it was not!

I would have been severely fucked off. What a twat. You don't bring a 5 month old and a toddler to a nice salon! Who does that?!

YANBU. The hairdressers is meant to be a place to relax or just have your hair done.

Maybe the mums childcare fell through at the last minute. People do take ill, get asked to work extra shifts.

What was she meant to do? Cancel her hair knowing the hairdress wouldn't be able to fill that slot?

Nobody would plan to take such young kids to such a long hair appointment.

I confess I have taken my very new baby to the hairdressers - and yes I have foils so I am there for 3 ish hours (although apparently as I have a child I shouldn't have them and be in the salon that long according to some posters!!!)

However I only took her as she was breastfed and too young to be left and I only ever had the very first appt on the Tuesday morning (they don't open Monday) as it's the quietest day of the week as I didn't want to disturb other people. I wouldn't dream of going on a Saturday and as soon as she was old enough to be left for a couple of hours she stayed with my husband, otherwise she was getting big enough to potentially annoy other people.

I get that kids are annoying and a hair salon is where you relax, but I did my best to try and consider other people but some posters clearly believe that god forbid, I dare enter a hair salon with a baby. I don't want a mobile hairdresser, I want to go to my usual stylist.

I have no issue with babies in salons although I wouldn't have done it due to the hairspray etc used. I wouldn't have wanted my children breathing anything like that in and the chemicals do smell in hair salons. The continued running commentary on the baby was annoying. "Oh look here's Sophie giraffe" squeak squeak, and the performance made of feeding the baby. Just do it FFS no-one cares nor do I care about your elastic nipples 🙄 The toddler was really annoying going round everyone while the mother looked on adoringly. As I said previously, I felt really sorry for the hairdressers who couldn't relax and do their job due to having watch straighteners etc. I dont know whether to call or not tbh as it wasn't their fault and they wouldn't know people will rock up with children.

I think she was very brave to take them with her and she obviously had no other option.

I can't really understand OP why this was such a huge issue to you? Not your children do not your problem. They don't appear to have been pulling in your hair or causing you an issue.

It's surely down to the hairdresser if they agree to hold her baby?

Completely agree why bring your kids to the hairdressers. Yes get a sitter or mobile hairdresser.
In fact why do people insist on bringing kids everywhere like I've been in supermarket where kids screaming both parents are they completely ignoring screaming it's like they have become deaf to the noise . I have kids grown up now but I worked never drag them out with me screaming when they were little .