To have walked out of the hairdressers

[LandMoor]

Prepared to be told I abu but this has annoyed me!
2 year old DD has lovely curly hair but her fringe has been getting in her face so time for a hair cut. Messaged my regular hairdresser if she did children's haircuts not a problem so appointment booked for 10.30 yesterday!
Went in and sat down with a nervous 2 year old. Hairdresser was putting dye on another lady looked like she had just started. Asked politely 25 minutes in if she would be much longer as we had somewhere to be at 11.30 (somewhere only 10 minutes away) said she wouldn't be long now (even though it was already 25 minutes over no apology) Sat there for 40 minutes, hairdresser walked into the back to get more hair dye so no sign of it being our turn. So I said have to to go or I'll be late and hairdresser seemed mad at me! No apology or anything. Would anyone else have walked out or was I in the wrong?

I stopped going to a hairdresser as he was always late. The worst was when the junior washed my hair and then i sat with dripping hair for 45 minutes. I couldn’t leave with wet unstyled hair.

Perfectly reasonable thing to do. People who expect you to wait at your convenience do not deserve your business.

I suggest you change your regular hairdresser.

Because cutting your own kid’s hair is a really bad idea. JK Rowling says her mother’s haircuts were borderline child abuse.

This happened to me a few times in my local salon, and like that not even an apology, one day I was left nearly and hour after my app time, of course stupid me never said anything as its a local lady and our kids go to school together, the thing is, I am ok if someone says listen blanco im up the walls here and over booked by my own mistake, any chance you mind waiting ? Then I am fine, but its the walking by you and chit chatting to the person they are doing is what annoys me. I stopped going eventually regardless . YANBU

"Trimming a fringe isn’t that difficult. Easier to do yourself than faffing about with hairdressers"

Unless at the time of trimming you're thinking die fringe die. Talking from experience, it's doesn't end well when you start with that attitude...

If you do attempt, do it far enough out from a cut that it has time to recover and your hairdresser had something to work with. My second point of failure.

Now my hairdresser trims for free between cuts if I need it done LOL

Anything more than 15 minutes is unacceptable IMO, unless they come over with a sincere apology and a very good reason.

couldnt you have cut her fringe yourself op?

Could you clip her hair back or give her an alice band?

To get it cut properly I imagine
where else would she go?? 🤔🙈

I would have left too!

I've done exactly the same. Walked out after 45 mins with no apology for being late.

OP I would definitely recommend a mobile hairdresser. Ours comes to our house, so if she’s ever running a bit late then it doesn’t matter (she never is though). She charges £5 each for the kids and £6.50 for me.

@NormaBean that's incredibly rude you sound like a delightful person.

Thank you, I am

Your two year old is incredibly patient to sit for 40 mins! My 3yo would've made his feelings very clear after waiting 5 minutes- no possible way he'd have been ignored . He has long curly hair too so don't really want to use clips & hair bands!

Waiting for that length of time especially with a child isn't realistic at all. My 7yo would've moaned his head off too.

Hairdresser should've given you a realistic waiting time when you arrived, said "I'm so sorry I'm running over" or whatever.

YANBU.

Urgh I wouldn't go back to her again - it would of taken about 15 mins max for your daughters hair cut. She is being unreasonable

Why did you think you WERE being unreasonable, as per your first post?!

What was DD doing whilst all this was going on? Mine would have been trashing the place

@JoulesAgain are you being serious I can't tell? Cutting your child's hair is not child abuse. Even on mumsnet.

You were definitely not in the wrong, I waited 40 minutes in one of those walk in salons, people kept coming in after me getting seen to so they’d clearly forgotten about me, asked politely when will I be seen only to be snapped at so promptly walked out. So no you’re not in the wrong and hope you can get your little ones hair done soon somewhere else 😄

When you had an appointment it’s so wrong to keep anyone waiting but especially a small child .

Can you not trim DC fringe yourself? I have a lifelong aversion to hairdressers, partly due to being taken every so often to have my haircut against my wishes ! (Not blaming DM at all ,just the way it was then really) Now I trim my own hair (shoulder length ) and use a colouring product which looks like highlights .My DN asked me where I had my hair done as it looked so nice!

Update- it was my fault apparently because I should have noticed she was stressed and come back another time. I'll be taking me and my DD elsewhere from now on. Thanks for all your replies

I wouldn't have stayed that long! I'd also be thinking twice about going back myself. Extraordinarily rude.