To think hairdressers are CF?

[AuntyBess]

Passing on PPE charge to customers.

Have been going 30 years to this chain.

In the last 10 since going grey, I've visited every 17 days damn you fast growing hair currently £58 per visit. Then hair cut every 3 months at approx another £50.

AIBU to think they should absorb this cost?

every 17 days!

So how much more is the PPE added on?

after 30 years you would think you would want to keep the salon going, and if that involved a small increase in cost temporarily so be it? They've had to take less clients on, I know for example my old hairdresser would put a colour on whilst that is doing its stuff might do a cut for example she won't be able to do that now, loosing money from that plus also having to purchase things by chipping a few £ in if that keeps her going then I don't have a problem with it at all.

If you have to go to the hairdressers every 17 days you clearly need a different hairdresser. They (and you) seem to be stuck in a time warp. Your hairstyle might have been perfect for you at some point in the past but it very clearly isn't now. Your hairdresser needs to be a more creative and work with you to gradually move to a more realistic style.

And if your style needs you to go there every 17 days I imagine it looks horribly false and unflattering too.

I agree with TeacupDrama that the bigger factor in the price increase will be the fewer appointments, not the PPE.

Having said that, there is a threshold where it will become too expensive. Of course I want my hairdresser to keep going, but my earnings have taken a hit too, and I would imagine most people are worried about finances.

My DD just made an appointment and they are going to charge £10 extra for ppe/covid measures. She’s cancelled. She’s a student and they’re not offering their usual student discount either. It’s priced her out.

I work in a primary school. We’ve had to buy loads of ppe/sanitiser etc and no extra budget from Boris!

YABU! It's not about your historical loyalty and payment, it's about a pandemic which came out of nowhere is robbing people of their livelihoods.

@Mintychoc1
"Out of curiosity, why don’t people dye their own hair these days?"

I do dye my own hair because of a lack of money. I preferred the shade the hairdressers used. It's one thing that I'd love to be able to afford again.

@jgjgjgjgjg, why would you come to that conclusion? A hairdresser has a bigger choice of colours and tones to work with. I'm at the same point of greys as the OP. It's either dye that often or let greys show. In that sense, like most women over 45, it's unnatural because we have naturally grey hairs. You don't ever stop having to go to the hairdressers. Your post is very odd.

If you like your hairdressers and don't want to find another then just pay for the PPE. Who knows if they can afford to absorb the cost without going under after making 0 profits for 3 months

I love my hairdresser! My hair was always the part of my appearance that made me unhappy. I hated it for years. But what she does to it, for the first time in my life I love it. If she doesn’t charge extra when I go to see her in a couple of weeks - I’m in Scotland so I have to wait a bit longer - I’ll be giving her a big tip!

""Out of curiosity, why don’t people dye their own hair these days?"

It's very difficult to get red hair to look natural and not patchy with a box dye. And bleaching at home is pretty complicated.

£58 every 17 days?! I’m in the wrong job

To reiterate a few points with gentle sighs -

I will pay the cost.

I will tip the staff, obviously.

I understand the need of the PPE.

I I won't go grey.

I won't buy a box dye.

I will keep patronising the salon - I very enjoy my 1 indulgence (don't drink don't smoke don't have fake nails expensive hobbies or clothes etc)

I like my highlights.

The cost is fine, have accepted uplifts of price over the 30 years.

I understand they've had no income for 3.5 months and need to gave reduced income for the foreseeable future to be covid compliant.

The only thing that I thought was cheeky fuckery was the fact that they stated surcharge was for the disposable PPE.If they had explained it was to cover all the extra costs to be covid complaint and reflect the fact that they could only safely accommodate fewer customers, I would have not seen that as CFuckery.

I also didn't even consider passing my PPE costs on - seriously didn't cross my mind. Just saw it as an temporarily increased cost necessary to run a business currently.

Cheers.

I never even thought about a PPE charge but you know what I only go every 12 weeks or so. I’ve worked throughout so I’m not struggling. I was planning to tip mine anyway, after all they’ve had months off and then they can’t see as many clients either.

Oh and to reiterate, this is not a small single owner business.

This is a large chain of franchisees, training school awards ceremony, very branded.

I'm aware that larger businesses can fail too, but this is company of significant financial assets.

@Zoey92

I run a small local salon. On my own, we now have to supply extra PPE plus the fact stock has still risen in price in lockdown & bills like everyone else has still had to be paid for salon i.e rent, electricity, as not all company's have been accommodating throughout this. Yet you expect us to absorb the cost 🤨 us smaller salons just can not do that.

No I don't expect small salons to absorb the cost.

I wish you a smooth passage into your new, harder, normal, Zoey

@ZezetteEpouseX

AIBU to think they should absorb this cost?

YABU that you cannot grasp that "absorbing the cost" actually means "putting your prices up".

No it doesn't

Another one who'd be more concerned about spending £58 every 17 days (so precise too!) than a business ensuring it covers its expenses.

@Davincitoad

Are you for real silly entitled cow

Why am I entitled, I'm confused.

But a PPE surcharge is the same as an extra payment to be covid compliant?

You don't ever stop having to go to the hairdressers.

Unless you never went in the first place.

@jgjgjgjgjg

If you have to go to the hairdressers every 17 days you clearly need a different hairdresser. They (and you) seem to be stuck in a time warp. Your hairstyle might have been perfect for you at some point in the past but it very clearly isn't now. Your hairdresser needs to be a more creative and work with you to gradually move to a more realistic style.

And if your style needs you to go there every 17 days I imagine it looks horribly false and unflattering too.

Hah pretty sure no hairdresser could stop my hair growing too fast which is the ONLY problem with it what with being 90% grey.

Let me know if you can recommend someone -willing to travel.

Your last sentence wasn't very pleasant or necessary though

You do have an expensive hobby, it's having your hair done. How on earth can you be arsed to go so often?

You'd probably only have to stretch it out to 19 or 20 days or horror of horrors a whole 3 weeks to absorb the cost of PPE yourself on an annual spend basis.

@MiddlesexGirl

But a PPE surcharge is the same as an extra payment to be covid compliant?

You don't ever stop having to go to the hairdressers.

Unless you never went in the first place.

"We are charging £5 for your disposable PPE and you'll have to bring your own coffee" (other rules were discussed too)

^^ that sentence made me think initially hmm. But talking it through on here made me think of all the other impacts on their business and realised that £5 wasn't unreasonable wrt that. But it wasn't proportioned to me like that. I think the info was presented badly.

@MiddlesexGirl

But a PPE surcharge is the same as an extra payment to be covid compliant?

You don't ever stop having to go to the hairdressers.

Unless you never went in the first place.

"We are charging £5 for your disposable PPE and you'll have to bring your own coffee" (other rules were discussed too)

^^ that sentence made me think initially hmm. But talking it through on here made me think of all the other impacts on their business and realised that £5 wasn't unreasonable wrt that. But it wasn't proportioned to me like that. I think the info was presented badly.