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Hair dresser wouldn't let me in!!

445 replies

missmcfee · 16/07/2020 00:56

Had an appointment booked today and I've been looking forward to it for months.

On arrival I had to have my temperature taken and was told it was too high to be allowed in.

I laughed as I assumed she was joking since I felt fine, I Wfh and haven't been anywhere!!
Not even a supermarket.

She told me it was 37.3 and she would have to cancel my appointment!!!!

I am so upset, I've had to rebook and she has nothing for 8 weeks 😣

I called the Dr as I thought I must be coming down with something without knowing, but the GP told me that this was a normal range temperature and particularly for that time of day (app was 3pm)

So what wasn't I allowed in 😢

I felt like a kid at Christmas today going to the salon, I cried all the way home that my appointment was cancelled! 😖

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Oliversmumsarmy · 16/07/2020 10:57

heartsonacake 34degrees is hypothermia

You either work in a very very cold environment in summer clothes or I think you need a new thermometer

SissySpacekAteMyHamster · 16/07/2020 10:57

@heartsonacake I'd buy a new thermometer if I were you.

BabyLlamaZen · 16/07/2020 10:58

Also that's only just under 37.5 and thermometers tend to be slightly out so you could be better than normal and coming up with something, even if very unlikely.

BabyLlamaZen · 16/07/2020 10:58

*hotter

8T8w · 16/07/2020 11:02

You shouldn't be driving when you're crying.

wildone84 · 16/07/2020 11:03

@8T8w

You shouldn't be driving when you're crying.
Is that all you took from this thread?
MrsNoah2020 · 16/07/2020 11:04

This entire thread is proof that most thermometers - especially ear thermometers and those no-touch ones - are random number generators.

HoppingPavlova · 16/07/2020 11:07

I take my employees temperature every day; I’ve never had any of them being anywhere near 37. Highest I’ve had was 35; most are around 33-34. Your hairdresser will be seeing the same, and she doesn’t want to take a chance.

No, the hairdresser won’t be seeing the same, nor will anyone else. Your thermometer is completely fucked, and the fact you think this is normal, ditto. This doesn’t happen to humans in normal environments as we have a homeostatic system in this regard. If I had a patient with a temperature in that range they required immediate intervention. They were not in a position to hop off the bed, wave me a cheery good- bye and trot off to their office.

Did you get any training, a simple fact sheet or indeed conduct a simple google search about what constitutes a normal temperature range before you were let loose with that thermometer?

RufustheRowlingReindeer · 16/07/2020 11:15

I checked A wee while ago

37.8

And now I’m worried i have covid

(I was in a dressing gown and had just finished a coffee...i seem to be cooling back down again)

walksen · 16/07/2020 11:16

Isn't it likely that thermometers in use are infracted ones which take your skin temperature not your core temperature, so is likely to be a bit lower than 37

Plus it is unlikely that a cheap thermometer is properly calibrated.

It is possible that the temperature that was measured was noticeably higher than had been measured for other customers that day / week.

walksen · 16/07/2020 11:17

Sorry I meant infra red.

GabsAlot · 16/07/2020 11:19

i think theyre being ott thats not a fever-my sh work has a scanner if your temp is high they let u wait outside for ten minutes then try again its usually lower the second time

id complain if youre a long time customer

GabsAlot · 16/07/2020 11:22

oh and 33 is definitely wrong a nurse at work was concerned the temp was 35.6 any lower youd prob be hypothemirc

Topseyt · 16/07/2020 11:22

Having caught up with this thread since my initial post on it, I now think it confirms my misgivings over non-medical businesses being allowed to take people's temperatures before deciding whether to serve them or not.

  1. They are not medically trained, so may either be using equipment incorrectly and/or the equipment itself may be of inferior quality.

  2. They are not trained to interpret the data and will not understand that there may be perfectly normal variations in it, even for the same person. For example, body temperature is not a constant and varies a lot within a range of normal. Especially for women.

  3. It is intrusive. My body temperature tends to run on the high side of normal. Normal for me tends to be around OP's level. It isn't a fever at all. I have some non-Covid medical conditions which are generally under control but which can mean I run a higher than average temperature without even being aware of it.

Will I be expected to divulge my private medical history in public because I want to go into a shop or a hairdressing salon? To people who won't understand it anyway?

It all seems bonkers and could end up discriminating against some of us, even though that may be an unintentional side effect.

verybritishproblems · 16/07/2020 11:26

Will I be expected to divulge my private medical history in public

I know it’s bad enough with the pharmacy at the moment when I have to shout at a woman 3 metres away through a gap in a glass window why I’m medically exempt from my prescriptions for everyone waiting to hear. When I say medical exempt they always ask why! Is it not in my record somewhere!? Confused

backseatcookers · 16/07/2020 11:32

I take my employees temperature every day; I’ve never had any of them being anywhere near 37. Highest I’ve had was 35; most are around 33-34. Your hairdresser will be seeing the same, and she doesn’t want to take a chance.

Oh my goodness @heartsonacake you really need to check that your thermometer is working and that you have it on the setting to measure people's temperature not surface temperature.

It's really worrying you are seemingly managing this process yet are unaware that either your equipment is faulty, being used incorrectly or most of your employees have mild hypothermia. Which do you think is the most likely?

You do realise you're putting everyone at risk by blindly following what you believe to be correct measurement of temperature? You cannot possibly have been told in official documentation that temperatures of 33-34 are healthy. So I guess you've been told what is a fever temperature and then think anything below that is ok, therefore haven't questioned the average figures, which are those of hypothermia.

So all of your employees are being put at risk by the incompetence of the management team in running this process. All of them who think oh work says my temperature is ok are going home to their partners, children, elderly relatives, seeing friends, shop workers etc.

Are you going to actually do anything about it or just continue to put your ego above your employees health and that of anyone they come into contact with?

HannaYeah · 16/07/2020 11:34

I completely understand and probably would have cried, too. This is just a hard time all around.

Was going to suggest you call them and tell them that you appreciate their caution but their range is a bit off per nhs and your gp.

But going somewhere else sounds easier. Hope you find a new place you love. Flowers

2155User · 16/07/2020 11:34

@heartsonacake will not return to this thread, I'm sure of it

crumpet · 16/07/2020 11:38

They are entitled to set their max temperature range. So if your temperature is over their policy then they’d be entitled to refuse you. It is also for protection of their staff - why would you set the max range at a fever level and potentially expose them?

SteeperThanHell · 16/07/2020 11:38

@verybritishproblems no it isn't. - but we can work it out for most based on meds - but we don't need to know anyway.

Topseyt · 16/07/2020 11:40

@heartsonacake has had her arse well and truly handed to her on a plate. Some of it from health care professionals.

Her employees are mainly hypothermic. I picture them wandering around with icicles hanging off them.

PhilCornwall1 · 16/07/2020 11:44

@RufustheRowlingReindeer

I checked A wee while ago

37.8

And now I’m worried i have covid

(I was in a dressing gown and had just finished a coffee...i seem to be cooling back down again)

Bet the coffee was hot too.
MotherPiglet · 16/07/2020 11:45

My DS had an appointment at the hospital and his temp was 35.9, fine. Mine was 37.6 and I thought they wouldn't let me in but apparently cut off is 37.7 so you should have been fine for a hair cut! I wouldn't what temperature has been put in the guidance for shops and hairdressers or if maybe they're just deciding the number themselves..

PhilCornwall1 · 16/07/2020 11:47

Her employees are mainly hypothermic. I picture them wandering around with icicles hanging off them.

Peeing ice cubes I expect too. Ouch!!!! 🥶 🥶

MilerVino · 16/07/2020 11:47

3) It is intrusive. My body temperature tends to run on the high side of normal. Normal for me tends to be around OP's level. It isn't a fever at all. I have some non-Covid medical conditions which are generally under control but which can mean I run a higher than average temperature without even being aware of it.

This thread got me thinking that if you had something like hyperthyroidism your 'normal' range could well be a bit higher. Will we soon have to have letters from clinicians stating things like this? I know people with metal plates from broken bones who have to divulge medical information to get through airport security. We may be going the same way just to get through everyday life.