Hair dresser wouldn't let me in!!

[missmcfee]

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! 😖

I’m stupidly cautious about illness. I do not Worry about 37.3 especially at that time of day! Whilst they’re within they’re rights, I’d be annoyed. I wouldn’t complain but I would find another salon. One that will be more accommodating for as long as all this lady’s

Lady’s not lady’s 🤣

LASTS!!!

Autocorrect!

I just took my (oral) temp, it is 37. Usually 36 something. I am having an arthritic flare atm, and often get a low grade fever of 37 something during them. Not sure that helps in any way.

@Riv12345

Under the tongue?

We haven't used the under the tongue method for years!!!

Is that true in most places? I've been in and out of hospitals every month or so the last few years, lots of different ones, and always had under the tongue temperature taken every time! I guess some have different / more up to date equipment and I've just had bad luck if under the tongue isn't as good as an alternative - typical!

I’ve never even heard of temp being taken under the tongue!!! It’s up the bum for cats and dogs!

I ditched our digital thermometer because it consistently told me after toddler ds played with it that dhs temp was 33 degrees. He was sweating buckets felt boiling to the touch but said he was cold. He was also shivering.

He got tested for covid but was negative.

Thermometer went in the bin. That’ll teach me for letting ds look at it.

Dye your own hair. Much cheaper!! It's easy and will be ok.

I’m going to be screwed if this catches on, been doing daily temperature checks since the start of lockdown and I’m very rarely ever below 37, and haven’t felt ill during that time. I thought 37.8 was what was classed as a fever?

@OverTheRainbow88 you’ve never heard of temp being taken under the tongue??? Are you vv young?

I can’t recall ever seeing temperature taken under the tongue in a RL clinical setting, but I’ve seen or read about temperature being taken this way in a fair few films / TV episodes / fiction books.
Including things set in the late 20th century.

In our dental practice we are using 37.8 as the cut off for further risk assessment

Well, OP, I am sorry about your appointment but I haven't enjoyed anything on MN during lockdown as much as heartsonacake's defiant assertion that the temperature readings at her multinational company MUST be accurate because they were done by managers with state of the art equipment and therefore the NHS is just wrong. 😂😂😂

@OverTheRainbow88

I’ve never even heard of temp being taken under the tongue!!! It’s up the bum for cats and dogs!

I am in my fifties and have clear memories of being in hospital beds with thermometers stuck under my tongue. My mother also had one at home.

My vet has always done in the ear temperature checks on my cat and two dogs.

Drs don’t now take temp under the tongue but home thermometers do. I’ve had one like this since I had kids 20 years ago and recently replaced it at Boots and it’s still under tongue or under arm, with digital display. Under arm temp is lower as obviously external.

I have just seen @heartsonacake ‘s hilarious assertion that her employees temperature is normally 33-34
@heartsonacake you need a new & properly calibrated thermometer. Surely all your employees are not hypothermic/dead
People like OP’s hairdresser & @heartsonacake who have absolutely no clue what a normal temperature range is doing temperature is COVID time entertainment!

I remember having glass thermometers stuck under my tongue and waiting a few minutes as a kid in hospital and at the doctors.

My children (14 and 8) tend to have temps of around 37.1 - 37.4 as standard. I know this as I've taken their temperature a hell of a lot in the last few months. Maybe due to their ridiculously high metabolisms Whereas I am usually more like 36.1 - 36.4 - DS jokes 'are you sure you're actually alive and not a zombie?' They won't be laughing when they can't get a haircut before 2022

@Mom2my2

I have just seen **@heartsonacake** ‘s hilarious assertion that her employees temperature is normally 33-34 **@heartsonacake** you need a new & properly calibrated thermometer. Surely all your employees are not hypothermic/dead People like OP’s hairdresser & **@heartsonacake** who have absolutely no clue what a normal temperature range is doing temperature is COVID time entertainment!

Hearts knows precisely what she's talking about though because she works for a multinational. Multinational company employees experience an immediate 4 degree reduction in temperature on their first day at the multinational and this remains constant until their employment is terminated due to death brought on by hypothermia. Surely everyone knows this?!!!!

Just mentioned this thread to my mother who has a lot of hot flushes (she's 70 and had menopause induced 20 years ago - who says Lupron has no long term side effects?).

She's panicking she won't ever get her hair done again now and that they'll turn her back at the airport when she visits her sister abroad in September.

The instructions for my thermometer - recently bought for non C-related reasons - told me to check everyones temperature several times while they are healthy to establish the 'normal' for everyone in my family.

And statistically women (xx) tend to develop fevers later than men (xy) while fighting infections.

I have a dental appointment next week and their cut off is 37.8.

@heartsonacake

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.

...is this a joke?! I really hope it is! I've been a nurse for years and taken thousands of peoples temperature, none have been under 35. If most of your employees are around 33 - 34, then they are hypothermic and close to death. Either that, or you are using the thermometer incorrectly.

None of this under the tongue business; it’s point and shoot.

An under the tongue thermometer is usually more accurate than one of those "point and shoot" thermometers. If they were accurate, hospitals would use them as they're so easy to use and hygienic, but they're not so they don't.

You can’t possibly do it wrong; you point at the forehead and shoot

Obviously you are doing it wrong, either that or your employees are all really unwell, which is more likely?

We’re a multinational corporation; everything we do is thoroughly checked and regulated and run past many lawyers and authorities before it’s approved. So I think I’ll stick to believing them over someone on Mumsnet linking a random article.

You think your lawyers and multinational corporation knows more about hypothermia than the NHS?

God I really hope you're joking, if not then that's just dangerous, you've probably let people in to your workplace who did actually have a fever.

@JaJaDing

Haha thank you!

For people asking how temperatures are taken in hospitals, it's currently in the ear with a Braun thermometer where I work. We did use under the tongue (with disposable covers) about 5 years ago, which was a nightmare as patients would usually have literally just have had a swig of hot tea when you got to them, so you'd have to come back in 10 minutes or else they'd have a tea induced temperature .

We all have to take our temperatures at work. Today, we had 36.4, 36.6, 36.7, and 37.0. We're all screwed, aren't we?