3 Rude Salon Behaviors to Avoid When Getting a Service

3 Rude Salon Behaviors to Avoid When Getting a Service

There are 3 rude salon behaviors to avoid when visiting your favorite stylist for a service according to the Hair Police and other professionals in the beauty industry. If you talk on the phone, eat in the chair or arrive late with a Starbucks coffee for you alone, then you might want to read on and learn why you should refrain from those activities for optimal service.

Happy Monday gorgeous, and welcome to Ask the Pro Stylist’s Hair Police column of the week, which focuses on some type of hair or beauty violation either committed at home, in a salon by a professional, layman, or of your own volition. This Monday I’d like to discuss 3 rude salon behaviors that drive most hairstylists, colorists or nail techs nuts: talking on the phone, eating in the chair, or walking in late with a coffee, but not one for your pro.

To make the most of your service, it is best to avoid at least one of these 3 rude salon behaviors, if not all. It’s not that your professional will deliberately screw up your hair or nails, however the following will help you understand how it does effect your time in the chair.

3 Rude Salon Behaviors to Avoid When Getting a Service

Talking on the Phone

The invention of the cell phone has changed the way we live as a society. The self-absorbed take selfies while driving on parkways, morons text while crossing the street, and rude people talk about their most private moments on an elevator full of people. While the cell phone has made life simpler and connected people in ways we would have never thought imaginable, talking on the phone as you get your hair done is not just disrespectful, but also hinders the service.

First of all, most hairstylists are friendly, and love to talk to you and hear about your life. Picking up your phone to answer it, unless it’s an emergency or a child that needs you, is rude. It disconnects the relationship with your stylist. If it is important, say excuse me and answer or make the call. If not, it could wait until you are done.

Secondly, and this should be quite obvious, you are moving. You are placing a device to your ear and we need access to that area. Perhaps your stylist has someone after you, and cannot wait until you are off your conversation to continue. Your behavior now forces the professional to work around YOU and your phone.

Giuliana Rancic talking on the phone as she gets her hair done for the Grammys…one of 3 rude salon behaviors.

Giuliana Rancic captured a similar moment on Instagram as she prepped for the Grammys. Her job probably demanded she take that call, possibly. But your convo with your buddy at that moment while scissors, color, or foils surround your head is irrelevant.

Eating in the Chair

Eating in the chair is impolite, plain and simple. Ok, it is your lunch break and you only get an hour to eat and get a blowout. THEN eat on your way or on your way back. But honestly, your tuna makes your breath smell like ass and you have mayo all over your lips. Yes, I want to vomit watching you scoff that down, move around to eat it, search for a napkin to cleanse your nastiness, then blow your tuna-ass-breath in my face to tell me your part is on the other side.

Walking in Late with Coffee, Without One for the Stylist

Shit happens…we are all late once in a while for a variety of reasons. But if you are 20-minutes late for a salon appointment and walk in with a Starbucks’ latte, you better have one for your stylist as well. If not, it means you think your time is more significant than the professional who has been waiting, and who now is backed up because you thought it was more important to stop for coffee than to get to the salon/spa on time.

We are all adults here, and it is kind of pathetic these basic rules of politeness need to be reiterated to mature individuals. So the next time a thought pops in your head to pick up your phone, think about Ask the Pro Stylist’s 3 rude salon behaviors to avoid.