Sorry this isn't JW related but its weighing heavy on my mind. 6 months ago i started working as a hairstylist. I booth rent and buy all my own supplies.......... the salon provides nothing. I'm just building my clientel so I make very little money after paying for rent and supplies. Its a small salon/spa . On Saturday a man whose been a hairstylist 20 plus years, (he's 50 and a Vietnam war vet) started working in the salon and we share a room together. I wasn't working that day but when I came in on Monday I met him and I liked him. He asked to borrow some of my color products he said his got ruined by forgetting them in the trunk of his car. I said sure and then noticed that he was borrowing everthing of mine. My color bowl , brush, Shampoo, conditioner, hairspray, gel ,mousse and developer. He did ask to use the hairspray but thats it. He used my towels even!! It didn't start to bother me until the middled of the night I woke up and thought oh oh This guy has NOTHING No supplies and some of the stuff he talked about didn't add up.
Today I went in and looked at his appointment book and saw that he had several appointments on the day I was gone that required chemicals and products and I thought he probably took my stuff. So I started doing inventory and he came in. He seemed nervous and about 10 minutes later told me he used some color on Saturday and he'd replace it . He said he was going to the supply house today. I asked him about why he had no shampoo or bleach or developer and he said EVERYHING got ruined in his car because of the cold weather. I knew he was lying but what could I say. He made a phone call to his girlfriend and said he needed a ride to get supplies and then he went outside to talk to her. He never left. He told me sob stories about how he couldn't drive because he has high blood pressure and blacks out. He said he was going to go look for a place to live because he wants to buy instead of rent. that didn't make sense since he just moved to town 9 months ago and has changed salons twice and doesn't have much of a clientel. I know he doesn't because I saw his appointment book and its almost as bleak as mine. Although he said to me and the owner he had a healthy clientel. They were only taking hairstylist with a clientel because the salon has two of us who are building . He sat all day with me with the phone in his hand so that he'd get who ever called !!!!! I was pissed !!! He got a highlight which is good money and has no products to do it!!!! He even had the nerve right before the phone rang to tell me that he would give me the new clients who call or walk in because that was his agreement with the owner and then the phone rang (my phone that I bought) he answered because I had no chance to, because he's holding the damn thing and got a booking!!! I left because I thought I was going to explode. I'm so mad that I'm grabbing some of my stuff that is expensive and I don't want him to use it and he said that he just use a couple of squirts of my shampoo tonight. I told him NO, he cant use my shampoo. conditioner , color NOTHING!!!! I cant carry myself and him as well and I left.
I called the salon he use to work at and my suspisions were confirmed that his stuff didn't all get ruined in his car because he didn't have a color line!!! All the back bar was provided by the salon. She said he didn't have a car and he has to walk everywhere.
I know that this guy is broke. Just reading in between the lines i know there is no way he can afford to get all the stuff he needs. It cost me about $2000 to get all my stuff and this guy is probably struggling to buy lunch.
Here is my dilema. I think he's completely broke and struggling. My husband makes a good income and its really just fluff money for me. BUT I also think he's a con. He's pretty smooth and full of compliments. I don't trust him and my gut instincts say if I give him an inch he'll take a mile. I'm really not sure if I even want to continue with this career. Its not what I thought it would be. Should I quit, because we are roomates and its awkward now. I called the owner to tell him that this guy needs to buy his own stuff and its going to be awkward. Plus I don't trust him , he can take stuff that I can't inventory. Lastly , he's desperate for walk ins and phone calls and holds that phone so he'll get it. There's 3 of us building and I'm going to be sitting there making no money when I could be home cleaning my mess of a house !!!
Finally I feel like crap because I'm being coldhearted to some guy I know could use the money more than me. Ugggggggggggggg
Wanted to vent
jurs