I like to go for manicures and pedicures weekly. Its my time to sit in the chair, relax, read a magazine, and have my feet and hands worked on... I work 780809 jobs, and this is my one hour a week of peace... and yet, some moms think its a-ok to 1) bring their loud, abnoxious child into the nail salon or 2) make their 3 year old daughter get their nails done, thus taking up a nail girl and making ME, an adult customer, wait. This drives me friggin INSANE... why should I have to wait b/c some toddler wants a flower on her toenail? Why should I have to listen to a little girl run back and forth around the salon and yell about her new pool?
So, my Q is:
Do you think that places like this should be adult only??
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I agree some of you. I have no problem with children in the nail salon as long as they are well behaved. And when they aren't behaved it is not so much them I have problem with it is their PARENT who I can't deal with for not doing taking care of their child.
As far as the women on their cell phones in the salon I have asked on more then one occassion for them to get off. But I also am the one who tells the girls on the treadmill at the gym that they should continue their conversation later on or move away from me!!!!!!!!!!
amen to that- are you really getting a workout if you can talk on your phone at the same time as on the equipment!
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I can't stand people screaming on their cell phones, little uncontrolled kids running around the salon, and stupid teen-bopper songs as ringtones. I also hated it when the woman next to me at the drying table was chewing her cud (I mean gum). I think everyone should shut up at the salon and be able to relax and enjoy. Wow I feel much better now!!!!!
Mrs. V 2008
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oh god i totally agree! I can't stand that..definately a yes!
FutureMrsCarrieri
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I see that all the time
For easter some girl had a tantrum because the bunny rabbit design she got was not identical to the one her cousin got. Give me a freakin break.
Most kids at the salon are well behaved -- but it IS a place to relax and those few that act up are seriously annoying
ChristineAaron08
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Maybe not adult only, but the mother should have made her kid sit and be quiet and not run through the place. That's BS.
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Posted by Future Mulligan
i dont think kids she be allowed anywhere i LOVE kids - but they get on my nerves very easily....especially at restaurants, movies, salons, etc.
my mother had total control of my sister and i when we were kids - she was also so paranoid about us getting kidnapped that we were literally at her side/holding hands....kids these days run amuck - it amazes me - i see kids in the stores running around, just wandering, and i wonder where their parents are - dont they realize how easy it is to snatch up a kid? sometimes i wonder if they do it on purpose hoping someone will just take the kid
but anyways i understand where you are coming from mima
JodyLC
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Totally agree NO KIDS or LOUDNESS!! My relaxation time..Do Not intrude....
Gigi08
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I think the real issue is parents disciplining their children. That's the part that really gets on your nerves...when a parent just lets their child run wild and shows no regard for those in their presence. A well-haved child you don't mind so much. And, at the heart of the issue is how some of the parents behave....that sometimes is the real problem. You know the saying...the apple doesn't fall far from the tree! How are some of these children to know how to behave when the parents don't show some common courtesy.
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I actually find the adult who has no tolerance for children to be the annoying one. They're the one with the problem after all, not the innocent children getting her or his nails done. I would rather be around 10,000 loud talkative kids getting daises on their toenails then one annoying irritable eye-rolling adult. And I've seen plenty of them in the nail salon. Then again, I like children and animals a hell of a lot more then grown-ups, lol. If its a public business, then I say just deal with it. The kid has just as much of a right to be there as anyone else. Ageism should be left for bars and clubs, not nail salons.
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I bet most of you are not parents that said no to kids. Dop you know what it cost for a babysitter now-a-days? There are no more teenagers willing to babysit, like when I was growing up, for very little money. Today, it is $10/hr per child and they charge for anytime you go over. What if your husband/partner works on the weekends when that is your only chance to go? Not everyone has willing parents to watch or want to ask someone to watch the kids for that reason. They rather use that favor for a night or somewhere they can't bring the kids. I pay for my daughter to get her nails done and YES, I TIP for her. Sometimes it annoys me when she takes it off pretty soon afterwards, but I know she enjoyed herself. Once, I actually paid double because she asked for different colors for each fingers. They are a paying customer and belong there. They shouldn't take your spot if you have an appmt and they don't, but that is the salons fault for allowing it, not theirs. How do they know that? I agree that kids shouldn't be allowed to scream and go wild, that annoys parents also. If they are in your seat and not being taken care of, ask them to kindly move. If they are loud and obnoxiuos, talk to the owner about it. It is their responsiblilty to correct the situation. Wear head phones/ipod to drown out any annoying sounds. I personally love to hear the sounds of children playing. There is nothing more precious in the world. I hope someday you will see what I mean.
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YES!!!!!! Although I LOVE kids, I feel that is inappropriate to have a kid or kids running around in many places. I also hate when I go for coffee at Dunkin' Donuts and there are mothers sitting there yapping while their kids run wild like animals, yelling and throwing things. Unruly children are so nauseating!
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It always makes me laugh when some of you girls get SO offended by something I say! Yes, I roll my eyes at annoying kids and inattentive mothers. Its my relaxation time. My mother would NEVER have allowed me to act like a little demon, and in a public place no less! But I think thats whats wrong with our society. Kids can do no wrong, and parents defend their children regardless of their behavior, etc.
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It always makes me laugh when some of you girls get SO offended by something I say! Yes, I roll my eyes at annoying kids and inattentive mothers. Its my relaxation time. My mother would NEVER have allowed me to act like a little demon, and in a public place no less! But I think thats whats wrong with our society. Kids can do no wrong, and parents defend their children regardless of their behavior, etc.
i love you....want to have my babies??
Toucan311
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Posted by Mimacat
It always makes me laugh when some of you girls get SO offended by something I say! Yes, I roll my eyes at annoying kids and inattentive mothers. Its my relaxation time. My mother would NEVER have allowed me to act like a little demon, and in a public place no less! But I think thats whats wrong with our society. Kids can do no wrong, and parents defend their children regardless of their behavior, etc.
i love you....want to have my babies??
Sure, but I will NOT breast feed them, Catie.
Mrs. V 2008
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It always makes me laugh when some of you girls get SO offended by something I say! Yes, I roll my eyes at annoying kids and inattentive mothers. Its my relaxation time. My mother would NEVER have allowed me to act like a little demon, and in a public place no less! But I think thats whats wrong with our society. Kids can do no wrong, and parents defend their children regardless of their behavior, etc.
thats so true..my mom would never let me act that way either..this society has definately changed..i mean look at how kids dress at 13..my mom would have never let me leave the house!
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Wear head phones/ipod to drown out any annoying sounds. I personally love to hear the sounds of children playing. There is nothing more precious in the world. I hope someday you will see what I mean.
Go to a playground then. not a nail salon.
Toucan311
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I *know* I'm going to get attacked for this... but... if you don't have $10 to pay a sitter, maybe you shouldnt be getting your nails done? I think suddenly we feel entitled to have services like this, but I can bet that when our parents and grandparents got married, if they were struggling to pay for things, they certainly weren't out getting pedicures and buying handbags when they weren't sure if they could pay the grocery bill.
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I think a lot of people live outside their means and still want to get all those those things done they cant maybe afford at the moment,. Hey I am one of those people, but I would not be willing to inconvience and disrupt someone elses personal time because I dont have a sitter.
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Yes! and no cellphones!!!!!!!!!!!! The worst is when you are getting your pedicure and the woman next to you is conducing businesss!!!!!!!
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UGH I HEAR YA! last week i went to get a mani/pedi and while im sitting back getting my massage w/ my starbucks in hand and readyin the latest people one of the kids in my class walks in with her mother....MISS COLLEEN...and of course the seat next to me had to be open so she plopped a seat and talked my ear off..ugh its my day off and i just wanted to relax..they should make nail places that are child friendly and some strickly for adults!
