OK ladies.. you mostly all know I don't do nails much any more.. but
occasionally I do and occasionally I need some supplies.. Cosmoprof
is right around the corner so I headed there in my errand marathon
yesterday.. the CND Gel Bond I needed was not for nails, but I had to
repair something :)
Love this part.. 2 employees, both in the back room - which isn't
really a room, but a 3/4 high partition wall.. neither saw me come
in, which leads to neither acknowledged my presence, which leads to
not asking me if I had a card/license to shop there.. both talking
VERY loud and laughing back there..
I find my Gel Bond on 30 seconds flat and wander around looking at
what they [did not] have on the shelves.. there was I must admit a
decent amount of CND, OPI, sundries and a dappling of other brands..
enough that you could actually buy things you need.. but.. the bigger
question was how old was it all?? I was soon to find out :)
I didn't NEED that big tube of glue.. I REALLY only needed the little
one, but they didn't have any of the little ones, so I was sorta
stuck coughing up $7.60 for the big one. I head over to the register
- one of the 2 clerks finally appeared and now asks me for my card,
which I produce. I ask her, "Have you got any of the smaller tubes?"
I get an immediate "no" reply. OK then.. lets get this done with..
She now starts to ring it up, there is some confusion, she marches
over to the shelves and starts looking for where they are.. I have to
point it out to her.. She comes back to the register and does some
more typing and announces to me, "oh that's why... this product is
being discontinued." I said I didn't think so.. she says oh yes..
they aren't making this any more that's why I had trouble looking it
up. Yea sure.. CND stop making Gel Bond?? I'm highly doubting that
thought process, but whatever.. it is useless to go down that yellow
brick road with this girl..
Now the best part.. she says: what does this "stuff" do?? it is for
gel nails? After a nano second of OMG shock, I gave her my best nail
tech educated response about it's use, application, why you need it
over Krazy Glue (which she says is what SHE uses to apply tips).
The clerk doesn't ask me if I want a bag, she simply drops the tube
in my open purse.. I pay my $8.15 and bid my adieu..
This morning I fish the tube out of my purse and go get the piece
from the fridge I needed to glue. Next, experience tells me I need to
take the entire cap off, poke the foil protector thingie there and
replace the entire cap. Done with that, I remove the cap and gently
squeeze praying the gel will not just keep coming out eternally but
if done properly you can "reverse squeeze" and stop the flow.. I
squeeze.. nothing.. I squeeze a little more nothing.. now I remove
the entire cap and there is just enough gel there protruding from the
foil protection thingie for what I need.. BUT.. if you ever used Gel
Bond that was OLD, you know it becomes like melted string cheese and
thats what this was.. Knowing better, I applied it any way.. It has
been well over an hour and it still has not glued the 2 pieces together..
Of course the tube and receipt are now sitting on the counter ready
to be returned in the next errand run.
Personally.. if I was still doing nails full time I would be mail
ordering everything.. never set foot in anything other than Sally's
cause they have the best triple cotton balls at the best
price.. Read all about my Shopping Theory on the new News Bytes
section of the site..
http://www.beautytech.com/shoppe/article_info.php?articles_id=64
OK thats it off my soap box for now.. now back to your regular programming :)
Regards,
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