Everyone's responses are soooo funny! It looks like we've all been there, done that! I also had a client who put her cell phone in her lap and down it went into the pedi tub....it was clean, but dead. Sometimes my clients will apologize if they have to answer the phone, others will just grab their phone, some will not answer when they see it's a non-essential call, but the vast majority are very courteous about not using it at the nail table. Probably because they see ME not answering my phone during THEIR appointment!
I have a friend/client who sometimes will put in her ear piece and flap her gums on the phone thru the entire appointment, which I feel is rude, but what the heck.....I get done faster not wasting time talking, too, and sometimes her conversations are a hoot. One time I had a client hold her phone to her ear and talk thru the entire hour appointment as we did the "back and forth hand shuffle". It was hilarious because I could tell she was flirting with a new guy and close to the end of the appointment she says to him "Well, I better get off here before Jill my nail tech thinks I'm rude" and I piped up loudly "Too late for that!". She laughed and I laughed, but the point was made because that sort of thing never happened again. Only once in all the decades I've been doing nails has a phone call come in that was a true emergency. A client's husband had suffered a medical problem and she fled the salon with her acrylic fills half finished......as in I was JUST about to apply the first ball of acrylic when she bolted. I just worked her in later to finish them and it was totally understandable that she had to leave quickly. How horrible for her having to be seen in public with her half broke down fills! Jill Wright Bowling Green, KY. 42101 www.nailtechevent.com On Feb 27, 11:00 am, Pati Schembari <nailg...@aol.com> wrote: > Ergggg..one of my clients put her cell phone in her lap, while getting a > pedi, and IN the tub it went! I dont think she will use her phone there > again! If only something like that would happen at the nail tale to teach > them. I do always move their phone away from my acetone and other liquids > that sometimes "spit" upwards when I am pumping them! I have a small table > (plant stand) on their right away from everything...but they never seem to > use it! > > Pati > > On Feb 23, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Mitchele Hunt <cawmitch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Im making a sign that says > > > **Gadget free Zone! I wouldnt want to break your gadget so keep it > > put away!** only at the nail desk though if they are getting a > > pedicure then i dont care they can play angry birds saves me time lol > > > On 2/23/12, susandoeshair4 <susandoesha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm thinking about a cute little sign for my station. Maybe one with an > >> additional sentence that says " politics free zone" as well! > > >> On Thursday, February 23, 2012, Angela Wingerter wrote: > > >>> I love that Katherine. I wish I was more out spoken. I am going to have to > >>> start before I do something crazy like throw their phone. Jk!? > > >>> Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android > > >>> ------------------------------ > >>> * From: * Katherine Fahrig <polishedpana...@yahoo.com <javascript:_e({}, > >>> 'cvml', 'polishedpana...@yahoo.com');>>; > >>> * To: * nailtech@googlegroups.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > >>> 'nailtech@googlegroups.com');> > >>> <nailtech@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > >>> 'nailtech@googlegroups.com');>>; > > >>> * Subject: * Re: NailTech:: clients and cellphones > >>> * Sent: * Thu, Feb 23, 2012 2:35:05 PM > > >>> If a client does this I explain that they have an appointment with me > >>> right now and I have another client arriving at the hour and if they want > >>> my best work they need to give me their hand and they cannot struggle with > >>> me the whole time or they will not get my best work. I ask them which do > >>> they want, to make that phone call or to have great looking nails? It's > >>> their money, what do they want for their money? > > >>> Katherine > >>> St. Louis, MO > >>> Sent from my iPad > > >>> On Feb 22, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Angie <angiesnailstu...@att.net> wrote: > > >>>> People everywhere I go are answering their phones, talking loud and > >>> holding up others with this behavior. I love my clients and they aren't > >>> rude people but they are behaving this way also while I am trying to do > >>> their nails. I had a client the other day that had me stop working, find a > >>> phonebook, look up her dentist number (which she would of looked up > >>> herself > >>> but I didnt want her to mess up her gels) so she could cancel her appt for > >>> the next day. Then her car dealer calls her to discuss the purchase of her > >>> new cadilac and she has to hold her phone with her hand while the other > >>> one > >>> is in the lamp. Have to wait the two minutes then start working on that > >>> hand. now my system is off and I will have to wait on the other hand too!! > >>> This crap is getting old. This is my fault for letting it happen, I just > >>> needed to vent. Thanks for reading! Now I need to figure out how to handle > >>> this without offending most of my clients. 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