Junior League Hair Scare
Dearest Little Skyler,
We decided to bring you for a hair cut today as it is near the Lunar New Year and your fringe is slightly long. We had heard a lot about this franchise called Junior League which advertises themselves as professionals in cutting hair for children and toddlers. We decided to give them a try even though they were fairly expensive. We figured that the cost was for their expertise in helping little ones who had to undergo the trauma of having their hair cut; we could not have been more wrong!
We took you to the outlet at United Square. When we got to the shop, it was quite crowded with families with little ones getting their haircut. We should have been alerted to how bad the situation would have been once we got our queue ticket. While we were given a queue number, we soon realized that the ‘hairdressers’ had no idea what the current number was! They had to go around asking everyone what their numbers were and whoever had the lowest number went next. While we were waiting, we realized that even if someone did not have a number, they could go next and the hairdressers didn’t even bother to check.
We also saw a kor-kor getting his hair cut crying his eyes out and the hairdresser carried on as if nothing was going on. Where was this purported expertise in assuring the children who were undergoing this trauma? In fact, the hairdressers seemed as if they just wanted to get the haircuts over and done with. They just kept on cutting the children’s hair at any angle they could regardless of how the cut looked. The kids could be crying and thrashing about and they just cut whatever their scissors could reach. This was totally shocking to Mama and Papa.
What also got Papa’s goat was that the “hairdressers” didn’t even bother to clean the hair of their previous clients off the chairs and just got the next clients to sit on the hair. People were leaving the place with hair stuck to their clothing!
We were very apprehensive by the time it was your turn but we decided to go ahead as they were supposed to be adept at cutting children’s hair – evidence to the contrary. The lady who cut your hair just lopped off a huge length of your fringe crookedly from the get-go! Mama and Papa were totally shocked! You ended up with a super short fringe before we could even utter a word! To make matters a million times worse, the “hairdresser” could not even see that the fringe was totally crooked and much too short! It was a total disaster and she kept on insisting that it was fine and that you looked okay.
As we were totally dissatisfied with what she was doing, the “hairdresser” asked her colleague to come over to take over. This other “hairdresser” very obviously looked shocked at what had happened to your hair as well but there was absolutely nothing she could do as your hair was much too short already. All she could do was to straighten out your fringe.
We left totally unhappy with this place vowing never to come to them ever again. Mama’s previous attempt at cutting your hair was so much better than these “professionals”.
To calm you down, we brought you over the nearby pet shop and showed you the little animals that they had there – you saw various kinds of fish, rabbits and hamsters and you were so totally amused by them that you soon forgot the trauma of the hair cut.
We are so sorry that we went there and put you through it, Little One. But don’t worry, never will we go there again.
We love you!
Mama and Papa
Dearest Little Skyler,
We decided to bring you for a hair cut today as it is near the Lunar New Year and your fringe is slightly long. We had heard a lot about this franchise called Junior League which advertises themselves as professionals in cutting hair for children and toddlers. We decided to give them a try even though they were fairly expensive. We figured that the cost was for their expertise in helping little ones who had to undergo the trauma of having their hair cut; we could not have been more wrong!
We took you to the outlet at United Square. When we got to the shop, it was quite crowded with families with little ones getting their haircut. We should have been alerted to how bad the situation would have been once we got our queue ticket. While we were given a queue number, we soon realized that the ‘hairdressers’ had no idea what the current number was! They had to go around asking everyone what their numbers were and whoever had the lowest number went next. While we were waiting, we realized that even if someone did not have a number, they could go next and the hairdressers didn’t even bother to check.
We also saw a kor-kor getting his hair cut crying his eyes out and the hairdresser carried on as if nothing was going on. Where was this purported expertise in assuring the children who were undergoing this trauma? In fact, the hairdressers seemed as if they just wanted to get the haircuts over and done with. They just kept on cutting the children’s hair at any angle they could regardless of how the cut looked. The kids could be crying and thrashing about and they just cut whatever their scissors could reach. This was totally shocking to Mama and Papa.
What also got Papa’s goat was that the “hairdressers” didn’t even bother to clean the hair of their previous clients off the chairs and just got the next clients to sit on the hair. People were leaving the place with hair stuck to their clothing!
We were very apprehensive by the time it was your turn but we decided to go ahead as they were supposed to be adept at cutting children’s hair – evidence to the contrary. The lady who cut your hair just lopped off a huge length of your fringe crookedly from the get-go! Mama and Papa were totally shocked! You ended up with a super short fringe before we could even utter a word! To make matters a million times worse, the “hairdresser” could not even see that the fringe was totally crooked and much too short! It was a total disaster and she kept on insisting that it was fine and that you looked okay.
As we were totally dissatisfied with what she was doing, the “hairdresser” asked her colleague to come over to take over. This other “hairdresser” very obviously looked shocked at what had happened to your hair as well but there was absolutely nothing she could do as your hair was much too short already. All she could do was to straighten out your fringe.
We left totally unhappy with this place vowing never to come to them ever again. Mama’s previous attempt at cutting your hair was so much better than these “professionals”.
To calm you down, we brought you over the nearby pet shop and showed you the little animals that they had there – you saw various kinds of fish, rabbits and hamsters and you were so totally amused by them that you soon forgot the trauma of the hair cut.
We are so sorry that we went there and put you through it, Little One. But don’t worry, never will we go there again.
We love you!
Mama and Papa
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