Life At The Hair Salon

Today’s blog entry is not my own. It was written by Pete Wilson, Pastor of Cross Point Church in Nashville. His blog is “Without Wax“, and I receive his entries everyday via email. However, if you are one of my clients, you will know that this is exactly what I have been saying all along. It’s just really nice to know that someone else is also saying it.

“Today is a new day. It’s a new era. Regardless of who you voted for or why, it’s time to switch gears. It’s time to pray for Obama as he transitions to become the President of the United States.

Let’s move on.”

And furthermore, you need to know this is not a surprise to God. Before the billions of dollars were spent on this campaign, God already knew the outcome. He wasn’t sitting around the television last night ringing his hands like you were.

He doesn’t need a Republican or a Democrat, an electoral vote, or a state. He’s not red or blue. He’s God.

He’s God and I’m not. You’re Not. Obama is not. McCain is not.

So if your candidate lost. I’m sorry. If you’re worried your issues aren’t going to be being addressed. I’m sorry.

But God is still God and He’s still sitting on His throne.

Pastor Pete Wilson

The large salon that I worked in did not take appointments. You could request a stylist, and you would be told approximately how long the wait would be. Therefore the stylists had no idea who would be in on any particular day. We normally ran 70 – 150 customers a day.

I was keeping watch over the flock one day when one of my stylists approached me with something similar to “I am so glad that’s over!” Of course, my response was “What?” As Executive Manager, part of my job was to make sure that clients and stylists alike were happy. I always paid very close attention to the “floor” as it was separated from the reception area by a large wall, but in this case, I was working the late shift and had come in after the clients, and I had no idea of their history.

She proceeded to tell me. Apparently, the stylist had a client who was married and wanted a divorce, but due to property settlements felt that it was better to stay married. Her husband, (no idea of his age), had a 16 year old girlfriend who was bold enough to pull up in the driveway and honk for him to come out. Guess who showed up in the hair salon at close to the same time? Guess who both requested to do their hair? She handled it very well as there was no fighting and no bloodshed, but personally, I was glad I didn’t know until they were both gone. I told the stylist to take a long lunch. She deserved it!

Well, it seems that everyone wants the “juicy stuff!”  One person suggested that I write about other hair salons that I have been in, one wants stories about how clients have messed up their own hair, and my favorite suggestion:  write stories about the ones who want to read the juicy stuff so that they will recognize themselves even with the “names changed to protect the guilty!”

So, let’s see, stories from another salon in another city.

I managed a large salon with fourteen stylists several years ago in another city.  There are some stories!

We had one stylist, a man, very good looking and nice, had six children.  His wife had left him for another woman.  He was raising all of them.  One day he gets a phone call from the ex-wife.  She wanted him to come over and help her.  He gets there and finds her handcuffed to the bed.  Apparently, her lover had handcuffed her and left!  I would loved to have heard that conversation!