(Not So) Familiar Face

I saw a young woman sitting in the waiting area of my salon. “You look familiar,” I said, and then introduced myself. “I’m Linda,” the girl said. “I work for you.” I could have died! Upon further conversation, I found out she cleaned the salon at night, so the only time I met her was at her interview. It was by far the most embarrassing moment of my life!

Nanci Brandon

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The Pat-Down

After shampooing my male client, I walked behind him back to my chair. The towel around his neck started to fall down, so I went to grab it as it fell…and wound up grabbing his ass with the towel! I wanted to die! Luckily, he’s still my client!

Debbie Corapi

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Full Moon

One day, I had a very lightweight, slinky skirt on. I used the restroom and was on my way to the front of the salon when I heard another stylist call my name and yell, “JESUS!” I turned around and saw she was pointing at me with her hand over her mouth, a look of shock on her face. “What?” I asked. Well, the entire back of my skirt got tied up in my thong—my entire butt was just hanging out in the open! Thank goodness only a couple people saw! After the initial horror, we laughed so hard we couldn’t breathe!

Jessica Quick

Hair It Is

Syracuse, NY

BTC Member Since 2008

Suprise Shower

I was assisting at my old salon and had to wash a client’s hair. She happened to be 8 months pregnant and very cranky; she really didn’t want me to wash her hair and that made me nervous. I wore a flow-y top that day, and it caught on the water handle. Water sprayed EVERYWHERE: all over her face, body and the walls! It was so embarrassing; three of us had to blow-dry her body!

Stephanie Daniels

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Client Gone Cray Cray

My worst client was “Shay.” She was one who would regularly show up at least 15 minutes late and get upset if I couldn’t do her hair. One day, she actually showed up early for her appointment and demanded I take her immediately—and did so in FRONT of the client I was finishing! After taking care of my client, I told Shay I wouldn’t be doing her hair that day…or any other day. It was the best feeling!

Shelly Beatty

Stylemakers

Ft. Worth, TX

BTC Member Since 2007

In Stiches

One time, I cut my knuckle off mid-haircut. I politely excused myself from my male client and didn’t return. Poor guy thought he said something to offend me, as he was hitting on me the entire time, but I was actually getting stitches in the hospital! I was so embarrassed by my rookie mistake.

Carmen DeCouto Jonas

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Half n’ Half

I was pregnant and definitely had “pregnant brain” going on! One of my clients came in every four weeks for a retouch. She’s naturally a Level 5, and I take her to a Level 10. I applied the color, let it process for 45 minutes, washed her and started drying when I realized…I only colored half her head! It was totally embarrassing to tell her about my mistake. I’ll never live that one down!

Katie Folven Roy

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A Touchy Situation

I was shampooing a female client of mine when I bent forward a little too far…and my chest touched her sopping wet head. I didn’t think anything of it, but when we walked back to the chair, one of my friends asked me if my boob was leaking! I dried my boob with the blow dryer and we all had a good laugh!

Jen Latshaw Williams

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Shake, Rattle and Groan

I had a creepy male client in my chair on my first day of work at a new salon. Halfway through the haircut, I noticed his voice adopted a raspy grunt…and I heard his hand rubbing against the vinyl of his cape. I quickly realized what he was doing and ran to the back room in tears. I’ve never been able to cut a guy’s hair since!

Melissa Mroz

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Fart Machine

One of my clients kept passing gas under her cape! At first I brushed it off as no big deal, but she kept doing it and the smell was awful! It was about every five minutes! I couldn’t stop laughing because she acted like it wasn’t happening—I truly think she believed the cape was a fart shield!

Melissa Lobaito

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