Once upon a time Holly found herself with an
extra hour and 1/2 without three boys who she calls her children. Holly hardly could contain herself. She decided that she would take that time to do something fun for herself.
To pamper herself.
To give herself a hug.
She decided that she would go to the nail salon!
Holly walked into Pretty Nails and found that they had availability RIGHT THEN!
Yay for Holly.
Holly then noted that she was the ONLY person in the salon that didn’t work there.
Lucky, lucky Holly.
This was Holly’s third visit to the nail salon in 37 years
(averaging one visit every 12.333333 years).
Her first visit was right before her
wedding. She had a manicure with those faux nails. She then spent her honeymoon trying to rip off the faux nails one by one with her teeth because they were driving her crazy.
Holly doesn’t bite her real nails, just her faux ones.
Let’s just admit that she might suffer from
PTWFNS (Post Traumatic Wedding Faux Nail Syndrome) and assume that she is not at the nail salon for a manicure:
Yep! Holly is going to kick off her fancy boots for a
pedicure.
After a lot of hand motions, Holly gathers from the salon employee that she is supposed to choose what pedicure she wants.
Holly has no idea but decides that she wants to put her feet in warm water and she doesn’t want to mortgage her house to pay for it.
Let’s have a spa pedicure!
Holly is motioned into a massage chair made in heaven. Her feet are placed in clouds of warm water.
Wow!
This IS the life:
Holly is relaxing.
Holly is meditating.
Holly is basking in the sunshine radiating from her soul.
It occurs to Holly that the salon employees are
talking. And it is
serious. In fact, there might even be a bit of
yelling going on.
But Holly remains clueless as to WHY since the heated discussion is not in Holly’s native tongue.
And then there is some
screaming.
Oh,
that would be Holly as her foot is savagely attacked by a salon employee who is simultaneously
screaming at another employee.
The
screaming continues between the salon employees. No one in the salon has noticed that
Holly has joined in.
Then there was some
stomping.
And some
door slamming.
And then it got very quiet.
Holly looks up and she is still the only person in the salon except now there are no salon employees.
All the salon employees are outside the front door. All she can see through the door and window are wild hand motions.
And then the
door opened, a phrase that Holly recognized was uttered…
YOU ARE FIRED!
And then another
door slam.
These words were hurled at the very salon employee who had been working on Holly’s feet.
This salon employee then grabbed her purse and
slammed the door on her way out.
And then
it got quiet. Everyone came back inside. Another lady sat down at Holly’s feet.
No mention of what happened.
No comment as to the commotion.
It was almost like they expected Holly not to notice.
The end.
Holly walked into Pretty Nails and found that they had availability RIGHT THEN!
Yay for Holly.
Holly then noted that she was the ONLY person in the salon that didn’t work there.
Lucky, lucky Holly.
This was Holly’s third visit to the nail salon in 37 years (averaging one visit every 12.333333 years).
Her first visit was right before her wedding. She had a manicure with those faux nails. She then spent her honeymoon trying to rip off the faux nails one by one with her teeth because they were driving her crazy.
Holly doesn’t bite her real nails, just her faux ones.
Let’s just admit that she might suffer from PTWFNS (Post Traumatic Wedding Faux Nail Syndrome) and assume that she is not at the nail salon for a manicure:
Yep! Holly is going to kick off her fancy boots for a pedicure.
After a lot of hand motions, Holly gathers from the salon employee that she is supposed to choose what pedicure she wants.
Holly has no idea but decides that she wants to put her feet in warm water and she doesn’t want to mortgage her house to pay for it.
Let’s have a spa pedicure!
Holly is motioned into a massage chair made in heaven. Her feet are placed in clouds of warm water.
Wow! This IS the life:
Holly is relaxing.
Holly is meditating.
Holly is basking in the sunshine radiating from her soul.
It occurs to Holly that the salon employees are talking. And it is serious. In fact, there might even be a bit of yelling going on.
But Holly remains clueless as to WHY since the heated discussion is not in Holly’s native tongue.
The screaming continues between the salon employees. No one in the salon has noticed that Holly has joined in.
And some door slamming.
And then it got very quiet.
Holly looks up and she is still the only person in the salon except now there are no salon employees.
All the salon employees are outside the front door. All she can see through the door and window are wild hand motions.
It was almost like they expected Holly not to notice.
The end.
loved that story! very entertaining! Next time you treat yourself go over to Shelly’s Advanced Skin Care. I go once a month and it’s simply divine!
I do need to have some recommendations for places in town that won’t turn out like that! Thanks.
Never have had such a traumatic pedi situation BUT…..
The only time I ever got the faux nails was for my wedding, too and I did the same thing. I did my darndest the whole honeymoon to chew those suckers OFF. Then, after we got back, I paid almost as much to have the remaining faux nail melted off with….faux nail remover? It smelled NASTY. Anyway. I took nearly as long and cost nearly as much to have them taken off as it did to have them put on.Plus, the nail ladies kept looking at me like I was insane. Never. Again.
I hope your toes at least look good. Next time you have child-free time? I recommend a nap. Just as refreshing & no yelling.
Jamie Harrington and I were just discussing this on Twitter how we need to have some sort of faux nail training prior to the wedding so the honeymoon doesn’t end up all about ripping off the nails….:)
Holly, I have been getting either my nails or toes done since I was 14 on a semi regular basis. Never had anything like this happen before only can this happen to you.
I just can’t explain it…just report it!
I would just love having my feet soaking in warm water. Did the second person do a good job?
The dangerous portion of the pedicure was over by that point. It was just so weird.
HA HA HA!! that funny and thats the reason i refuse to go to the nail aslon with out a friend must go in pairs to scary places..
You are probably scared to go with me now…huh?
OMG, Holly, this cracks me up!!!!! You are a magnet for salon trauma, aren’t you?
BTW I’m on the same manicure schedule as you–and I too did them for my wedding and hated them! I looked totally bogus with those faux claws on!
HO LEE SNAP!! That’s crazy. Very crazy.
Holy Crap that is funny. But I’m dying to know what happened. Can you get the security footage?
I got cut by a file today while getting my manicure – STILL better than your pedi!
I think this is the best pedicure story EVER!
I wonder if there is an award for best story about feet….