Monday, November 15, 2004
Suki's
*sigh* I wish that I could say that it was a good day, that Im thrilled about being at Suki's and Im learning so much from them. NOPE. Today when I got there, only the receptionist was there and he wasnt even expecting me, meaning the manager never informed anyone. Then, no one gave me any instruction as to what I should do, so I started watching a stylist cut someones hair. She was grumpy, ignored me completely and basically didnt want me there. Then the manager got there and said that Im not there to stand around and watch and that I need to sweep, do towels and keep everything clean along with the other apprentices. Now, the apprenticing program. Basically, if you can be an apprentice and trained by suki's. How that works is, you have class every wednesday night where you must present things you are taught on a model. Its like being in hair school on wednesday evenings and working in a salon during the day. In the salons you shampoo clients, get them things to drink and clean up. You do this anywhere from one to two years (two if you are starting without any hair background) or as long as it takes for you to pass everything "suki style" So, for me I was lower than the apprentices. I wasnt allowed to shampoo because I wasnt trained the suki way, I wasnt allowed to hold foils for the colorist because I wasnt trained the suki way. Im just doing all the crappy work for free. Not learning anything because thats not what Im there to do. So...the question is: what to do. I called my instructor Lynda and she said to talk to the manager and be upfront about wanting to learn and participate and if Im not comfortable there, then to find somewhere else. So thats what I guess I have to do. Im going to go in tomorrow and talk to him, an maybe we can work things out, and if not (most likely) Ill try and find somewhere else-maybe Aya's salon or maybe the original salon that I tried to go to before if they will take me on such short notice. we'll see. In the mean time I miss my husband a lot. In fact right now Im wearing my sweater because it smells like his cologne. mmmm...What can I say? Im in love.
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Sarahstottle posted @ 6:02 PM