What irks you today?
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A certain well known cell phone provider that promises “$30 a month!” Only to find its $30 for one line, plus $35 for an account with that cell phone provider.
And, of course, customer service is open only from 8 AM to 3 PM Eastern time.
And I’m a night owl living on the west coast….
Yeesh.
As soon as possible I will be moving that phone over to Ting. And the Big Phone Company had better not force me into a two year contract.1 -
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defective caffeine6
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I was at Walmart and there was a lady walking by me talking on her iPad. She just started coughing and talking, didn't cover her mouth or anything. It was disgusting and I said it outloud. I hope she heard me but I don't know. It was gross before this past year but now it's even more gross. And what's even more disgusting is that this woman was in her late 50's, early 60's. I mean c'mon...when my three-year-old coughs without covering his mouth, I remind him to cover his mouth. Didn't you learn this as a very small child? Disgusting, disgusting, disgusting!!!2
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The heat. I refuse to do myself any favors in this life and get Freon put in my car so these traffic jams are whooping my whole *kitten*.2
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Spray bottles that give up spraying after a few uses. Plastic food bottles that have tops on so tight, you can't open them without pliers.4
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Spray bottles that give up spraying after a few uses. Plastic food bottles that have tops on so tight, you can't open them without pliers.
Lol, I feel your pain.
As a former hairdresser, I can tell you that I always save 1-2 empty bottles & all working spray tops. Clean them first by filling up any clean container with hot water, then spraying continually to remove all residue from the tubing. I do it a couple of times. Then just store them... may not need 1 for 2-yrs, but eventually, you'll be happy you stuck them under the bathroom cabinet.
With tight bottle tops...
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Jeez... I'm irked by the plethora of typos I made in every single post today... even after proofreading.
Maybe I should limit whiskey shots to 10... before b'kfast...
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Little ants 😒 seem to be everywhere3
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Well, the customer service at the Big Data Wireless Provider was truly excellent. So I can’t be irked at them….
Which irks me…. 🤣1 -
People who pick apart every single thing until you feel like pulling all your hair out.
Nobody on chit-chat. Thankfully you all are normal and fun to hang out with.
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BraydanTaffy wrote: »Spray bottles that give up spraying after a few uses. Plastic food bottles that have tops on so tight, you can't open them without pliers.
Lol, I feel your pain.
As a former hairdresser, I can tell you that I always save 1-2 empty bottles & all working spray tops. Clean them first by filling up any clean container with hot water, then spraying continually to remove all residue from the tubing. I do it a couple of times. Then just store them... may not need 1 for 2-yrs, but eventually, you'll be happy you stuck them under the bathroom cabinet.
With tight bottle tops...
Why a former hairdresser? My daughter just graduated from high school and for the past few years all that she's talked about is going to beauty school. She starts on September 8th. I really hope it's everything she's ever dreamt of or imagined. She's getting the full hair, skin and nails.1 -
I was irked at a customer service rep for GoodRX for about 2 hours until I realized they were right. 😹3
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I told you our codeine hits the spot! 🤗catsandtea111 wrote: »I was irked at a customer service rep for GoodRX for about 2 hours until I realized they were right. 😹
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We just got a new fan for the front room as it's so hot and my 3yr old keeps turning it off and saying no more 😑🙄 melting!1
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BraydanTaffy wrote: »Spray bottles that give up spraying after a few uses. Plastic food bottles that have tops on so tight, you can't open them without pliers.
Lol, I feel your pain.
As a former hairdresser, I can tell you that I always save 1-2 empty bottles & all working spray tops. Clean them first by filling up any clean container with hot water, then spraying continually to remove all residue from the tubing. I do it a couple of times. Then just store them... may not need 1 for 2-yrs, but eventually, you'll be happy you stuck them under the bathroom cabinet.
With tight bottle tops...
Why a former hairdresser? My daughter just graduated from high school and for the past few years all that she's talked about is going to beauty school. She starts on September 8th. I really hope it's everything she's ever dreamt of or imagined. She's getting the full hair, skin and nails.
I did the same, hair, skin & nails. Congrats to your daughter. I hope it's a good career for her & she enjoys it.
I became a HD, basically, as a backup career... if I ever lost a job or needed something quick, I could work in a salon & for the most part, that's how I've worked in the industry... short jaunts. I've been licensed in 8+ states over the years... rarely working in them... the licenses were just in case. Now licenses are hundreds of dollars not tens, so I just retain my original state's license. As an aside, should she not enjoy it, but takes her state boards & becomes licensed, persuade her to not let her license expire... she may use it down the line... I have & have been grateful for it.
I worked freelance in TV/film as my 1st career (hair, makeup) & loved it, but... jobs can be scarce & I never could adjust to having to pound the pavement for work, every time a job ended. That stress is a lot for a teen, living on her own, in big cities.
Working in a shop isn't for me. I've always moved around so much, I couldn't afford to work for commission or booth rental, while building a clientele, so worked in "chop shops"... the $15-20 haircutting places. The vast majority of hairdressers work for those Great Clips/Fantastic Sams type of places. Hourly pay is very low & tips can be, as well, mainly as people go to those shops as they can't afford anything else, or they are frugal... either way, they often don't tip well.
Look up the BLS stats on hairdressers. Shop owners average $50K/yr. Hairdressers, $23K. And, the industry is changing. Big companies like Sola Salon Studios are putting small shops out of biz... they're giant bldgs with floors of booth rentals for hair, skin, nails, massage. Hard to make it if you're paying $500-1K/mo for a top floor rental & relying on walk-ins. Most won't go past the 1st or 2nd floors & you've got 100 other pros as competition.
And, even in small towns where some have at-home shops installed in their basements, I've known very few who work regularly... it's mostly a hobby as they're a stay-at-home mum & wife, who doesn't need to feed the landlord monthly... hubby's paying the bills.
If she intends to live in the same city after school, she can take that time to build a clientele & then maybe work in her own shop down the line. I know a few who did just that, but they lived in very small communities, with a shop with the greatest location... a stand-alone where clients could easily pull-in off the road... where there wasn't any competition.
I've taken many advanced classes over the years, so I've always kept my hand in it... it's more a hobby & I've saved piles of money doing everything to my own hair. If I could have made more $$$ out of school, I might have more seriously considered it as a career, but I couldn't survive on slightly above min wage + tips, before taxes. Now with the internet & social media as a way to advertise & apps to make it easy for clients to schedule & pay, there's a definite advantage. It's a different world.
One word of advice. Instruct your daughter, once trained, to not do freebies. People should pay for her time & expertise. Decades of free cuts & colors & perms ruined the fun in it for me. With apps, she can have her friends schedule appts with her (just to get used to using it), ask them to refer others to her & maybe that will give her a head start. Legally, you cannot charge without a license & in most states, you can't work in a non-registered place (MA is an exception, where I lived for a long time), but she can accept gratis... so, she's just accepting gifts... but, look up that info via school or through the state board first... every single one of them differs, sometimes vastly.
As an example, MA allows mobile salons (meaning, a licensed HD can visit a person's house or venue to do services for a wedding or event... the HD is mobile... I did that for years by doing hair for TV/film... I worked in non-registered "salons", on site), but mobile salon in most other states is literal (a bus outfitted as a salon & licensed by the state... they're like food trucks... going from location to location). Most states don't allow HDs to service clients outside of a registered salon, even for a wedding at the venue.
If she can use that work-around in your state, have her keep meticulous records of gifts & expenses & if she makes above the limit where one must declare income & pay taxes, do it. I knew 1 young mum who had to shut down her non-registered, at-home shop in PA, as someone reported to the board that she was running a shop out of her home. I get it, it's what's required, but she was agoraphobic & trying to make a living, so I did sympathize. (As a note to that last story... her husband built a legal shop in their basement so she could work).
Good luck to your daughter. I hope she does well!8 -
When people say the most basic *kitten* and then say “Am I the only one?”
Ex: “I just love fresh fruit!!!! Am I the only one?”
Yeah, you’re the only one who loves fresh fruit.9 -
in law staying for longer than a month....7
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Sometimes when I'm right about something or someone 😒 Im a little irked because I wish I wasn't5
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WhispersofaSupergirl wrote: »in law staying for longer than a month....
I'm so sorry0 -
slimgirljo15 wrote: »Sometimes when I'm right about something or someone 😒 Im a little irked because I wish I wasn't
Me too. 💔1 -
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BraydanTaffy wrote: »BraydanTaffy wrote: »Spray bottles that give up spraying after a few uses. Plastic food bottles that have tops on so tight, you can't open them without pliers.
Lol, I feel your pain.
As a former hairdresser, I can tell you that I always save 1-2 empty bottles & all working spray tops. Clean them first by filling up any clean container with hot water, then spraying continually to remove all residue from the tubing. I do it a couple of times. Then just store them... may not need 1 for 2-yrs, but eventually, you'll be happy you stuck them under the bathroom cabinet.
With tight bottle tops...
Why a former hairdresser? My daughter just graduated from high school and for the past few years all that she's talked about is going to beauty school. She starts on September 8th. I really hope it's everything she's ever dreamt of or imagined. She's getting the full hair, skin and nails.
I did the same, hair, skin & nails. Congrats to your daughter. I hope it's a good career for her & she enjoys it.
I became a HD, basically, as a backup career... if I ever lost a job or needed something quick, I could work in a salon & for the most part, that's how I've worked in the industry... short jaunts. I've been licensed in 8+ states over the years... rarely working in them... the licenses were just in case. Now licenses are hundreds of dollars not tens, so I just retain my original state's license. As an aside, should she not enjoy it, but takes her state boards & becomes licensed, persuade her to not let her license expire... she may use it down the line... I have & have been grateful for it.
I worked freelance in TV/film as my 1st career (hair, makeup) & loved it, but... jobs can be scarce & I never could adjust to having to pound the pavement for work, every time a job ended. That stress is a lot for a teen, living on her own, in big cities.
Working in a shop isn't for me. I've always moved around so much, I couldn't afford to work for commission or booth rental, while building a clientele, so worked in "chop shops"... the $15-20 haircutting places. The vast majority of hairdressers work for those Great Clips/Fantastic Sams type of places. Hourly pay is very low & tips can be, as well, mainly as people go to those shops as they can't afford anything else, or they are frugal... either way, they often don't tip well.
Look up the BLS stats on hairdressers. Shop owners average $50K/yr. Hairdressers, $23K. And, the industry is changing. Big companies like Sola Salon Studios are putting small shops out of biz... they're giant bldgs with floors of booth rentals for hair, skin, nails, massage. Hard to make it if you're paying $500-1K/mo for a top floor rental & relying on walk-ins. Most won't go past the 1st or 2nd floors & you've got 100 other pros as competition.
And, even in small towns where some have at-home shops installed in their basements, I've known very few who work regularly... it's mostly a hobby as they're a stay-at-home mum & wife, who doesn't need to feed the landlord monthly... hubby's paying the bills.
If she intends to live in the same city after school, she can take that time to build a clientele & then maybe work in her own shop down the line. I know a few who did just that, but they lived in very small communities, with a shop with the greatest location... a stand-alone where clients could easily pull-in off the road... where there wasn't any competition.
I've taken many advanced classes over the years, so I've always kept my hand in it... it's more a hobby & I've saved piles of money doing everything to my own hair. If I could have made more $$$ out of school, I might have more seriously considered it as a career, but I couldn't survive on slightly above min wage + tips, before taxes. Now with the internet & social media as a way to advertise & apps to make it easy for clients to schedule & pay, there's a definite advantage. It's a different world.
One word of advice. Instruct your daughter, once trained, to not do freebies. People should pay for her time & expertise. Decades of free cuts & colors & perms ruined the fun in it for me. With apps, she can have her friends schedule appts with her (just to get used to using it), ask them to refer others to her & maybe that will give her a head start. Legally, you cannot charge without a license & in most states, you can't work in a non-registered place (MA is an exception, where I lived for a long time), but she can accept gratis... so, she's just accepting gifts... but, look up that info via school or through the state board first... every single one of them differs, sometimes vastly.
As an example, MA allows mobile salons (meaning, a licensed HD can visit a person's house or venue to do services for a wedding or event... the HD is mobile... I did that for years by doing hair for TV/film... I worked in non-registered "salons", on site), but mobile salon in most other states is literal (a bus outfitted as a salon & licensed by the state... they're like food trucks... going from location to location). Most states don't allow HDs to service clients outside of a registered salon, even for a wedding at the venue.
If she can use that work-around in your state, have her keep meticulous records of gifts & expenses & if she makes above the limit where one must declare income & pay taxes, do it. I knew 1 young mum who had to shut down her non-registered, at-home shop in PA, as someone reported to the board that she was running a shop out of her home. I get it, it's what's required, but she was agoraphobic & trying to make a living, so I did sympathize. (As a note to that last story... her husband built a legal shop in their basement so she could work).
Good luck to your daughter. I hope she does well!
Wow words of wisdom, thank you! I need to try to bookmark this because it's a lot of interesting, useful information. She'll graduate on 10/19/2022, if she follows the program and she is in PA. She's awful with money, absolutely awful. Nothing like me, and I taught her to save her money at a very early age but she no longer saves anything even though she easily could as she's living with my father and works and pays only a car payment and car insurance. She has the nicest nails, hair, and a beautiful wardrobe, though. I appreciate you sharing your experience and advice and I appreciate your well wishes!2 -
WhispersofaSupergirl wrote: »in law staying for longer than a month....
Awwwwww I'm sorry...mine was here for a week and it was a long week. I'd probably lose my mind after a month.1 -
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BraydanTaffy wrote: »BraydanTaffy wrote: »Spray bottles that give up spraying after a few uses. Plastic food bottles that have tops on so tight, you can't open them without pliers.
Lol, I feel your pain.
As a former hairdresser, I can tell you that I always save 1-2 empty bottles & all working spray tops. Clean them first by filling up any clean container with hot water, then spraying continually to remove all residue from the tubing. I do it a couple of times. Then just store them... may not need 1 for 2-yrs, but eventually, you'll be happy you stuck them under the bathroom cabinet.
With tight bottle tops...
Why a former hairdresser? My daughter just graduated from high school and for the past few years all that she's talked about is going to beauty school. She starts on September 8th. I really hope it's everything she's ever dreamt of or imagined. She's getting the full hair, skin and nails.
I did the same, hair, skin & nails. Congrats to your daughter. I hope it's a good career for her & she enjoys it.
I became a HD, basically, as a backup career... if I ever lost a job or needed something quick, I could work in a salon & for the most part, that's how I've worked in the industry... short jaunts. I've been licensed in 8+ states over the years... rarely working in them... the licenses were just in case. Now licenses are hundreds of dollars not tens, so I just retain my original state's license. As an aside, should she not enjoy it, but takes her state boards & becomes licensed, persuade her to not let her license expire... she may use it down the line... I have & have been grateful for it.
I worked freelance in TV/film as my 1st career (hair, makeup) & loved it, but... jobs can be scarce & I never could adjust to having to pound the pavement for work, every time a job ended. That stress is a lot for a teen, living on her own, in big cities.
Working in a shop isn't for me. I've always moved around so much, I couldn't afford to work for commission or booth rental, while building a clientele, so worked in "chop shops"... the $15-20 haircutting places. The vast majority of hairdressers work for those Great Clips/Fantastic Sams type of places. Hourly pay is very low & tips can be, as well, mainly as people go to those shops as they can't afford anything else, or they are frugal... either way, they often don't tip well.
Look up the BLS stats on hairdressers. Shop owners average $50K/yr. Hairdressers, $23K. And, the industry is changing. Big companies like Sola Salon Studios are putting small shops out of biz... they're giant bldgs with floors of booth rentals for hair, skin, nails, massage. Hard to make it if you're paying $500-1K/mo for a top floor rental & relying on walk-ins. Most won't go past the 1st or 2nd floors & you've got 100 other pros as competition.
And, even in small towns where some have at-home shops installed in their basements, I've known very few who work regularly... it's mostly a hobby as they're a stay-at-home mum & wife, who doesn't need to feed the landlord monthly... hubby's paying the bills.
If she intends to live in the same city after school, she can take that time to build a clientele & then maybe work in her own shop down the line. I know a few who did just that, but they lived in very small communities, with a shop with the greatest location... a stand-alone where clients could easily pull-in off the road... where there wasn't any competition.
I've taken many advanced classes over the years, so I've always kept my hand in it... it's more a hobby & I've saved piles of money doing everything to my own hair. If I could have made more $$$ out of school, I might have more seriously considered it as a career, but I couldn't survive on slightly above min wage + tips, before taxes. Now with the internet & social media as a way to advertise & apps to make it easy for clients to schedule & pay, there's a definite advantage. It's a different world.
One word of advice. Instruct your daughter, once trained, to not do freebies. People should pay for her time & expertise. Decades of free cuts & colors & perms ruined the fun in it for me. With apps, she can have her friends schedule appts with her (just to get used to using it), ask them to refer others to her & maybe that will give her a head start. Legally, you cannot charge without a license & in most states, you can't work in a non-registered place (MA is an exception, where I lived for a long time), but she can accept gratis... so, she's just accepting gifts... but, look up that info via school or through the state board first... every single one of them differs, sometimes vastly.
As an example, MA allows mobile salons (meaning, a licensed HD can visit a person's house or venue to do services for a wedding or event... the HD is mobile... I did that for years by doing hair for TV/film... I worked in non-registered "salons", on site), but mobile salon in most other states is literal (a bus outfitted as a salon & licensed by the state... they're like food trucks... going from location to location). Most states don't allow HDs to service clients outside of a registered salon, even for a wedding at the venue.
If she can use that work-around in your state, have her keep meticulous records of gifts & expenses & if she makes above the limit where one must declare income & pay taxes, do it. I knew 1 young mum who had to shut down her non-registered, at-home shop in PA, as someone reported to the board that she was running a shop out of her home. I get it, it's what's required, but she was agoraphobic & trying to make a living, so I did sympathize. (As a note to that last story... her husband built a legal shop in their basement so she could work).
Good luck to your daughter. I hope she does well!
Wow words of wisdom, thank you! I need to try to bookmark this because it's a lot of interesting, useful information. She'll graduate on 10/19/2022, if she follows the program and she is in PA. She's awful with money, absolutely awful. Nothing like me, and I taught her to save her money at a very early age but she no longer saves anything even though she easily could as she's living with my father and works and pays only a car payment and car insurance. She has the nicest nails, hair, and a beautiful wardrobe, though. I appreciate you sharing your experience and advice and I appreciate your well wishes!
Char...
Here's PA's State Board of Cosmo link for future reference. PA's a good state for a HD license, as it's reciprocal with many other states given the 1,250-hrs schooling, if your daughter ever wanted to work in another state.
https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/Cosmetology/Pages/default.aspx
If you ever have any q's, send me a DM. With schooling, it all differs & I went over 20-yrs ago in another state, so things have changed... I wouldn't be much help with answers about that but could guide you in the right direction.1
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