LinaP
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Hello geeks!
I have just had a ride of a morning... I'm not sure what to do because I'm scared the salon owner who treated me poorly enough to make me leave will badmouth me to my old clients I really rely on word of mouth. I contacted whom I could but obv that's not everyone...
This morning I came in to the salon and found my deck moved from a lovely sunny window with a bright light overhead to what is essentially a broom closet. The owner wanted more space in reception and said she wanted to give me "more privacy" because it puts other people off when I speak my native language with the single customer I have from my country.... This really shocked me but I got on with arranging my space. When I asked for an extension lead because there weren't enough plugs I was told I will have to supply that myself and when I tried to move a floor lamp into a corner I was told I can't do that because there's no room.... I tried to explain that I can't work like that all my storage space has been left in the reception room and was going to stay there and the room was just too dark. I said I'm unhappy and she could have at least mentioned this to me. I just got told that she doesn't have to mention anything because it's her salon and I just sent a space and this is now my space if I'm unhappy I need to leave. So I packed up and left. I couldn't work in those co editions and the xenophobia was just a bit too much. As an explanation on my social media I cited health reasons and that I will only be available from home from now on (I know drama is bad for business so I mentioned none of it anywhere). Most of my clients didn't mind, only one was cross I moved at such short notice and cancelled. Now I'm just worried about the owner slagging me off in the future.
I'm so upset I was paying in chair rental equivalent of half of the salon's rent. My last short term contract just run out and we were meant to have a review today (I was on holiday so we didn't do it before).
TL;DR
I got kicked out from a salon I was renting a chair in because I didn't agree to being moved to a much worse location due to xenophobic sentiments from the salon owner. I'm now worried about her giving me a bad reputation as retaliation.
I have just had a ride of a morning... I'm not sure what to do because I'm scared the salon owner who treated me poorly enough to make me leave will badmouth me to my old clients I really rely on word of mouth. I contacted whom I could but obv that's not everyone...
This morning I came in to the salon and found my deck moved from a lovely sunny window with a bright light overhead to what is essentially a broom closet. The owner wanted more space in reception and said she wanted to give me "more privacy" because it puts other people off when I speak my native language with the single customer I have from my country.... This really shocked me but I got on with arranging my space. When I asked for an extension lead because there weren't enough plugs I was told I will have to supply that myself and when I tried to move a floor lamp into a corner I was told I can't do that because there's no room.... I tried to explain that I can't work like that all my storage space has been left in the reception room and was going to stay there and the room was just too dark. I said I'm unhappy and she could have at least mentioned this to me. I just got told that she doesn't have to mention anything because it's her salon and I just sent a space and this is now my space if I'm unhappy I need to leave. So I packed up and left. I couldn't work in those co editions and the xenophobia was just a bit too much. As an explanation on my social media I cited health reasons and that I will only be available from home from now on (I know drama is bad for business so I mentioned none of it anywhere). Most of my clients didn't mind, only one was cross I moved at such short notice and cancelled. Now I'm just worried about the owner slagging me off in the future.
I'm so upset I was paying in chair rental equivalent of half of the salon's rent. My last short term contract just run out and we were meant to have a review today (I was on holiday so we didn't do it before).
TL;DR
I got kicked out from a salon I was renting a chair in because I didn't agree to being moved to a much worse location due to xenophobic sentiments from the salon owner. I'm now worried about her giving me a bad reputation as retaliation.