surf girl
Well-Known Member
Aw I've had it up to here this week!
Client comes in at 2 (not my client) with a child with chicken pox... Not even fully scabbed over chicken pox too...
I'm not busy so I sat at the nail table with the child to eat my dinner (very quiet in the salon at that time I wouldn't normally eat there just thought I'd keep the kid company while mum got her hair done) so I'm looking at her across the table and thinking ew their pretty bad... Asks the mum is it contagious (now being a mum of 3 I should know this but don't... I'm tired as it is my brains not working well this week) she shrugs her shoulders.... Said child is staring at my with a look of concentration and I realise she's scratching very hard her private parts (God give me strength) I've gone off my food at this point and tell the mum what she's doing.... Mum shrugs and says yea their really bad down there... I breathe deeply and throw my lunch in the bin.... Mums appt is nearly done so I'm sneakily going round anti bacing everything she's touched, every time I turn around tho this kid is on my heel! I tell her to go ask mummy if she'd like a cuppa & the child breaks down in tears and is hanging on my leg begging for a cuddle! Instinct takes over and I pick her up and hug her while taking her to her mum (who didn't give a hoot that a stranger is caring for her sick child I'd just like to add!)
Panic mode then kicks in... I touched the child... The child's been touching God knows where... And I've touched the child...
I wanted to rip my clothes off and bath in antibac there and then! Then my client walks in with a child... I took them over the other side and quickly got them out but I feel like I've put my clients child at risk now
Could I or anyone else in the salon today have caught it? Am I supposed to report this to anyone?
I'm freaking out about it a bit tbh because when I googled it it said an infectious child shouldn't be taken to public places I diddnt even hug my kids tonight till after I'd showered I've never dealt with anything like this in the salon before
I'm going in at 8 tommorow to bleach the place
Client comes in at 2 (not my client) with a child with chicken pox... Not even fully scabbed over chicken pox too...
I'm not busy so I sat at the nail table with the child to eat my dinner (very quiet in the salon at that time I wouldn't normally eat there just thought I'd keep the kid company while mum got her hair done) so I'm looking at her across the table and thinking ew their pretty bad... Asks the mum is it contagious (now being a mum of 3 I should know this but don't... I'm tired as it is my brains not working well this week) she shrugs her shoulders.... Said child is staring at my with a look of concentration and I realise she's scratching very hard her private parts (God give me strength) I've gone off my food at this point and tell the mum what she's doing.... Mum shrugs and says yea their really bad down there... I breathe deeply and throw my lunch in the bin.... Mums appt is nearly done so I'm sneakily going round anti bacing everything she's touched, every time I turn around tho this kid is on my heel! I tell her to go ask mummy if she'd like a cuppa & the child breaks down in tears and is hanging on my leg begging for a cuddle! Instinct takes over and I pick her up and hug her while taking her to her mum (who didn't give a hoot that a stranger is caring for her sick child I'd just like to add!)
Panic mode then kicks in... I touched the child... The child's been touching God knows where... And I've touched the child...
I wanted to rip my clothes off and bath in antibac there and then! Then my client walks in with a child... I took them over the other side and quickly got them out but I feel like I've put my clients child at risk now
Could I or anyone else in the salon today have caught it? Am I supposed to report this to anyone?
I'm freaking out about it a bit tbh because when I googled it it said an infectious child shouldn't be taken to public places I diddnt even hug my kids tonight till after I'd showered I've never dealt with anything like this in the salon before
I'm going in at 8 tommorow to bleach the place