hi everyone, thought id update you...after much deliberation about how to handle this and taking advice (it seems we cant tell them to remove their uniforms) I spoke to my girls today and told them how upset i was that they smoked outside the salon in my absence. I explained that as they never do it when im there I felt let down and that they had taken advantage and guess what - they were both mortified and vowed it wouldnt happen again!
They agreed it would look very bad on the salon and on them - and when I also explained about the impact on their personal tagets if clients wont rebook with them we came to an agreement...if they can manage all week they can manage on a saturday too!
I really hope it works out but will be making a few 'ad hoc' visits too!
Thanks for everyones comments - i noticed there was a great divided opinion but thank you all
K