Tips

[Suetheramble]

My daughter is doing work experience in a hairdresser. She is not getting paid for the 2 weeks she is there but is washing loads of peoples hair. She has recently found out that people have been leaving her tips - one person left her �5 - but she has not received anything unless the customer gives the tip to her direct ( In 7 days she has been given �4 in tips) The lady who took the �5 tip said she put it down and it has "gone". My daughter complained to the manager who said "What do you want me to do about it". Is this an example off work experience?

[cheries]

Try Rohypnol.

[velvet lady]

wot is it? does it help with mood swings and aggression? if so, where can i find it?!!! i need a triple dose please

[almcd007]

Try cyanide - I'm sure it'll sort you out.

Lots of luck getting a new log in name for what it's worth - people will still know it's you.

As for the martyrdom going on here about getting bitten and scratched - I know quite a few people who work in the same profession and dont bleat on about it - it goes with the job.

I'm sure a few of these names are the same people - good riddance to them all.

[cheries]

*sniggers with 007 in a corner*

[VillageVicar]

Suetheramble : I�m saddened to read this. The simple truth is that your daughter ought to have received every single gratuity that was offered to her. If the salon had a policy of �pooling� gratuities and distributing, even then, it would have been considerate (and good business practice) to have offered her, at the very least, a symbolic honorarium.

The concept of work-experience is to provide young people with an introduction to a business environment. Unfortunately, in this instance, your daughter also received an introduction to the life-experience process as well. With two children of my own who have participated in work-experience, their experiences were educational, nurturing and inspiring.

Whilst I feel badly for your daughter, it may be beneficial to sit down with her and share your frustration and anger, but also point out that this has been a valuable lesson for her as how not to run a business and how not to treat others.

I would suggest that both you and your daughter have a word with the school, to ensure they do not refer other children to the salon. Had there been a policy in place regarding work experience not receiving gratuities, and that was explained to her in advance, then the matter would be different.

Unfortunately, the percentages would typically be rather low that the manager of a hair salon would have a professional history of man-management skills and business ethics.

I might suggest that if any of these people your daughter served were friends, it might be beneficial to share with them what happened. They may have their own views on the matter which they might like to share with the shop owner.

Whilst indeed she is out a few pounds, your daughter has clearly had a good start on the fragilities of �the human condition.�

I wish you well

Fr Bill

[Suetheramble]

Thank you VillageVicar. I did tell her her first lesson in life - experience is an expensive thing.
When it comes to money very few people can be trusted.
Isn't it sad that the older you get the more cynical one gets - Still she did meet one nice lady so the lesson is their not all bad!
Personally I think she has had a good lesson this last couple of weeks..

[VillageVicar]

Suetheramble: I'm glad you and your daughter had the opportunity to speak about this. I have no doubt the experience will be a foundation for her future. This is not to suggest that she should not trust people in the future, nor assume that everyone is unscrupulous. Instead, hopefully, it has given her the important tools in knowing when to ask important questions.

A daft little story to share with you. Many years ago I (stupidly) fell for a time-share promotion. I�m sure you know the story: All I had to do was sit and listen to a thirty minute presentation on the property and afterwards I would receive a free Christmas turkey. Sounded great.

The presenter closely resembled Groucho Marx. I�ve never heard such fast talking, nonsense since. The thirty minutes rolled on for three hours. When some of us started demanding our turkeys, a grim phalanx of �closers� descended upon us. For another two hours they pounded at us. I know quite a few finally succumbed and actually paid deposits. But there was a strong core of us who persisted. Finally, one gentleman suggested that he was now phoning the police as he felt we were all being deceived and intimidated. Groucho instantly overheard this and jumped in to the argument. Our groups just wanted our free turkey and to leave.

Continued:

[VillageVicar]

Part 2

Groucho, with a shrug of his shoulders and a flick of his cigar, said with the greatest North London accent �So you wanna turkey, I got turkeys for ya!� He led us to the back of the show-house we had met in. In the back garden there were about a half dozen turkeys running loose. There were also about a dozen chickens. One woman started crying. A gentleman shouted at Groucho saying �these aren�t even turkeys, they�re chickens and they�re alive!� Groucho just shrugged his shoulders again and said�(Oh I wish I could do the accent!) �Toikeys, chickens, waddaya gonna do, dey�re all de same! Help yourself!� And at that he walked away from us.

I remember one man following Groucho, arguing about the fact they were still alive. But I already understood the scam enough to count my losses and go home. One rather creative couple actually decided to try to catch one of the turkeys. I never knew if they were successful � I left quickly.

For your daughter, certainly worse things could have happened. Whilst I�m sure it�s not a minimal experience for her, I�d say considering all that could have happened, it�s a relatively small price to pay for the education.

Tell her there are others in the world who sympathise with her. And if we knew of the hairdresser, we might just pop round and have a quiet word!

I wish you and your daughter well

Fr Bill

[spottychops]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz, sue the rambler rambles on we see velvet lady? come back sue, tell us more about your adventures, i`ve been to the hairdressers this weekend and tipped them all �5 each, but told the trainee to sod off and go wash someones hair, sh was only 12 but she`ll learn the hard way

vel/spot