As the saying goes, blondes have more fun. Or so I thought. So I went to the hairdresser today to get my hair dyed. And, adventurous as I am, I decided to try out a new hairdresser that’s opened just around the corner.
It was a terrible mistake! I spent there all afternoon. Now I look like a zebra. Only horizontal. The top of my head is kind of greyish, the rest sort of orange-yellow-undefined…
Now for my dilemma. I did not pay anything (naturally) but the hairdresser offered to fix the damage for me tomorrow and I’d pay then. Distraught as I was, I accepted.
But looking at myself in the mirror now I really don’t want to go back there and I made an appointment with my old hairdresser to fix the problem. But now my conscience is acting up. Am I morally obliged to go back to the other one (since I spent there all afternoon without paying)? Should I pay him a small amount and go to the other one? Or should I just go to the new one and not feel bad about it because, let’s face it, I look horrendous.
What’s your opinion on this hairy matter?
I’d say get it done right with a hairdresser you trust. I’d feel a little bad, too, but do you really want to think about how this can get worse?
Right now, I’d say it couldn’t get any worse. Still, there is the chance that all my hair will fall out. At the moment, it would be an improvement.
I don’t think your obliged to go back to the other one. Did he give you any indication at all he would be able to do a better job the second time he tried to dye your hair?
(arg, that would be "you’re obligated, instead of that unfortunate word usage)
IMO you shouldn’t have to pay the first hairdresser to fix what he/she messed up.
He gave me some hairdressery mumbo-jumbo about putting highlights in my hair since that would “even things out”. I’m not too sure about that…
No second chances with bad 'dos. Call him and tell him you don’t trust him and you’ll just call it even.
You have no moral obligation towards someone who screwed up what was essentially a fairly simple task. Don’t reward incompetence: go to a decent hairdresser, and tell your friends to avoid the other one.
Thanks for your advice…that’s what I thought, too but I’m just so darn honest (or whatever you might call it) sometimes. Anyhow, I certainly hope I’ll be able to leave the house without wearing a hat after tomorrow. sigh
Note to universe: I am putting this on the “credit” side of my Karma account, just so you know…
I’m curious how the hairdresser managed to make that mistake! (Shudder!) What colour was your hair beforehand, and what was the hairdresser trying to do with it?
plain_jane, my hair was coloured a dark brown (which I had told him). So he put on some kind of peroxide lotion and obviously left it on for too long at the roots (=grey) and not long enough at the tips (=orange). Then he put some kind of “herbal colour” onto my head and wrapped it in cellophane - nothing happened. Then he mixed up something that really burned my scalp which made the effect a little less scary, but it’s still just the same tinged with a little blond colour. And my head hurts.
What am I thinking going back there again? I have to go to university now, wearing a hat 
My other appointment is only this afternoon.
Well, apart from the sucky coding I wanted to say “What was I thinking to want to go back there.” Because I am certainly not planning to. Just to clear that up.
Not looking like a Zebra anymore, but thank you for asking 
Woo Hoo!!! They fixed it!!!
:: doing the happy dance ::
What did they do to fix it? (Gosh, I’m nosy!) Congrats, btw. . . I have had hair disasters in my lifetime (say, a dozen or so!) so I know how annoying it is!