Here’s a random snippet from my life. Of course the term “interesting” is really dependent on how boring your day is so far. But we can all agree it’s random.
Once, I went a whole summer doing my own nails with one of those Acrylic Nail At Home Kits. They looked lumpy, bumpy, and god awful but it saved me a few bucks. Of course the quality of the materials was sub-par and as a result I kept shedding nail tips all over town. I didn’t mind that so much until it started to interfere with the two jobs I had that summer.
My first job was a shampoo girl at a hair salon. My acrylic nails would constantly lift at the cuticle and they always got stuck in a customer’s hair while I was washing out their perm. There’s nothing like being attached to the scalp of another person and needing 10 minutes to untangle your hands. Trust me when I tell you it’s awkward for everyone. At the time I blamed the perm solution for breaking down the glue and not the technician (me).
I eventually lost that job, not because of my little nail problem but because I never showed up for my 7 am shift until 11 am. And apparently “c’mon, it’s summer, relax” was an inappropriate response during our little “sit down”.
My second job was at Candy Kitchen. When a customer ordered candy we would use a tiny piece of tissue paper to reach in and grab it from the tub. Unfortunately, every time I pulled my hand out I was missing a nail..or nails. Normally I could locate and retrieve my nails quickly without anyone noticing. However, that summer I loved me some red nail polish and the customers, unfortunately, loved themselves some Red Swedish Fish. Needless to say, the digging through the red fish took a considerable amount of time and my problem soon became obvious to management. Turns out I was violating some kind of health code.
But I’m happy to say I didn’t get fired. Instead, I was instructed to wear latex gloves whenever I was working at the counter. Of course I was the only employee wearing them so customers probably thought I had scabies or something. Explains my short lines.
I actually ended up quitting that job when they wanted me to work on the 4th of July (Oh Hell No!). I had my friend call my manager and tell her that I got hit in the head with a boogie board while in the ocean untangling a dolphin from a tuna net.
“Sadly Kim can no longer properly calculate the weight of candy or count accurate change from a register. But she did save a dolphin’s life today so it wasn’t all for nothing. She did good. She did real good.”
I love and hate that this story is completely true.
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