I'm not pro-big corporations, but I've had it with these little mom and pop places who do a half-ass job and whine that they're being put out of business.
I get my eyebrows threaded, and I used to go to this little Indian beauty salon. However, I have totally boycotted them because they suck. First of all, their hours are erratic. Even though they have a listing of business hours on the door, it's a hit or miss whether they're open during the posted hours. Sometimes, they'll be closed with no explanation, and it's not a holiday. Every year, they go back to India for a couple months at a time. I don't have a problem with their vacations, but would it fucking kill them to post a sign on their door saying, "We will be gone from _______ to _________," both in advance and during their vacation/random days off? Yeah, I could call ahead, but they either don't answer or it has a busy signal, and there's no answering machine.
Here's the real kicker: they recently jacked up their prices due to sagging business.
NO
FUCKING
SHIT
YOU'RE
LOSING
BUSINESS
YOU IRRESPONSIBLE, LAZY FUCKS!
They may have a pretty steady clientèle, as they're one of the few salons in the Indian area of town, but people are going to go elsewhere if they're unreliable.
I'm not a spoiled brat customer or anything. I don't believe that the customer is always right by any means, and I think that restaurants should have bouncer moms who scold bratty customers and hit them with wooden spoons. However, fuck if I'm going to pay extra for their absolute lack of business skills and only be able to get my brows done 50% of the time when I'm in the area. I now go to a place down the street from them that is about 85% as good as the old place at doing brows, but at least they're reliable and act like they're running a business rather than a moneymaking hobby.
Other pet peeves
-Shitty customer service, like the forced-servitude son who blatantly ignores me to talk on his cell, or the daughter who rolls her eyes at me when I ask to please help me find something.
-If it's a restaurant, they skimp on ingredients, especially with meat.



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I -finally- fucking got there (at 3pm just to be sure) and they had the SHITTIEST curry. It tasted like water and I ordered extra spicy VINDALOO! 


Damn those little foreigners! Damn them all to hell! I think we should send them to Gitmo on principal. They are brown and speak with accent, therefore they must be terrorists. Hell, forget the trial, lets just hang them all when they arrive to our fair land.

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