Well i it were me, I would always keep me a change of clothes there because if I ever looked up and saw some "man reflection" peeping in at me, I know I would need 'em. I know a guy who wrote a book about hauntings in the Chattanooga, TN area and it is really creeeeeepy. He also takes people on ghost tours. Not ME, mind you, because I won't be going to look for no ghost. But yeah, some people are just all over the ghost thing. They'll be tuning in and seeing things. I have this mental pic of you sitting there doing somebody's nails when all of a sudden they go into one of those spells where they flop their heads back and start talking in another voice! lol When that happens,are you just going to keep doing their nails and let them have their fun until you're done? haha!
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Maggie in Visalia <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm alone in a hotel room 200 miles from home waiting for the BF to get > out of his class on Mini-Cooper repair...can you tell I have nothing to do? > Somehow it's so much more interesting when we go out of town for MY > continuing education events!!! > > So anyway... like I was saying, the new salon is in a really old bank > building. One weekend while we were down there painting I kept hearing the > elevator running. There are two elevators and the one that acts the weirdest > is the original one, the second elevator was added only a few years ago. The > stupid things "ding" as they pass each floor whether they stop or not. But > the elevators generally just hang out on the ground floor until someone > pushes a call button. But this particular Sunday afternoon, with only a > handful of people in the building at all, the one elevator just kept running > up and down all day; "ding, ding, ding..." > > And I started joking about how old the building is and that it's probably > haunted. Then I got to talking with some of the other tenants who started > telling me that the original elevator acts up and does weird things. Mostly, > it tends to stop on the 5th floor (the top floor) no matter what floor was > pushed. > > So I decided that was even more evidence that the building is haunted. > > Mind you... there are probably some electrical glitches in the one elevator > that may have something to do with updating it with a new car and new > buttons and such-- I'm not sure when they updated the car and added the new > elevator but it's less than 20 years old. The first time I ever went > upstairs in this building was in '89 and at that time it still had the > original elevator-- complete with elevator attendant to open and close both > sets of doors and push the buttons for you. > > I'm a total Ghosthunters geek and while the building may or may not be > haunted in any way, shape, or form... I just thought it'd make for fun > stories to tell. > > Then my phone line didn't work. > > AT&T checked the line and assured me that my line was working-- up to the > point of entry. Which means that the line works up to the point where it > enters the building in the basement. Where AT&T ceases to be responsible for > the line. So I can either hire AT&T to come out and make my phone get a dial > tone in the actual suite, or I can hire an independent contractor-- which > AT&T admits will probably be much cheaper. > > So I asked around, and the BF said he'd talk to the guy who does the phones > and computers for the shop where he works. (BF is a mechanic, btw) Sure > enough, Tom says he can do it. > > Never mind that no one has gotten around to getting beyond this point yet. > But that's not my story. When the BF told me he had talked to Tom he said > that Tom said he was familiar with that building; he's done work there > before and he used to have his own offices there. So they were talking about > what a cool old building it is and Tom said, "Yeah, except it's !$%*ing > haunted." > > Turns out, they had a lot of instances where they'd be working after hours > or on weekends and hear footsteps in the hall and see shadows of people > passing by the glass doors when there weren't actually any people in the > hallway. And one of Tom's employee's was working late one night when he > noticed the reflection of a man standing behind him in the monitor of his > computer, but there wasn't anyone else in the room with him. I guess that > guy just grabbed his keys and left, didn't shut down the computer, didn't > turn off the lights, nothing. Just left and wouldn't come back till there > were other people in the office. > > So I was thinking, "COOL!" Then I started thinking about how often I work > late and leave after everyone else and now I'm thinking, "Great, this is > probably the most secure location I've ever worked and this'll be the place > I'm afraid to stay alone." > > THEN I got to thinking that you know, a lot of people love a good ghost > story. Some people will be all over getting their nails done in a "haunted" > building. But some people are going to freak out if they hear any stories. > > And then there's the tendency of some people to insist that they are half > psychic and if they never hear about a ghost story they'll just go on about > their business without so much as a case of the shivers-- but as soon as > they catch wind of ghosts they're going to go all "6th Sense" on me and > insist they can see dead people and start coming up with all kinds of > "experiences." > > *sigh* > > I just wanted to share my stories...did I mention I'm bored? > > Maggie Franklin: Attitudes Salon; Visalia, CA > "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." > Maggie's Website <http://www.artofnailz.com/> > Maggie's Personal Blog <http://afishwithabicycle.blogspot.com/> > Maggie Rants [and rav...@nails Magazine <http://blogs.nailsmag.com/maggie/> > Myspace <http://myspace.com/nailsbymaggie> > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/onykophile> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nailtech%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=. > -- Renee Parnell Chattanooga, TN -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. 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