Focusing too much on sanitation? WTH??? On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Couture Nail Boutique <[email protected]>wrote:
> LOL ! Lynette ! back in 2001 when I was with EZ Flow I was AGAIN > shopping for quality places to work. I found the "best" salon in the > area (which I have to say the salon/owner/managemet was EXCELLENT in > many, many,many ways) I was doing informational interviews where I > would go into salons before accepting an interview and I would > actually "interview" them to see if I even wanted to work there. I > grilled this owner for about 1.5 hours. I believed that she understood > what I was looking for in a salon and what I would expect. After our > interview I believed the salon to be up to my standards. However I > found myself having to disinfect the pedicure chair I was using before > AND after each client ( yes, cleaning then running disinfectant > through it for 10 minutes) because after watching another technician > "clean up" after her work. > I was "talked to" because I was taking too long for my pedi > appointments. I stayed with my own standards that I stated in my > official interview and would also leave informational articles in the > office for the owner. Then I realized that this same technician did > not have a disinfectant jar on her station and watched her as she > would tap her files ( just like you said) and put her dirty implements > into the UV cabinet in the back room ( dirty) and take them out again > and use them on clients. I had a friendly, informative discussion > with her about this and of course she knew better because she was > doing nails longer then I was and I didn't know what I was talking > about. OF COURSE !!! So then the owner had to have a discussion with > me about how I was "focusing too much on sanitation" > REALLY ? So when I grilled you for 1.5 hours about that before > accepting an interview at your salon...you were STILL not getting > it ??? > Needless to say I quit. This wasn't my first time to the rodeo. My > own salon was the only one that met my standards. I will NEVER be > perfect but I will always strive to do the best work I can and hold > myself to the highest standards and continue to educated myself and I > feel that EVERY nail technician should do this too if they want to > call themselves a "professional" > I'm so tired of "seasoned" nail techs that I see at educational events > that sit there and all they are trying to do is find something that > the educator is doing "wrong" instead of learning something new. > I forgot who said this but I remember this saying " when you are > GREEN, you are GROWING, when you are RIPE, you are ROTTEN". > WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE GREEN !!! > > Tickled Pink & Grey, > > ~Kimberly Lesser~ > > http://www.couturenailboutique.com > Award-winning Nail Technician > Articles and opinions published in industry magazines > National & International Competitor > Salon Nail Department Trainer and Mentor > Inta Member > AEFM Trained > Creative Nail Design "Grand Master" > 2000-2002 EZ Flow "Master Artist" Educator > 2006 & 2007 Entity Competition Team Member > 2006 & 2007 Entity Advantage Education Team Member > > > > > On May 12, 12:10 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > Kimberly, > > Reminds me of this time Pat and I were at the mall. He has to run in the > mens room. I waited outside the chop shop and watched what they were doing. > > -- > 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=en. > > -- Michelle Phoenix Elite Licensed Nail Technician Wet Paint Nail Spa www.wetpaintnailspa.com Online Booking Available -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
