If it is crowded don't take a break!!!

[Boxley]

Why are we surprised? the Dis is famous for expecting CHILDREN to behave and respond better than adults do.

I thought that was her best post and probably the most honest one on this thread. Including the ones from adults.

If a teenager is going to post on a thread mostly sed by adults then the "child" must be able to react and post with maturity and some intelligence. As far as the post containing people dumping on her, this was early in the thread before she showed her lack of maturity, people disagreed with her as in a usual thread had and asked more questions as to why the OP was upset. She took it upon herself to react in a negative stance. There were OTHER posts on here that approached her in a mature way and asked her not only about the subject but as to why she would react in such a way, she chose to ignore these and reacted in an even more negative stance. The OP's first post was slightly hard to read due to grammar usage. There were many addresses towards this problem, and this was taken in an even worse way.

 

[Planogirl]

OP I think you had every right to be annoyed by that. I worked in a small store (comic book shop) in a strip mall, there were 2 employees in the whole place, myself and my manager. I worked alone on her days off, she worked alone on mine. It was up to us to make sure we took our breaks & lunches and got to use the bathroom. Sometimes it was crazy in there and I would actually have to tell people in the store "I'm sorry, I have to use the bathroom, can you please wait outside for 5 minutes?" Most times it wasn't a problem, only once did a guy get irate with me. I apologized and let him know it would only be a few minutes, he wanted me to lock him in with me, I couldn't do that and had to ask him again to leave. He finally huffed off after I explained again why I needed him to wait outside. I was done in under 2 minutes but he just left. Everyone else understood and was fine waiting. As for my breaks/lunch I never locked the door when I took a lunch, I just ate behind the counter and if anyone came in I helped them, I did the same for breaks. Yes, there were days I didn't get to take any breaks or lunches, but you know what? I dealt with it. I knew when I accepted the job that I would have days like that and I dealth with it. I made jokes with my customers while eating a sandwich or whatever, maybe I was lucky and my customers were just nicer people but really, it doesn't take much to be polite and say "I have to take a break, give me 15 minutes". The person working the salon only needed to say she needed to grab a quick bite to eat, to say she needed to use the bathroom, to say she needed to take a break by law, whatever, she should have said something and not left everyone hanging. It's common courtesy, and yes I would have been as annoyed as the OP, and yes, we go to a Great Clips type of salon for all of our haircuts. I understand she may have felt overwhelmed and not wanted to "deal with" people getting annoyed but there are so many ways to counter that, she could simply have told people coming in "I'm really sorry, I'm short handed because xxxx and I'll need to take a break after this client, if you'd like to wait please sign in, if not I completely understand", but she didn't, it sounds like she just ignored everyone and walked away. That is what is not OK in this instance, that she simply ignored everyone who was waiting.

As for the OP having a sense of self entitlement because she's unhappy with the service she got at a salon, I think that's ridiculous! She is upset because she got ignored, and she has every right to be upset by that. She also has every reason to not want to cross 8 lanes of traffic going 50 mph to get to another salon, jeez, I wouldn't want to cross that either!!

I like your response - it seems reasonable. Of course the person in the salon couldn't have eaten while cutting hair but saying something to the customers would have been nice.

I really blame whoever the owner is for this one. The single employee should have the chance to take a break to eat or whatever without a room full of people watching and waiting. If the employee was the owner then that's another issue.

 

[Planogirl]

If a teenager is going to post on a thread mostly sed by adults then the "child" must be able to react and post with maturity and some intelligence. As far as the post containing people dumping on her, this was early in the thread before she showed her lack of maturity, people disagreed with her as in a usual thread had and asked more questions as to why the OP was upset. She took it upon herself to react in a negative stance. There were OTHER posts on here that approached her in a mature way and asked her not only about the subject but as to why she would react in such a way, she chose to ignore these and reacted in an even more negative stance. The OP's first post was slightly hard to read due to grammar usage. There were many addresses towards this problem, and this was taken in an even worse way.

I would agree except for the part about the teen posting in a mature manner. There are adults who post in a childish way or who use inappropriate English and teens who do just fine so bringing up the fact that she is a teen seems a bit pointless.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I would agree except for the part about the teen posting in a mature manner. There are adults who post in a childish way or who use inappropriate English and teens who do just fine so bringing up the fact that she is a teen seems a bit pointless.

I agree completely with this. I don't think the poster's status as a teen should be grounds to disregard her opinions or feelings NOR should it be grounds to defend her and tell other posters to back off.

 

[KAMKIM]

If a teenager is going to post on a thread mostly sed by adults then the "child" must be able to react and post with maturity and some intelligence. As far as the post containing people dumping on her, this was early in the thread before she showed her lack of maturity, people disagreed with her as in a usual thread had and asked more questions as to why the OP was upset. She took it upon herself to react in a negative stance. There were OTHER posts on here that approached her in a mature way and asked her not only about the subject but as to why she would react in such a way, she chose to ignore these and reacted in an even more negative stance. The OP's first post was slightly hard to read due to grammar usage. There were many addresses towards this problem, and this was taken in an even worse way.

She probably thought she was, but since she is a child we really cant expect much. And as far as saying the responses were mature way I suggest you go back through and re read some of them because some of the ones I read were all out mocking her. Instead of making fun of someone for their grammar mistakes, if a PP wanted to really help the OP they could have easily stated this was wrong with your post even though you didn't ask for help on your grammar I feel the need to do it anyways. Mocking her and making fun of her was no better than any of her posts.

She responded in a negative way because she is a teenager. As for the negative responses towards her from an adult...what is their excuse?

 

[Boxley]

I would agree except for the part about the teen posting in a mature manner. There are adults who post in a childish way or who use inappropriate English and teens who do just fine so bringing up the fact that she is a teen seems a bit pointless.

True, however an adult who would post like the OP had, along with the negative posts would be blasted for not only grammar but behavior. I am aware that there are other teens who actually are fine on this board. My point is, if you are going to post on a board that had the majority of adults, be prepared to be mature.

 

[KAMKIM]

I agree completely with this. I don't think the poster's status as a teen should be grounds to disregard her opinions or feelings NOR should it be grounds to defend her and tell other posters to back off.

Agreed, but it shouldn't be pointed out that she is being immature when some of the responses towards her were from adults (I am assuming) and were childish as well.

 

[Boxley]

She probably thought she was, but since she is a child we really cant expect much. And as far as saying the responses were mature way I suggest you go back through and re read some of them because some of the ones I read were all out mocking her. Instead of making fun of someone for their grammar mistakes, if a PP wanted to really help the OP they could have easily stated this was wrong with your post even though you didn't ask for help on your grammar I feel the need to do it anyways. Mocking her and making fun of her was no better than any of her posts.

She responded in a negative way because she is a teenager. As for the negative responses towards her from an adult...what is their excuse?

I am not excusing those who bashed her, I think they were just as wrong, however there were others who were approached her in a respectful matter and do not deserve to be lumped up. Of course people would disagree with her as well as agree, that is what a board is about. Also, people were making a point that the OP's first post was hard to read.

 

[Planogirl]

True, however an adult who would post like the OP had, along with the negative posts would be blasted for not only grammar but behavior. I am aware that there are other teens who actually are fine on this board. My point is, if you are going to post on a board that had the majority of adults, be prepared to be mature.

I agree that a teen should expect to be treated just like anyone else if they post here. I dislike all of the fuss about grammar though. Some people are just poor at grammar or for whatever reason never learned. I'm personally far from perfect so I try to overlook grammatical errors.

There's no reason to take your ball and run home when things don't go your way though. Expect to be treated like an adult when you talk to other adults.

 

[KAMLEM]

I agree that a teen should expect to be treated just like anyone else if they post here. I dislike all of the fuss about grammar though. Some people are just poor at grammar or for whatever reason never learned. I'm personally far from perfect so I try to overlook grammatical errors.

It's hard to overlook them when they are so bad that you cannot understand what the poster is trying to say.