Comments on Halushki: They Didn't Teach Me This in Medical School

Pretzel- Oh. Well maybe I'll keep doing the CC thi...

2008-07-03T01:16:00.000-04:00

Pretzel- Oh. Well maybe I'll keep doing the CC thing. My hairdresser owns the salon so I figure he's getting the tip!

If it's on a CC then I just add the tip and sign t...

2008-07-02T19:50:00.000-04:00

If it's on a CC then I just add the tip and sign the slip. Most restaurants that take CCs have the tips assigned electronically and the waitress will get her tips the next time she/he works. When I used to bartend that is how my work did it. If my tips were by CC we were told not to take cash from the drawer but to leave them on the slip and when they did give us our tips we were given a copy of the slip so we knew what we earned.

bknelson- That does sound cute. I actually really ...

2008-07-02T15:36:00.000-04:00

bknelson- That does sound cute. I actually really like "Niklaus" now and when I leave here I can't believe I'll have to search for another stylist all over again.

Linda-I've never tried Aveda salons. Are they good?

Vered-When I got really busy that's all I would do too. In fact I just hand my scissors to a friend and say, "First a little off the back please."

Hi Barbara- Welcome! I hope you come back to Haluski. She's great!!

Mommytime-Me too! I loooove the blow out!

Pretzel- Really? Directly to them. What if it's on a credit card? I never carry cash. I'll have ot go back and ask them again.

Dr. Cason -

I give the money directly to th...

2008-07-02T11:29:00.000-04:00

Dr. Cason -

I give the money directly to the hair dresser/stylist so I know that the person who took care of my hair is getting the money.

If I'm at a restaurant I make sure to give it to the person who waited on us. If they have left because their shift finished before we did I always ask for the manager and ask them to give the tip to the waiter/waitress. That doesn't happen often but it has a few times.

Really it is what ever the customer is comfortable with doing.

I, too, am mystified by the complexities of the ha...

2008-07-02T07:28:00.000-04:00

I, too, am mystified by the complexities of the hairdresser. For me, the foils were pretty second nature, since I spent my middle-school years assisting my mother with some fabulous perms (it was the 80s), which back then required handing her rollers of the right size and color at regular intervals. What completely baffles me, though, is the hair dryer. Sure, I can dry my own hair so it won't freeze to my head in winter (not your problem in Guam, I'm guessing). But I find it completely impossible to make MY hairdryer do what HER hairdryer does. So every fabulous new haircut looks EXACTLY like the hair I had three days before as soon as her styling savvy wears off and I'm in charge of the dryer again. There definitely should be a course in this that's part of all advanced degrees...

Hi Dr. Cason,

I love your first guest post....

2008-07-02T02:44:00.000-04:00

Hi Dr. Cason,

I love your first guest post. This was a wonderful story. Your trip to the salon sounded like a read adventure.

I have long hair. I trim the ends twice a year and...

2008-07-02T02:27:00.000-04:00

I have long hair. I trim the ends twice a year and that's it. I don't like hair salons! :)

Hi,

I used to drive over an hour one way to...

2008-07-02T01:57:00.000-04:00

Hi,

I used to drive over an hour one way to a fancy-shmancy salon and never felt relaxed there. I was a fish out of water, but my hair did look great.

Got sick of the long drive and stress, so now I go to a local salon with a great hairdresser I can talk, laugh and cry with . . . and my hair still looks great. :-)

Loved your post! Hope Halushki has you back. Found you through your comments on BWAB and MomGrind, btw.

It's hair. It grows back. I have stick-straight li...

2008-07-02T00:33:00.000-04:00

It's hair. It grows back. I have stick-straight light brown hair. I spent most of my 20s dyeing the crap out of it - mostly blonde or red. I let it all grow out in med school after I got married. I just found a fantastic stylist at an Aveda salon near my house. My cut is above the shoulders, angled slightly towards the face, and choppy in the back. I can do so many things with it - straighten it, flip the ends out, flip them under, and still pull the whole shebang back into a ponytail. I'm in love with Maria, what can I say.

I'm so delighted that there are comments. This mor...

2008-07-02T00:32:00.000-04:00

I'm so delighted that there are comments. This morning my husband leaned over and said, "You wrote about you hairdresser?" in a very worried tone.

Uh. Yeah. Crap. Should've gone shorter and sweeter. I'm resisting the urge to edit it.

Heidi-I too always look in the mirror and am shocked at my reflection. Must be the lighting! (funny thing is everyone else looks normal-damn!)

Jenn- I love the piles of magazines too!I never have enough time to read them all.

Joan & Tony- Maybe it's the touch. When they're washing my hair all I can think about is how nice they are to be doing that. Of course I am paying them!

Dawn- Ok that settles it. I'm coming over to your hairdresser!

Awesome Mom- I always try to find the person with the best and cutest cut and then ask where they went. It works every time.

Pretzel-I can't believe she said that! I now give the tip to the front desk but in the past I used to walk up and give it to them. Is that right? I've never asked.

Angela- Wow. I wish I had that job. Do you get facials and massages at discount too?

Leucantha- I always love it when I leave. Hate it when I'm home for the next week or so and then magically it's perfect!

We yak yak yak at the salon but our stylist has he...

2008-07-01T23:40:00.000-04:00

We yak yak yak at the salon but our stylist has her own room and it isn't really all that intimidating. I always have haircut remorse it seems like for a day or two and then I dig it.

Sounds like quite an experience.

I work at ...

2008-07-01T22:10:00.000-04:00

Sounds like quite an experience.

I work at a spa so I get professional hair cuts for like next tnothing.

There is absolutely nothing to compare having your...

2008-07-01T14:29:00.000-04:00

There is absolutely nothing to compare having your scalp massaged as bubbles froth upon your head. I *love* going to the salon just to get my hair washed. If I could do it everyday I would but, *sigh*, I can't justify the cost to Mr.

The part I hate is that it is inevitable that someone will screw the cut or color or perm up and then I get mad.

The one and only time I have ever withheld a tip was not for a bad haircut, surprisingly, but the stylist said "Don't forget my tip," and I was shocked. I didn't tip her financially but I did say "Next time don't ask for a tip." She did a crappy job on my hair but even if they do I usually tip because I know their wages aren't all that great. But ask for a tip? Quick way for me to not tip ya.

I am horrible about getting my hair cut!! When I ...

2008-07-01T12:20:00.000-04:00

I am horrible about getting my hair cut!! When I was living in Utah my mom had a great hairdresser that worked out of her home. I went to her (she even did my wedding hair) faithfully. When my husband and I moved to California I would get my hair cut every time we went ti visit my family. Now that we have moved to Kansas I think I may have to give it up and find someone new. Sigh, it is almost worse than having to find a new doctor.

I love getting my hair done! I've been going to m...

2008-07-01T12:04:00.000-04:00

I love getting my hair done! I've been going to my stylist for about 8 years now. She's my age, and has 2 kids, so she totally gets that it's my "relaxation" time when I'm in her chair. She sits me down, gets me my trashy gossip magazines, and let's me vent on whatever I need to. I always feel refreshed when I leave!

I love my hairdresser. She cuts, color and Highlig...

2008-07-01T12:01:00.000-04:00

I love my hairdresser. She cuts, color and Highlights my hair. I feel like a new human being when I leave. Why is that I wonder? Is it just the touch or just being renewed. We leave this Friday for a short vacation with family in VA,
and I go Friday morning to get that cut, color and HL. Not bad, morning at the hairdresser, vacation and being with family all in the same day. God is great!

I am all about the 6 back issues of People magazin...

2008-07-01T10:14:00.000-04:00

I am all about the 6 back issues of People magazine and a little light conversation.

I love going to be styled/primped/whatever. I love...

2008-07-01T07:51:00.000-04:00

I love going to be styled/primped/whatever. I love feeling like someone else is taking care of me. But ... while I'm there, I feel like a drowned rat. An old, tired one. I stare at myself in the mirror and hyper-self-criticize my too-high forehead, my too long nose, my wrinkles, my pores.