Pity Party

Ever had one?  Well I'm having one/had one.  It's pretty much done.  Let me tell you how it started.  Since my blog is private I don't really care if I write about this.  I think I only have 3 readers anyways so I'm just gonna complain about this.

I love my job.  I love how flexible it is.  I love how if I don't have appointments I don't have to go in.  I love everyone I work with.  I LOVE hair!  What I don't love is that I don't have a steady paycheck.  I don't get benefits.  I don't get paid vacation.  If it's a holiday and it lands on a day that I work and I decide to take that day off.  I just lost money.  Not only clients money but I also still have to pay for my booth that day.  I work 6 days a month, 2 days a week, and I pay just as much as I would to be renting an apartment.  THIS is all OKAY, because I knew that's what I was getting into.  I get the flexibility for myself, my family and kids, that most people do not get.  So this is not a complaint.

My complaint is that when I'm working and I have a full day and I'm booked with back to back appointments, that doesn't mean that I'm making the big bucks.  I love walk-ins and referrals.  Those are what brings me money.  So the other day I had a full day of requests and a walk-in color at the end.  My requests weren't big money makers.  That means I was looking forward to my color.  Color is my #1 thing. I'm very good at it.  Most of the time when I can just get someone in my chair that's all it takes.  They are my clients after that.  So I get done with all of my requests and I go to check my books and my color isn't there.  They must of canceled.  I was so bummed.  That was money and I love colors.  I kept looking for some reason and the walk in was moved to another girls books.  I ask the receptionist why.  She said so and so did it and she wasn't sure why.  I was pissed!!  So and so isn't in charge of the books.  She is just like me.  All she does is work there.  So I go up to this girl and ask her why.  I tell her that she basically just took $80 bucks from me.  Her only reason was that the girl who she moved the appointment to didn't have anything all day so she gave her mine.  We exchanged a few words.  I had a vision to smack her in the face, with a chair, real hard.  I understand what's done is done.  Maybe I'll be able to get over my pity party faster now.  I really hate know it all's and I seem to be around a lot of them.

Now to make matters worse I have to go tell the Manager, who I really like.  She deals with a lot of bull crap coming from the 30 people that work there.  Most of the issues are minor.  I know mine is a little bit of a bigger one but that doesn't make it any easier to tattle.