I'd like to start this out by saying I'm a very nice person. Really. I smile when introducing myself, and retain politeness.I walked into Crystal Nails on my way to a conference in Boston. My costume ... Read More
I'd like to start this out by saying I'm a very nice person. Really. I smile when introducing myself, and retain politeness.I walked into Crystal Nails on my way to a conference in Boston. My costume was pink, so I needed a quick polish. Tina "greeted" me and curtly told me to pick a color.Wait time was short, but she looked completely put off as I took off my gloves and jacket, to the point where I feebly apologized. Speaking of apologizing, one of her regulars walked out to say goodbye, and her entire persona changed as she apologized to her - presumably, for being stuck with me. In a business where a lot of your income is based on tips (and believe me, I know about hustling), I was shocked.There were obvious upsales, and I politely - and again, I was keeping my composure - repeated I just wanted the basic polish.Then, with an attitude that made me anxious, she began forcing my cuticles out and around. I was about to ask her not to cut them, when she dug into my middle finger, not stopping as I repeatedly said "Ow." I'm a pretty tough cookie, but there's a point where you have to realize that maybe the tech was doing it on purpose.So the blood starts flowing out of my finger, and she says nothing. It's my first cut cuticle, so I'm not sure what to expect. When I went to wash my hands and the other nail techs looked panicked at my finger, I realized maybe there was a problem. Especially when Tina kept curtly saying, "Just stick it under the water." I thought, "Bitch, it HURTS when I do that", but followed her directions.So apparently, there's some sort of magic gel you put on a bleeding cuticle to make it stop. I didn't know it was going to feel like Satan took a bite of my nail, and she didn't feel like warning me about the fact that it was going to sting. So when I yelped a "FUCK!" out, I quickly apologized to the women around me. She tried to SUPER GLUE AN OPEN WOUND, and that's when I lost it. I said, "NO. Don't touch it. Just work around it."The rest of the experience was met with rudeness, like I was a burden and not a paying customer. Clearly, I didn't tip, and her service was so appalling that I was surprised she actually made me pay (which I did, because I'm not a complete asshole).Tl;dr: Tina was rude, thoughtless, and I essentially had to squeeze a begrudging "Sorry" out of her. My hands are an integral part of my business, and her actions seemed like she was taking some sort of disgruntled mood out on me.If you're interested in seeing the nail in question, I took a picture of what it looked like when I left, and tagged their Facebook page in it. It bled for about 15 more minutes. Read Less