Cell phone etiquette in nail salon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here:

15:50- this is NOT my salon at. all. In fact what you described is the exact opposite. The tv is blaring, people are talking to each other loudly, and the nail techs ARE talking to each other in their native languages. There are no signs about cell phones! I would never use a cell phone in an area with a sign. I just don't see how me talking on the phone to dh (VERY QUIETLY) is any worse than two people talking to each other- esp when they are considerably louder than me? Also, for what it's worth, I was at least 10 ft away from any other people. Going outside is not a bad idea and I would have done so except there was no space to sit outside and I wanted to sit down (I am 8 months pregnant).

15:50 here, I'm 39 weeks and walked out to talk just last Saturday.

OP, you were annoying the lady, as soon as you saw the way she was looking at you you should have walked out or hung up. Sorry. Just because everybody is being rude and don't have any manners you'll join the crowd? Sorry but my manners don't depend on the environment where I am.

Ok, I'm sorry, but you people are just nuts!! Because one woman was glaring at the OP, the OP needs to step outside? Of a nail salon?????? I would've just glared right back at that lady and told her to mind her own freaking business. Good lord!!!

[Anonymous]

Ok, I'm sorry, but you people are just nuts!! Because one woman was glaring at the OP, the OP needs to step outside? Of a nail salon?????? I would've just glared right back at that lady and told her to mind her own freaking business. Good lord!!!

No. OP should have stepped out before the glare. It's nice to practice good manners everywhere. Nail salon is no exception.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here:

15:50- this is NOT my salon at. all. In fact what you described is the exact opposite. The tv is blaring, people are talking to each other loudly, and the nail techs ARE talking to each other in their native languages. There are no signs about cell phones! I would never use a cell phone in an area with a sign. I just don't see how me talking on the phone to dh (VERY QUIETLY) is any worse than two people talking to each other- esp when they are considerably louder than me? Also, for what it's worth, I was at least 10 ft away from any other people. Going outside is not a bad idea and I would have done so except there was no space to sit outside and I wanted to sit down (I am 8 months pregnant).

15:50 here, I'm 39 weeks and walked out to talk just last Saturday.

OP, you were annoying the lady, as soon as you saw the way she was looking at you you should have walked out or hung up. Sorry. Just because everybody is being rude and don't have any manners you'll join the crowd? Sorry but my manners don't depend on the environment where I am.

Ok, I'm sorry, but you people are just nuts!! Because one woman was glaring at the OP, the OP needs to step outside? Of a nail salon?????? I would've just glared right back at that lady and told her to mind her own freaking business. Good lord!!!

Yet, another klassy DCUM...

[Anonymous]

Maybe there was another reason for the glare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe there was another reason for the glare.

Ha! Hadn't thought of that! Maybe OP cut her off in the parking lot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the waiting area? How is taking a call any different from carrying on a conversation with the person you are sitting next to?

Because you may not think so but you are a lot louder speaking on a cell phone than having a conversation with someone sitting next to you. Take your call outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here:

15:50- this is NOT my salon at. all. In fact what you described is the exact opposite. The tv is blaring, people are talking to each other loudly, and the nail techs ARE talking to each other in their native languages. There are no signs about cell phones! I would never use a cell phone in an area with a sign. I just don't see how me talking on the phone to dh (VERY QUIETLY) is any worse than two people talking to each other- esp when they are considerably louder than me? Also, for what it's worth, I was at least 10 ft away from any other people. Going outside is not a bad idea and I would have done so except there was no space to sit outside and I wanted to sit down (I am 8 months pregnant).

Well, obviously, OP simply because you are 8 months pregnant you are automatically from the rules of polite society. If it was that noisy in there, "tv blaring, people talking loudly,nail techs speaking to each other in foreign languar=ge," then you could not possibly have been using your "inside" voice. It was rude if for no other reasons no one else wants to hear your conversation with your husband.

[Anonymous]

I wonder what OP was talking about that made the woman so mad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what OP was talking about that made the woman so mad

She was talking over the other noise so she was shouting in the woman's ear.

[Anonymous]

OP, you said you were speaking so low, your husband could barely hear you. Then why on earth were you on the phone for 5-7 minutes?

If you are waiting, you should take the call outside.
If you get a call, why don't you text back instead?

It is true, people on the phone are louder than they think they are.

[Anonymous]

No blame on you OP, but these days, 'cell phone etiquette is an oxymoron.

[Anonymous]

All you have to do is make the cell phone user look like an jackass. It is not difficult.

[Anonymous]

OP, please know that there are normal people who post on DCUM. The nutjobs on this particular thread do not live among them, however. You are fine, you sound like a very nice person, good luck with the rest of your pregnancy. And if I saw you in my nail salon, I would not give a good god-damn about you being on your cell phone.

[Anonymous]

5-7 minutes is not a quick call, it's a whole conversation. I agree that it should be taken outside if possible. I don't have a problem with a 1-2 minute, "I'll be home in an hour" or "Hey, I'm in the nail salon, let me call you back in a few minutes" calls.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't have glared at OP, I have encountered this before, it does seem rude but normal behavior. People are paying money and having a service done, your phone conversation does cut into the relaxation whether you noticed or not OP. If it was really loud in there in the first place she shouldn't have noticed you were on the phone talking quietly. So either it was a lot more quiet in the salon then you thought or you were louder then you thought. Either way, I can't personally afford the red door salon so my nail place is the closest thing to a spa treatment I am gonna get and hearing you loudly whisper to your husband really kills it.