Cell phone etiquette in nail salon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

You stand alone. Although I agree that OP doesn't sound like she's a bad person.

[Anonymous]

Let's see. You're in a nail salon, with a blaring tv, employees talking to each other, and a patron can still hear you talking from the waiting area. You were talking MUCH louder than you thought. Please have your conversation outside.

[Anonymous]

OP, it was fine. At my nail salon, the lady who does my nails talks on her blue tooth half the time I'm there an there conversations all around me. It really doesn't bother me, or I would have gone some where else.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

OP, she was glaring at you because YOU ARE 8 MONTHS PREGNANT AND IN A NAIL SALON.

Holy fumes, batman! Not good for you or the baby.

Just my public service announcement...

[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.

[Anonymous]

So what if you are pregnant does that give you the right to to be a rude inconsiderate cell phone user. Rude pregnant lady equals rude bratts to come. I am paying for a service that I would like to relax and enjoy and not have to listen to your trailer trash mouth if I was that woman I would of had you pay my bill. You dont deserve to be in these places if you cant behave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what if you are pregnant does that give you the right to to be a rude inconsiderate cell phone user. Rude pregnant lady equals rude bratts to come. I am paying for a service that I would like to relax and enjoy and not have to listen to your trailer trash mouth if I was that woman I would of had you pay my bill. You dont deserve to be in these places if you cant behave.

I think it's spelled "brats".

[Anonymous]

OP this is not meant to be an attack on you because you sound like a sincerely nice person and we all do stuff on occasion that annoys other even if we don't mean to.

I think both you and the glaring lady were wrong in this case.

Cell phone conversations longer than about a minute in a public place with others in close proximity do not seem very polite to me. The other people probably wanted to relax and not hear any of the noise going on in there, including your conversation. Also, I personally find it very awkward to have strangers listening to what I'm talking about on the phone or to have to listen to others' private business. If you were unwilling or unable to step outside, I would have answered the call and let DH know I would text him instead.

However, the glaring lady was also extremely rude. The function of manners and etiquette is to make others feel comfortable, so pointing out someone else's lapse of politeness is itself the height of bad manners, especially doing so in an obnoxious way like you described.

Just my opinion, so take it for what it's worth.

[Anonymous]

OP posted this question over two years ago.

[Anonymous]

STFU. Take it outside. I'm here for 30 minutes of peace and quiet. If not, I will go elsewhere next time, no problem.

[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?

This. I don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I was so quiet I couldn't hear my own voice and dh could barely hear me either.

no, you are a bitch. Hang the phone up.

[Anonymous]

I know this is an old thread --

But I don't use my cell phone when getting services (nails, hair, spa). Whether I am at Ritz, Elizabeth Arden, or Lucky Nails. Unless it is an emergency, or an urgent situation that is time sensitive, (e.g., I will be finished in 15 minutes come pick me up) then the call is quick, quiet, etc. And most likely I would text instead of actually making a call if I had to initiate one.

[Anonymous]

I would have taken the phone and shoved it up your no manners rude ---- I think I saw a nail salon in the trailer park you might try it out.