Lean Your Head Back Please

So, my private student was sick last week, so we didn’t have our next lesson until this past Thursday. I come in at our scheduled time, and the receptionist sits me down to wait for my student. She’s cutting someone’s hair, and doesn’t acknowledge that I’m there. Time passes. She’s still cutting hair. Doesn’t bother greeting me. Eventually, after twenty minutes, she walks to the register, takes some money out, and brusquely puts it in my hand. She still isn’t feeling well, so she’s going to have to cancel the lesson. Oh, and she forgot about it. Then, she realizes how she can use me… She has an employee whose English is crap. She knows nothing. She wants me to work with this girl and help her memorize/pronounce a bunch of English phrases that will be useful at the salon. So, for twenty minutes or so, we drill things like: “Do you want your hair straight, or layered?” “I will put a towel on your shoulders.” and “lean your head back please.”

Yeah…