Website owner: James Miller
A black lady came to the beauty shop yesterday and wanted a
permanent and specified just what type of hairdo she wanted
("Jerricurls"). Lucy (a Korean hairdresser) said she would do
her. Black people's hair is different and difficult to do and
you have to know what you are doing. Lucy said she could do it
and Kay (the Korean owner) had to go out and get the proper
solutions for her. As it turned out Lucy didn't know a thing
about doing black people's hair and she had no idea of what
Jerricurls were. She did the process wrong, and she really
botched the job up (my wife read the instructions on the box
and confirmed that she was doing it wrong). The lady was
really upset at the way her hair was coming out and she was
even more upset when Lucy told her the ticket was $60.00. The
lady exclaimed, "Sixty what?!" She refused to pay and there
was a big argument. (My wife told me her hair had been badly
damaged). Kay, the shop owner, knew that she had done the
process wrong and had really messed the job up (later, after
Lucy had gone home, she told my wife that --- and that she was
really angry about Lucy taking the job) yet she backed Lucy up
in the argument, told the lady her hair looked really great,
and tried to make her pay the $60.00. The lady angrily claimed
she had not gotten anything like what she asked for and Lucy
and Kay kept telling her that her hair looked really good. The
lady walked out without paying.
Actions reveal character. Lucy revealed her character in
different ways. She revealed her character by taking a job she
didn't know how to do, just out of greed for the money. Then
she revealed more of her character when she refused to admit
that she had messed the job up but instead tried to charge the
lady $60.00 (when the range of prices for permanents in the
beauty shop is $35.00 - $55.00). Then she revealed more of her
character by sticking to her demands and trying to force the
money out of the lady. Kay showed her character, too, by
trying to force the lady to pay when she knew Lucy had botched
her hair up.
It is interesting to note that, every day, Lucy spends all her
free time sitting around reading the Bible and praying on her
rosary.
Apr 1985
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