Baby crying in nail salon

I have never been to a nail salon. I would be really aggravated if there was a crying child at my hair salon. I generally try to have empathy for people dealing with kids who are crying when they are doing something that they probsbly need to be doing and would rather not do (grocery shopping is a classic example), but it just doesn't seem like having your nails done (or waiting to have them done?) is in that category.

It irritates me to no end when there is a kid in there that isn't quiet and behaving. I don't mind the kids who are also getting a mani or pedi and are sitting there quietly, but the ones that are only there because the person who brought them has no regard to others.

Experienced this @ the movies recently! Wanted to do something but some guy up in the front finally actually stood up and shouted "Take.The.Baby.Out!" DH and I whisper this to each other all the time now, when it seems appropo. :-) 

Yep. I cannot stand when someone brings their little one then cannot watch them while they get their nails done so they let them run all thru the salon, screaming. It never fails that the kid will through a fit whenever mommy can't help them, so the rest of the salon has to hear it.

I think I would have bought him a box of popcorn and a drink as a thank you! Movies are expensive where we live, and I would not be happy to have it ruined by a baby crying, people talking, etc.

That's not okay. I go for some peace and quiet. I barely even talk to the nail tech.

What really bothers me is the mother holding her baby in her lap with the baby's face inches from the table where the nail tech is sanding down the mother's nails. The mask on the nail tech should clue the mother in about that not being a good idea.

There is NO common courtesy anymore. It's all about me is driving everyone nuts

I'm going to disagree with you there. A child making noise is not rude. In the situations mentioned above, the child is in a place that is not intended for children. The child doesn't just know that it's a place for adults.The child just knows their parents brought them in. The rude person is the adult that brought the child in and isn't teaching the child to behave. The child is not to blame.

Doesn't matter whether you go there to relax or not. No one wants to be trapped in an enclosed space with a crying child. And that includes Target, clueless mother who wanders the aisles while your toddler builds up from nonstop crying to hair-raising shrieks.

If your baby is crying in a public building, they need to be taken out until they are calm. I would have been peeved.

There's a huge difference, IMO, of busy distractions in a salon. A child playing My Little Pony with shrieks of joy and and animated play is very, very different from a stylist and customers moving about from one station to another with idle chit chat. I don't want to feel like I'm at a playground when I'm spending my hard earned money on pampering.

That would really piss me off.

I don't get my nails done, but if I did it would totally be a treat for myself and would really upset me to have it ruined by someone else's screaming kid.

If I want to hear kids screaming, I'll go back home, thank you very much.

I took my teenage daughter to her hair appt last month and one of the stylists had FOUR kids there under 8. They had bags of crap to keep them busy- and the contents was all over the waiting area, the dryer seats, counters and table tops. They were skipping around and talking loud - they were bored out of their minds. They were there for hours before someone picked up half of them. The salon was full that day- so five other stylists and all of their customers had to deal with it. It was very annoying. I'm so surprised the owners allowed it.

I don't necessarily go to a nail salon to relax, but it is a relaxing experience -and a rare indulgence. I would not be happy to have to listen to someone's crying child during my time there. It's just not a place for kids. I've been in salons where young girls were getting manicures or pedicures (I've taken a group of 6 Girl Scouts to get them too) - but generally they know what to expect and know how to act. You can't take a kid into a salon and expect them to just wait patiently for any amount of time. It's unfair to them and to everyone that has to listen to the fallout.

Also- people who spend their time at the salon talking on their cellphone- especially loud talkers. OMG. There's just no way not to eavesdrop- and who wants to listen to that? Have some common courtesy and pay attention to your nail tech. You may not be having a conversation with her, but she's providing a service for you. Don't treat her like she's invisible.

I think @missabg you missed the part where she said RUDE children! She did NOT say that all children who make noise are rude.

I had this same type of convo with my DH last night--if the person says RUDE, then assume she means it was rude and not just children making some noise, especially in the context of this thread & convo!!

It drives me batty when the posters take quotes from a thread of a very specific topic and turn them into "a general statement!"

Last night I asked my DH if someone said something offensive to (me/mom/sisters) would he say anything? He was saying well, he'd have to hear what it was--and I said lets just assume that we are telling you it was offensive--so believe that it was!

Something here--she said RUDE CHILDREN. she didn't say children who are making noise!!