Manicure Madness

I don't usually get my nails done, and many might think an unemployed girl has better things to spend her money on...it's just that I was going to a wedding. And not just any wedding, but my very good friend from high school's wedding, which meant the whole affair was going to double as a class reunion, so I just had to get them done.

I wanted a french manicure and a pedicure. Understated elegance on the hands, party on the toes. I had to ask my sister where to go and she highly recommended a place across town. I should've known something was wrong when they didn't have my favorite OPI color, We'll Always Have Paris. So I backed out of the pedi and told the man to focus on the mani.

So he's going to town on my hands when he starts making small talk. I tell him that I'm and Interior Designer, unemployed, going to a wedding, bla bla bla. That's when he tells me that he is also recently unemployed. About two weeks ago him and his brother were manufacturing workers at a nearby factory. (He eyes his brother across the room.)

Excuse me? Are you kidding me? I just paid you to make my nails pretty and you're experience is factory work. I may be mistaken, but it just doesn't seem like factory workers have a reputation for having nicely manicured nails. WTF?

Deep breath. It doesn't help. The nails are not looking to good. I go back to chatting. I do that when I'm nervous.

Now we're onto interior design related topics. He tells me he did the entire design of the nail salon and asks me what I think. Gulp. Not feeling any more relaxed about this man working on my nails as I see what he is capable of with interiors. And I am a horrible liar. How am I suppose to answer? I comment on the lighting and the cool color palette. He informs me that he purchased everything on the Internet. I reply with my patent safe line, "That's something..."

He's finishing up and I just decide to cut my losses. He can't really fix what he's done without starting over. I get to my car and realize I have more nail polish on the skin surrounding my nails as I do on the nails! Oh well...never again.