Someone that I work with is on the Atkins Diet and is totally moody. She claims to be in ketosisand almost bit my head off two times today. The first incident occurred when I was shampooing a new customer. I had the new lady reclined at the shampoo bowl and was focusing on giving her a really relaxing scalp massage when Moody screams out, “whoever left the phone book on the credit card machine.. you can’t do that! It will over-heat if you leave anything on top of it!” Everyone just ignored her and continued working but I think it was pretty obvious that it was me who left the phone book there because I had just called in a salad order to Chili’s.
Incident #2 happened a couple hours later when I was finishing up another customer. The customer was in a hurry to pick up her little boy from school and was running late. She was paying by credit card and we only have one phone line at work so when we use the credit card machine, the phone line has to be free to allow the machine to dial the bank. Moody was on the phone at her station with her back to me and was jabbering on and on, so I showed her the credit card so that she would know I needed the phone line. She barks out, “THIS IS A CUSTOMER THAT I’M TALKING TO, SO SHE’S JUST GONNA HAVE TO WAIT!” It was really embarrassing and very unprofessional.
She claims to have a headache EVERY day and is going through the symptoms of withdrawal from not having enough carbohydrates, so I try to cut her some slack, but it’s getting harder and harder to ignore her. I thought the Atkins Diet was en vogue ten years ago. Aren’t we all past that now?
December 19, 2007 at 8:58 pm
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
*walks away humming quietly to herself*
December 19, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Totally retarded. Not to mention unhealthy! Carbs are an important part of your food plan and most diets now recognize that and have gotten over Atkins.
December 19, 2007 at 11:27 pm
If she flips you any shit tomorrow, call me. I’ll come over and shove some breadsticks in her mouth and maybe that will chill her out. Jeez!
December 20, 2007 at 11:22 am
I suspect she may really be going through caffeine withdrawal, as the Atkins book frowns on caffeine, due to potential blood-sugar level affects. Caffeine withdrawal for me included a massive headache (although it subsided after a couple of days) along with a short temper.
Atkins is mostly about blood-sugar management, and while the initial stage is pretty severe, the diet does not completely eliminate carbs. I had good results with it for a while, but ultimately (after I started drinking coffee again
) couldn’t maintain it. I’m halfway tempted to try again, but it would mean giving up caffeine again, and the very thought of not having coffee fills me with dread.
But I’m not an addict or anything.
December 20, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Frugality would have solved all these problems. If you brought your lunch and your client paid cash none of this would have happened. You totally brought this on yourself. Her carbo freak out was clearly all your fault.
December 20, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Mrs. G- love you, I knew you’d have my back.
Aubrey- I know, I did it too in 1999 and it works because you can’t have any sugar but most people just can’t maintain their weight loss with it because eventually, you’re going to eat what you’re craving.
P.S. I saw her drinking a diet coke, so either she just caved or she’s been cheating all along.
Jen- I hate you because you’re right
December 20, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Drama, drama, drama. The best is at the beauty salon! It’s over for me! No more hair (well, only one more in the morning) till the day after Christmas!!! I’m beat! Hello massage.
December 20, 2007 at 9:08 pm
P.S. LOVE that lady on the window there. is that at your salon?
December 20, 2007 at 9:38 pm
angeljoy- are you kidding? I wouldn’t use a picture of my real salon. I’m scared to death as it is that Moody could find out about this post and go postal