I have been coming here for about 3 years or so. Cindy and her husband are the owners. Cindy regularly does my ANC manicures and does a great job, hence my continued patronage. I typically only get pedicures during the summer. I admittedly don't remember the names or the faces of the people who do my pedicure. I'm fairly particular about how my feet are done because there is a certain way I like two of my toes on each foot to be filed and cut. Usually, I have to show nail techs ( wherever I've gotten my nails done) how to do them.
Back to Cindy....she has a pretty prickly personality, but like I said, she does good work, so I looked past that. I was always on the fence about whether she valued my business, but I decided not to think negatively and continued coming.
Today, I had a mani pedi appointment. A tech (not Cindy) set up the pedi station while I went to the ladies room. The water was pretty tepid so I asked her to make it hotter. She took some water out and added the crystal gel. There wasn't enough water, so I asked her to add more. Cindy said no because it wouldn't get thick. I get this particular pedi every two weeks in the summer so I know what the gel supposed to look like. Sure enough there wasn't enough water and it became like jello. I asked for more water again. The tech added more water and then went to work on someone else. I got a 2nd tech. I tried to explain to this tech how to file and cut my two nails on each foot. Cindy snapped at me and said she didn't know English. It's no problem that she doesn't know English, but I still had to explain to her what I wanted. As this was happening, my hands were soaking to take off the ANC gel. I adjusted the container they were in, and some of the liquid spilled. Cindy yelled, "don't mess up my chair." I had to take a deep breath before I responded bc I was hot. I told her the following: she is to never yell at me; clearly she doesn't appreciate my business after me spending $40-$85 every two-three weeks for the past three years plus tips; I am a person of color, so I'd never take issue with someone who doesn't speak English; and she'll be getting no more of my business bc she doesn't know how to treat customers. Cindy responded back that no one can ever do my pedicure right and I should stick with one person. Fair enough on her end in regard to me sticking with one pedicure tech. That does not preclude her being polite though. I was going to walk out right then, but I tried to remain calm and think clearly. About 15 min later as the other techs finished with their customers, they all gathered around my station and pointed at my feet and were obviously speaking about what occurred in Mandarin. I don't speak their language, but I do know body language and facial expressions. I looked at Cindy and told her she had a ton of nerve; she should chill bc nail salons are a dime a dozen; I was trying not to cause a scene but her actions and those of the other workers was unacceptable; and she'd get no more of my business. My fingernails had finished soaking, so that was not an issue. Once the pedi was done, (not very well I might add), the tech tried to be nice, but the damage was done. She and another tech came over and tried to apologize. I used google translate to tell them thanks but no thanks; my issue wasn't with them; and Cindy had no business yelling at me. The other tech expressed that Cindy talks to her that way. I was still indifferent. Then they started pressuring me to pay. So that niceness was phony.
In sum, Cindy does not respect her customers and is rude as hell. At best, she's got anger issues if she's yelling at her staff too. Beware with this woman. I'd rather search for a polite tech than give this business another dime of my money. Go where your business and your preferences, especially reasonable ones, are valued. read more