I will start out by saying this is the second time I have been to Lice Ladies in Rockwall and the first time I had a much more pleasant experience. I went in for my 6 year old daughter who on Mother's Day - I had found and then treated for lice at home. I went ahead and made an appointment as this is something I have dealt with before and much prefer to leave it up to the 'professionals'. The first comb out by the first lady found nits and a few babies and then the manager - Rachel - came in to do the second treatment and hair check on my younger daughter who is 5. Rachel was very condescending when speaking to me about the fact that I had used product the day before making the hair way more tangled as if this is something I am supposed to know. While checking my younger daughter for lice, she would shift between moments of speaking to me as a professional to YANKING on my daughter's hair and almost verbally antagonizing her for not sitting perfectly still or holding her head still. I understand tangles, I understand she is a child and not holding her head as still as possible.. I do not understand yanking and pulling so hard, (that my daughter who has had everything from slime, to the stick'ems toys all in her hair and though it hurt - never cried when we were pulling on her head) was BALLING. At first, Rachel tried to calm her but then as if trying to prove a point kept saying 'well you are either going to hold your head still or I am going to yank it' and kept doing this over and over. My daughter was so upset and it seemed to frazzle Rachel's nerves but in a passive aggressive way that only heightened the situation. She then told my daughter at one point ' you are being defiant and need a time out since you are purposely not holding your head still'. The other woman's expression was one that you could tell she felt bad for my daughter, she felt awkward because she could tell how rough she was being and the blatant disrespect for the fact that I am paying $125 for her to perform a service - NOT scold or chastise my child. I said something to try and calm my child and urging her to sit as still as possible, yet Rachel then said to my 5 year old "You need a time out, I know your Mommy is here but while you are in this chair.. I am the boss." Let me say this - I am in my thirties, a business professional, and a strict / consistent mother to my daughters. She was acting if my daughter was an unruly child and that I had no control over my children - not one sitting through torture as she pulled and ripped her hair apart and did so with disregard to how painful it was just because my daughter did not hold her head still for her. Had my other daughter not been in the middle of treatment - I would have walked out and left. Instead of addressing me or the situation calmly, she was on a power trip that caused her to grossly overstep her boundary as someone in the customer service industry. She then did the second comb through on my 6 year old, who afterwards immediately got down and her teeth were chattering and cried because of how rough Rachel was. She even said on her own that the second lady was much more rough than the first and it was as if she was pulling her hair on purpose if she didn't sit still. Extremely poor bedside manner etiquette is the best way I can describe it.
I did take her back in for the follow up since I had already paid so muc and thankfully someone else did her comb through. I had been told by Rachel that my daughter (only the oldest had it) would need a retreat, not just a recheck. We went in for that and she was clear, there was no need for a retreat so despite the fact that they did NOT retreat her, the woman doing the check called Rachel, who had her charge me still for a retreat at $55. They didn't have to retreat so why was I charged for one? They are not the only lice place in Rockwall so if I have to deal with this common childhood nuisance again, I will NOT be returning to the Lice Ladies to be charged for treatment that was not required or performed or so that a woman who obviously is much more rougher than necessary can torture my children for the satisfaction of the power trip she is on.
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