Nine To Five
February 5th, 2007 by Jennine
Are you familiar with Aveda?
Aveda is a global company which makes outrageously incredible hair care, skin care and cosmetic products. If you’ve never had a chance to smell their products, seek them out! I doubt very much that you would be disappointed.
If it sounds like I’m peddling their products, it’s because I am. I was recently hired as a salon coordinator (manager for us old school folks) at an upscale Aveda concept salon.
Let me tell ya, it’s a far cry from being a lunch lady or managing a Starbucks. There is a certain unspoken rule to look your absolute best while at work. I find myself sucking in my stomach for eight hours because the people I work with are anorexic beauty contestants who have metabolisms of hummingbirds and can seemingly eat whatever they want without gaining an ounce. Sucking your stomach in for eight hours hurts!
I find myself wearing high heels which should come with training wheels and OSHA safety certification.
I’m constantly checking for a newly sprouted chin hair because imagine the horror if a customer should spot one on my face, go home and call her girlfriends to say “Don’t go back to THAT salon. The manager has let herself go!”
I no longer represent deep fried egg rolls to a bunch of pimply faced teenagers. I represent beauty, wellness and environmental leadership to clients who are in search of the fountain of youth.
Wish me luck.
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February 5th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Well they picked the perfect person because you rock!
Training wheels for the high heels~you are so right. I had to put my flip flops aside for my job as well and I now wear heels Every freakin day. The chunkier the better!
Congrats!!!
February 5th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Lesbians are so lucky.
They never have to wear high heels.
February 5th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Congratulations on your new job!!! They are very lucky to have you at the helm.
Say, can you help out Austin please? He came home from school on Friday with a major chunk of hair missing out of the back of his head and now has a very attractive rooster tuft on the top. He claims he doesn’t know how it happened but we’re suspicious that his “girlfriend” (of which he claims she isn’t) decided she needed some of his golden locks for her Loves Baby Soft-scented diary. Do you have any openings tonight?
February 5th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
OMG - congratulations on the new job!
And I ADORE Aveda, and the Aveda Concept Salon that is across the street from my office. I’m telling you - that place and those products are the Achilles Heel of my budget!!
February 5th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Jeff- The old “I don’t know how it happened” routine, eh? I’ll make sure we have an opening for him. But I think the rooster look is really hip and happening. It’s soooo Sk8erBoi!
Britt- But you’re such a good smelling budget breaker! I can get you half off. Then you can buy twice as much!
February 7th, 2007 at 2:13 am
I think this is where your duct tape experiment would come in handy.
July 18th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
This is HILARIOUS!! You are so funny, and this is soooo true!! You should be on Last Comic Standing!!