Open Question: Did I handle this right? Race issues can be sticky!?
Not too far back my husband did something sweet and set up a hair appointment, paid for and everything. I followed the directions to the salon and was a Little worried when I got there that it would be trouble. My husband is mixed and so I guess did not give this any thought, but I went in and everyone in the salon was black. It was not a problem on my part because well my husband is and I have some very good best friends that are. What worried me was the look they had on their face when I walked in. We are in a new town and I guess this isn't common. They stared awhile and I waited and then this lady came and asked me if I was in the right place. I explained and she walked off, left for 30 mins, and came back and asked again if I was sure. I gave her the card and explained again and by this time I was getting irritated. She said oh yeah I remember your husband and she left me there for an hour. I could have walked out, but my pride and the fact my husband paid already stopped me. It was the point now. This woman was cutting my hair because my husband went through all this trouble to do something nice for me. So she finally comes and gets me. Doesn't talk to me at all, cuts my hair while everyone stared, and the thing was I loved my hair. I had recieved a very bad cut a few weeks before and she did an amazing job fixing it, but I was really angry with her. You think she would cut for the money- not for the race. I finished up and I told her that if she is uncomfortable doing white peoples hair that she needed to put a sign up in the front saying "NO Whites Allowed" . I know that was in bad taste, but come to find out she was the owner and I did tell my husband about it finally because I was still stewing when I got home and for the rest of the night. I loved my haircut, but I will not go back because I feel like she does not deserve my money. My husband is scared to do anything like that again because he felt bad for putting me in that situation. How would you have handled it?