I would love to own the keys to my own salon!!!  I would run it so differently, and as environmentally conscious as possible.  However, I am going to school full time, and graduate spring '09 - I am also studying psychology and environmental policy, insitution, and behavior................so I have at least two more years before I can spend more hours in the salon.

 

Your right I should be taking down my clients info........I have for my color clients, but not for haircuts only........thank you!

 

I am the only one who cleans the salon........I clean it for my clients, but I am only there on teh weekends.........I also became the "cleaning lady" and get paid once a month for cleaning the salon.  It shouldn't be that way............but also I know most cleaning service business (well the ones my boss is willing to pay for) don't clean everything the way it should be.......like you can't use the same rag to wipe everything down, it only spreads germs........

 

To answer about his clients........most of the salon is patronized by his clients only, we hardly get "new business", we wind up working on his clients.....someone shampoos, someone does the color.....someone does the blow outs, while he cuts them..........most of the people that have been coming to him for years.....either put up with him.....or have similiar personalities.........

 

The next step for me, would be to open my own salon, either with a business partner or on my own......I have worked already at too many salons, and they all had their flaws........some more extreme than others

 

Thank you both for writing back so quickly