The Rinse Off!

Yesterday at school, we had the opportunity to wash and style each others hair. I draped my client at my station, and then we walked over to the dispensary. I needed to gather the following supplies from dispense: shampoo, conditioner, and towels. A small line formed, so I told my client to walk back to the shampooing area in which she may choose any seat she desired. I also told her that I would be there as soon as I'd gathered these items. While walking towards my client, I thought of the horror stories my Instructors told us. Some of these stories were about girls in previous classes, who have gotten others wet accidentally -including their clients-, in the shampooing area. To be honest, I haven't seen this happen with any of the girls in my class, nor did I want to be the one who'd accidentally do this to another. We've always tried to be very careful! Just as I finished that thought... the unthinkable happened.

I'd just turned the corner to the shampooing area walking towards my client, when I saw two other girls from our class. One girl was standing right in front of the shampoo chair, facing the other girl. The other girl was trying to turn on the water, to wash something off her fingers. It's important to state that the sink handle in the shampoo bowls are completely different from each other. Meaning... on some of these handles, you'll pull up, slowly, to turn on the water. On the others, you'll twist to the left, slowly, to turn on the water. It's also of importance to see if the head of the shampoo hose is facing downward, hanging in the bottom of the sink, or if it's returned to it's upright, proper position. Right before I got to their station... I saw water come shooting out of the hose, spraying this poor girl that was standing in front of it. Both of them were screaming, while all of this was going on! I felt so bad, because there was nothing that I could do to help at this moment in time. If I was a second earlier, I would have gotten wet right along side with her. Lucky, she was draped with a cape. After we've gotten everything cleaned up, we just laughed! Rinse anyone?