I found out my hair stylist has been secretly keeping my cut hair in a bizarre ritual-like fashion and now I'm extra socially anxious creeped out and looking for a new stylist posted by you/ feed up so beat up I'm a woman in my 30s and my stylist is in their 40s I got my hair cut today at a stylist I've been seeing for about 9 months now I think this was my sixth appointment with them I usually go in for a trim or style maintenance today however I went from having long hair down to my lower back to an A-line bob since I started seeing this stylist I've typically just gotten trims or maintenance Cuts this time it was a dramatic length adjustment so they took a picture of the cut hair on the floor to post on their social media intending to add before and after photos too that's all totally fine and normal they grabbed a broom swept up the hair and placed the dust pan on the counter for a bit again normal then they grabbed the broom and dust pan and headed to the back of the shop they were gone for a few minutes no big deal after that they went outside for a smoke break but here's where it gets weird the bathroom is in the back of the shop too I needed to use it so I headed to the back on the way in I didn't notice anything unusual I used the bathroom and started to head back out but then I noticed my name on a small clear tote sitting on a table it had no lid and it contained my hair at first I didn't think much of it but when I looked closer I realized it wasn't just today's discarded hair it looked like it had hair from at least a few of my previous trim sessions mixed with popery and maybe a little sand or something there were also printed pictures of the cut hair with dates on them the printer was sitting right next to the tote and today's discarded hair photo was still in the tray I didn't see any other containers like this when I looked around it was freaking weird I took a picture with my phone honestly I didn't know what to think or do so I just went back out to the salon when The Stylist came back in I mentioned that I'd gone to the restroom and they seemed to freak out a little but didn't say anything about it I didn't know how to handle the situ ation so I just let them finish styling my hair paid and left as a socially anxious introvert this was my nightmare I got home and the more I looked at the picture I'd taken the more unsettled I felt an hour ago I texted the stylist sent the picture and asked them to remove the weird box I also asked for an explanation here's what I said hey I saw this and didn't know what to make of it can you help me understand what this is and why you have it I'm not comfortable with you keeping this and request that you please discard the contents also even though I love my cut I believe it's best if I find a different stylist they haven't responded LOL WTF update one week later it's been about a week and with the holiday I've been all over the place but I ended up going to law enforcement to make a report last Monday I'll likely end up going back if this person keeps contacting me like they have been here's a little timeline last Saturday got a haircut and discovered the weird tub full of my hair texted The Stylist about the weird tub and said I'd be finding a new stylist the hair stylist didn't respond this is where I left off in the last post a lot has happened since then Sunday I woke up to a bunch of texts from The Stylist it woke me up because even though I have do not disturb on my phone I have a setting that overrides it if there are repeated contact attempts more than three in case of emergencies here's what I got copied and pasted 3:49 a. m. I don't recommend going to a different stylist because of this it's not a big deal small towns and people talk and you may not find anyone that will take you after this so I'd reconsider I don't like threats 351 a.
m. so I have your biological material and it's my property now I can do what I want with it I kept it because I can and it means a lot to me 3:54 a. m.
why you send the pick I know what it looks like it's mine 4:00 a. m. you need to respond to me because I think it's a misunderstanding about what this is it's no big deal and you saying you are switching stylist has me triggered I do good work you said so 4:04 a.
m. I also charge a $350 client separation fee so yeah you can't just say you're switching stylists with no consequences and I know you said you already tried a few people before me there are not many Beauty people in the area 4:11 a. m.
asking for an explanation for a stylist having hair in a salon is crazy where else would you find hair at I didn't do nothing wrong but I will get rid of it if you are going to cry about it but only if you say you won't be switching to anyone else for your hair care you mean a lot as a client and always tip well and I do good work so it doesn't make sense and you know that so maybe don't threaten someone who does your hair or hurt their heart by making accusatory statements I didn't respond to any of those that morning because it was so insane to me I needed to process things fully before deciding how to deal with it so I just didn't respond Sunday afternoon I started getting phone calls this person called me 14 times that afternoon about every other call they left a voicemail most of the voicemails just said call me back or text me back but two of them were unhinged I'll paraphrase but the gist of the first one was sounds like they're crying call me back I'm getting scared you won't come back to me for your hair for real I just like how your hair feels that's why I kept it call me the second unhinged message was left late Sunday night at 11:38 p. m. it said I got rid of it except for one lock I found out I like watching your hair burn more than I like keeping it I didn't respond to any of those messages calls or texts the whole thing freaked me out by that time I decided I was taking Monday off work to go to the police even if they couldn't do anything I wanted a filed report of the weirdness I woke up Monday to an email from The Stylist with an invoice of $375 for a client breach of contract fee as the chargeable line item again copy and pasting here the email body was just for being a btch it was sent from their business email too so they're really doing everything they can to ruin themselves even if I had a contract with this person which I don't the original amount was $350 they can't even get their extortion fees right I emailed them back stating that we had no contract and to cease all further communication with me from this point forward I got ready and started heading to the police station around 9:45 Monday morning I live in a rural area so there are portions of my drive to and from our main town that don't have cell reception when I finally got to town I had four voicemails I knew immediately who they were from I talked to one of the officers on staff they took my statement a copy of the email and asked me to forward all the texts and screenshots of the number of calls they said at the least the calls and texts could be considered menacing and harassment but the voicemail where they mentioned how they like burning my hair was potentially concerning the officer advised me to contact a legal representative in case this person tries to take the bogus invoice to civil court they also said I'm welcome to change my number but having piling evidence if they continue to contact me after I explicitly told them not to in the email would only help me I reached out to a lawyer Tuesday and left a detailed message regarding the situation they're apparently out of the office until next Wednesday for the holiday so we'll see if they have any advice since then I've received many texts and calls from The Stylist they even sent a Happy Thanksgiving text on Thursday morning regardless they are giving me a lot of evidentiary material to work with but I'm so unsettled I can't wait to hear from the lawyer this week second update one week later firstly I okay and safe for now the person has continued to contact me regularly via phone and email I do have personal protection that I'm comfortable with and can wield accurately however I'm merly certain this person does not know where I live so I don't anticipate any type of Confrontation here our house and property have complete camera coverage as well if anyone or anything shows up we're well aware I will be posting a more in-depth update including more texts and emails up to this point and details regarding a specific incident that happened on Friday on Tuesday I have an appointment to speak with another officer then to discuss the potential for criminal action and legal consequences for the stylist as a result thank you all for your concern and the validation that this is absolutely insane I'll leave you with a text from this past week when I think you'll all enjoy maybe use as a model of how not to make friends once again copied SL pasted 5:12 a.
m.
