$300 Pedicure
I should have read the warning sign.
When I started to tell this story to my sister, she immediately chimed in,
"Did you have the skin-eating-piranha-fish pedicure?"
I wish.
I also wish that I saw the incorrectly, hand-written warning sign behind the pedi chair that read: Not responsible for damage phone cell.
In a matter of seconds, after momentarily placing my blackberry in my lap so that I could read the dog-eared People magazine, the nail technician taped my foot (that's the classic signal for foot-in-the-water-please) and in one brief motion, my Blackberry went for the foamy sea salt soak.
OMG...there went my 5pm conference call.
In seconds, the nail technician fished it out, removed the battery, wiped it on her knee and screamed something in Korean that resulted in a bowl of uncooked rice arriving to my chair. She buried my Blackberry in it.
"Maybe this help," she offered.
She couldn't have been sweeter but sadly everyone knows that gadgets and water don't mix.
I left the salon holding the bowl of "phone rice" with the tissues still between my toes thinking I could play the sympathy card at the Verizon store two blocks away.
No can do. Their big smiles, as I walked in the door, made me think that they've seen this act before.
Gretchen Shift
Gretchen is an often exhausted, over-worked TV writer who goes by another name for important reasons like, she wants to keep her job. We are happy to report that as of this writing, her previous marriage plans are on indefinite hold--don't get us started but, she bought a new dog instead.
Comments
Debi Jun 27th, 2011
Not as bas as washing your husband's cell phone in the washer and then putting it in the dryer..........twice : / guilty as charged
Shelley Jun 27th, 2011
Omg, I wonder how often this happens. Just last month I was getting my pedi - playing words - and, instead of putting it back in that handy purse pocket, laid it beside me in the chair. At some point I leaned forward, the pedicurist's hand whipped out like lightening, and caught my iphone in mid air. I love her.