Loyal Customers, Spoiled Kids, and Uncomfortable Men
In a small town, the center of all information is not the public library or the police department; it is the nail salon. Both of my parents were business owners of a nail salon in our small town. I grew up inhaling acrylic fumes, folding foot towels, and sweeping up old nail clippings. However, one aspect of a nail salon I found particularly interesting was the customers. The customers in a nail salon can be classified by their personalities as the “Regular Reginas,” “Loud Lindas,” “Twerp Tinas,” “Pageant Pennys,” and “Diva Daves”.
The “Regular Reginas” make up the largest group of nail salon customers that are easily identified by their personalities. These are the working class women who …show more content…
These spoiled children are the ones who squeal when they speak, rudely talk back to adults, and throw massive temper tantrums when they do not get their way. This disrespectful behavior is covered up by their pink Sunday dresses, matching shoes, perfect pigtails, and giant hair bows. These impolite children are only dressed in the finest clothes because their other, more formal title is “Little Miss Pageant Princess.” These princesses are regarded as the Alphas of all little girls. However, the Tinas only act out because they desire to be like their mother, the corresponding Alphas of women, the “Pageant …show more content…
The Pennys are easily distinguishable by their tennis shoes, snug fitness pants, name-brand sunglasses, and colorful t-shirts that say “Dance Mom.” These women appear to be polite and loving. However, behind their fake smile, they are exceptionally controlling. In order to be the “perfect” mother, they must ensure that their little darlings receive everything that their heart desires. This ranges from receiving pedicures at the age of three to large, twenty-people birthday parties at the nail salon. In exchange for this, the children must surrender their lives so that their mothers may live vicariously through them. If their children are the best, then the Pennys can have bragging rights over all the other mothers. However, many mothers as well as employees can see straight through the Pennys’ manipulation and see it just as corrupt as Tinas’
In a small town, the center of all information is not the public library or the police department; it is the nail salon. Both of my parents were business owners of a nail salon in our small town. I grew up inhaling acrylic fumes, folding foot towels, and sweeping up old nail clippings. However, one aspect of a nail salon I found particularly interesting was the customers. The customers in a nail salon can be classified by their personalities as the “Regular Reginas,” “Loud Lindas,” “Twerp Tinas,” “Pageant Pennys,” and “Diva Daves”.
The “Regular Reginas” make up the largest group of nail salon customers that are easily identified by their personalities. These are the working class women who …show more content…
These spoiled children are the ones who squeal when they speak, rudely talk back to adults, and throw massive temper tantrums when they do not get their way. This disrespectful behavior is covered up by their pink Sunday dresses, matching shoes, perfect pigtails, and giant hair bows. These impolite children are only dressed in the finest clothes because their other, more formal title is “Little Miss Pageant Princess.” These princesses are regarded as the Alphas of all little girls. However, the Tinas only act out because they desire to be like their mother, the corresponding Alphas of women, the “Pageant …show more content…
The Pennys are easily distinguishable by their tennis shoes, snug fitness pants, name-brand sunglasses, and colorful t-shirts that say “Dance Mom.” These women appear to be polite and loving. However, behind their fake smile, they are exceptionally controlling. In order to be the “perfect” mother, they must ensure that their little darlings receive everything that their heart desires. This ranges from receiving pedicures at the age of three to large, twenty-people birthday parties at the nail salon. In exchange for this, the children must surrender their lives so that their mothers may live vicariously through them. If their children are the best, then the Pennys can have bragging rights over all the other mothers. However, many mothers as well as employees can see straight through the Pennys’ manipulation and see it just as corrupt as Tinas’