Hi everyone,

i had an uncomfortable experience in Bern today, in a friseur. The friseuse cut my ear by accident and it bled. She warped it up without saying anything, even not an apology. i though they would not charge me this time or at least they would offer me a “Rabatte” as a courtesy. i was wrong. They asked for full price. i mean, i came along just to buy a bleeding ear? No way. i told them that i would only pay for the hair cut in condition that they would pay my medical treatment as well. They refused flatly and called the police. The police forced me to pay the friseuse and told me that it was my responsibility to pay for the service. What about my loss? “Who would take responsibility for my bleeding ear? Me?” He said yes. i don’t know was that a problem of language barrier or just because i am not local in Bern.
Anyone else had the same experience before? Or am i the only loser here?

Welcome to the forum.

Did she cut your ear off? Did you need medical treatment like stitches? Or was it just a little cut with a little blood that just dried up and that's it?
Whichever, she should have apologised, I agree. What do you expect now?

Oh, welcome to the forum. Perhaps an introduction would be nice.

I'd wipe my blood off with a banknote and pay them with that.

Ittigen, it is so kind of you to offer to help sue the pants of the hairdresser. She should defo have apologised, and should have offered a reduction I totally agree. But surely the next stage depends on the seriousness of the cut and whether it needed any medical attention, or just a little plaster. No?

I once had my hair cut by a grizzled old ex-military Greek, who cut a slice of my head off with a cut-throat razor, then proceeded to douse the bloody, gaping hole with iodine. It stung so much I wanted to cry, but I didn't want to ruin the reputation of my countrymen, so I maintained a stiff upper lip throughout (and anaesthetised myself with a large brandy on the way home).

Sue? Complain to the police? Pah!

Pay up and go somewhere else next time.

You weren't charged extra for her dressing your ear? You were lucky. There's normally very little free in Switzerland.

I'd go with "Suck it up". Don't use them again and don't recommend them.

Thanks very much for your kindness. My husband had already got in touch with the boss of that policeman. As a matter of fact, my husband and i are kind of doing some investment cases in Bern. So we can see some so called "big boss" due to business relationship. He promised to see to it and give us feedback soon.

Of course they didn't cut my ear off but it was by no means a small scratch. i don't care how much money i should pay for this, i only asked for the basic respect to people, to everyone. i could see no respect when they were reluctant to offer any reduction since their "service" was apparently "deducted".

When i asked for apology from the friseuse, she acted like she was so much humiliated that she refused to apologize at first, but at last she apologized, which i felt much more better.

Anyway, i think i will take your suggestions and let it go. just not to recommend it and drag this coiffure to my black list and that's all.

Have you thought of taking a tank along next time you visit the hairdressers?

After all, if you're going to indulge in a disproportionate response, you might as well do it properly.

FFS.

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And who elected you chief police officer of the forum?

Also - how is one a 'dispicable trouble maker' with only 4 posts in the past month, none of which are anymore cryptic than a child's ABC book?

Hum - sounds like a genuine mistake by the hairdresser, who then apologised when the customer clearly wasn't happy (albeit under duress).

I'd say common sense here is that the salon is at their own discretion to offer a discount or not in the interest of goodwill / customer service - clearly they decided not to.

Personally I'd chalk this up to "everyone makes mistakes" and "this place has crappy service if things don't go 100%" and leave it at that - not sure that getting your police chief business contact involved over a petty case like this is going to reflect too well on how you deal with minor issues that occur in your line of business.

And for the record, I really really dislike the suggestion of "What? They made a mistake? Wow, now you can sue them for 5000 CHF...!" Not everything in life has to have blame and a price tag apportioned to it.

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