SCENES FROM LIFE: A SHORT PLAYETTE
AT THE HAIRDRESSER: PART 2
SCENE: SMALL HAIR STYLING SALON WITH THREE STYLISTS. FEMALE CLIENT ENTERS SALON
CLIENT
Hi all!
HAIR STYLIST (PEGGY)
You’re early. My 12:30 that was supposed to be here before you is late, but that’s okay. I’ll dye your hair, meanwhile
CLIENT
Cold! I’m frozen. Now I know what a popsicle feels like
PEGGY
You walked here?
CLIENT
Can you tell? I’m wearing a hat, which I absolutely hate, tights under pants, a heavy sweater and a scarf. To top it off, my fingers were so cold and I hadda go buy a cheapie pair of gloves to put inside these old gloves that are finished. My hands feel like the Incredible Hulk. My cheeks burn...
PEGGY
(distracted...looking out of salon front window on to the parking lot)
...what’s going on there?
CLIENT
Oh nothing much. Somebody drove their car into the snow bank. As I was saying, it’s really freezing...
PEGGY
OhmyGawd! I see the car. Wow!
CLIENT
Moving right along... Yup – there are big chunks of the front fender everywhere. Gonna cost big bucks for sure
(PEGGY places plastic cape around client’s shoulders, still staring out of window)
PEGGY
How’d that happen?
CLIENT
Hard to tell. To me, it looks like she was trying to avoid hitting a car that was entering the parking lot and had to swerve...
(a male client enters and sits in chair. STAVROS, men’s stylist, puts cape around him)
MALE CLIENT
Big accident...big...
STAVROS
Uh-huh. Gonna cost a lot to fix that baby
MALE CLIENT
Woman driver of course
(the two men laugh/cackle)
CLIENT
Actually, I saw another car involved and I think it’s a male driver
STAVROS
Yeah but the female probably caused it
(STAVROS and male client laugh)
PEGGY
(straining to see out of the window from her position, standing on tip-toe)
Hey – maybe that’s my customer and that’s why she’s late! Did you get a look at the driver of the car?
CLIENT
Couldn’t miss her. She was pacing back and forth, talking to some people about the accident.
PEGGY
What she look like? Did she have blond streaked hair?
CLIENT
I think so...yeah...she did
PEGGY
I bet that’s her!
CLIENT
Is your client slim? The woman is slim
PEGGY
No...she’s kind’a plump. I’m sure that has’ta be her! Mary – go out and check to see if it’s her!
(MARY, another stylist, is sitting in her chair reading a magazine)
MARY
I’m busy here and besides, it’s too cold
PEGGY
But it could be my customer. It’s gonna screw up all my appointments for tomorrow if it’s her
CLIENT
Yeah Mary – go see if it’s her and if so, tell her she's late and Peggy is waiting for her
PEGGY
Wait a minute – didn’t you say the woman driver was slim?
CLIENT
Uh-huh
PEGGY
Then it’s not her so where is my 12:30?
MALE CLIENT
The driver must’a missed the exit and drove into the snow bank. It’s an older Mercedes and those parts are expensive. Wait ‘til her husband finds out
(MALE CLIENT AND STAVROS LAUGH/CACKLE)
PEGGY
(returns from mixing color in back room. Stares out of window while stirring dye in bowl)
Hmmm...still, maybe my client lost weight and it’s her...
STAVROS
Gonna be tricky to tow the car outta the snow bank.
MALE CLIENT
Yeah but from what I saw, the whole front end of the car is finit-o anyway
PEGGY
Poor lady...
CLIENT
Um...Peggy? We put the dye on my hair, not on my forehead?
PEGGY
Oh...sorry...so busy checking the accident... I mean, what do I say if it’s her? ‘Too bad about your car?’
MARY
I doubt whether she’d keep the appointment, anyway
PEGGY
Probably not under the circumstances. Maybe I should go out and – you know – offer her a coffee or something
MARY
You don’t even know who that is! Anyway, you just wanna know how it happened
PEGGY
Well I would know if you’d go out and check...!
MARY
Alright already! I’ll go but if I catch pneumonia...
(to be continued...)
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Friday, March 04, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
SCENES FROM REAL LIFE
A SHORT PLAY-ETTE: "HAIRDRESSER"
SCENE: HAIRDRESSER SALON. IT'S A UNI-SEX SALON SERVING BOTH FEMALE AND MALES. A FEMALE CLIENT IS SITTING IN THE CHAIR AS A STYLIST BLOWS HER HAIR DRY. THE STAFF IS OF GREEK HERITAGE
CLIENT
Hi there! Know I'm early.
HAIRDRESSER
Hi sweetie. Be with you soon.
CLIENT
D'ya want me to waste time until you take me? I can wander around the pharmacy next door. Need a few things anyway...how long should I take? Five minutes?
HAIRDRESSER
Make it 10 - no 20...
CLIENT
Sure. Can't stay there longer, though. Last time I was getting some wierd looks like I was a prospective shop lifter.
(female client returns 10 minutes later)
HAIRDRESSER
Another five minutes, okay sweetie?
CLIENT
Fine. Quiet today, huh?
PETER (MALE STYLIST)
Been quiet all week
CLIENT
People aren't making appointments for the holidays?
PETER
(glumly)
Very quiet...
HAIRDRESSER
Okay sweetie. Come sit in the chair. I'm ready for you, now.
CLIENT
Same color like always
HAIRDRESSER
Eyebrows too?
CLIENT
Yup
HAIRDRESSER
I don't know why you want to dye them. There's hardly anything there.
CLIENT
(chuckling)
Geez - thanks. You sure know how to make a customer feel good!
HAIRDRESSER
I meant, of course, that you hardly have any grey in your eyebrows
CLIENT
True...but sometimes a few sneak through
HAIRDRESSER
You could just pluck them
CLIENT
Much easier to color them and besides, I end up taking off chunks of skin with the hairs. Nothing like walking around with red scabs on your eyebrows
(CLIENT is sitting in chair, reading magazine with hair covered in dye)
HAIRDRESSER
Haven't had a full cigarette all day
CUSTOMER
Healthier for you. Progress - the magazines are up to the year 2009 now.
HAIRDRESSER
I'll be back. Need some nicotine in my blood
(Hairdresser leaves salon to smoke. Stella, another hairdresser, sits in chair next to customer. Other hairdresser returns from her nicotine break and cuts the hair of a male customer)
STELLA
Did you notice how thin blank-blank (name of hairdresser) is?
CLIENT
She's lost a lot of weight... 'Hey blank-blank (HD) - how come you lost so much weight?'
HAIRDRESSER
I dunno. Nerves I guess - and hard work. Been busy and sometimes I skip meals
CLIENT
Not a healthy practice. Wow - I never saw you so skinny. Sure you're okay? I mean, no health problems?
STELLA
She's too thin! She should gain some weight!
HAIRDRESSER
I eat healthy, that's why I'm slim - not skinny! Don't eat junk food
STELLA
(who is on the plump side)
Me neither - and look at me! It's just not fair! I watch what I eat and even work out 5 days at the gym and still I don't lose a pound! Some people are soooo lucky!
CLIENT
Why don't you try writing down everything you eat for a day or two? Maybe you don't even realize. You have to watch portion size
STELLA
I do, I do! Look at me! It's just so unfair! Blah-blah on the other hand is too skinny, don'chu think? She doesn't have a bum anymore or boobs
HAIRDRESSER
Are you two talking about me?
CLIENT
We're discussing your weight loss, girl!
STELLA
You gotta gain weight! Really!
CLIENT
Where is Stavros (salon owner)?
STELLA
He went to Ikea to buy a stand so we can make real coffee. Send a man to get something and he takes hours to make a choice. Who knows what he'll come back with
CLIENT
(looking around)
I don't see a coffee maker, here. Since when did you get one?
STELLA
He's hiding it downstairs. I found it by accident
CLIENT
Why is he hiding it?
STELLA
Who knows. These days you gotta make your customers feel welcome, like they're somebodys. You know, 'have a coffee'
CLIENT
Yeah...I suppose, mind you, I like tea myself...
(STAVROS walks in holding long, narrow package. Everyone gathers round and they place what looks like a plank of wood against the space alloted for the planned coffee maker, to measure the width of the shelf or whatever)
STELLA
(in Greek, but it's obvious what she's saying by their gestures)
It's too wide! Look!
(a man enters with lots of electronic tools hanging from a belt on his hips. He runs a stud finder up and down on the wall)
MAN
(shaking his head negatively)
No good. Too many wires here
STAVROS
Can't you do something?
MAN
I dunno...gotta think about this...
STELLA
We only want to put up this shelf so we can put a coffee pot on top. I mean, how hard is that?
(STELLA, THE ELECTRICIAN AND STAVROS disappear downstairs)
HAIRDRESSER
If we're lucky, you'll have a cup of coffee for your next appointment
CUSTOMER
Actually, I'm a tea drinker
HAIRDRESSER
No problem. We have a kettle to boil water. Between you and I, I like Starbucks coffee but keep it between ourselves
CUSTOMER
Of course. What type of tea do you have, by the way? I personally like green tea...
A SHORT PLAY-ETTE: "HAIRDRESSER"
SCENE: HAIRDRESSER SALON. IT'S A UNI-SEX SALON SERVING BOTH FEMALE AND MALES. A FEMALE CLIENT IS SITTING IN THE CHAIR AS A STYLIST BLOWS HER HAIR DRY. THE STAFF IS OF GREEK HERITAGE
CLIENT
Hi there! Know I'm early.
HAIRDRESSER
Hi sweetie. Be with you soon.
CLIENT
D'ya want me to waste time until you take me? I can wander around the pharmacy next door. Need a few things anyway...how long should I take? Five minutes?
HAIRDRESSER
Make it 10 - no 20...
CLIENT
Sure. Can't stay there longer, though. Last time I was getting some wierd looks like I was a prospective shop lifter.
(female client returns 10 minutes later)
HAIRDRESSER
Another five minutes, okay sweetie?
CLIENT
Fine. Quiet today, huh?
PETER (MALE STYLIST)
Been quiet all week
CLIENT
People aren't making appointments for the holidays?
PETER
(glumly)
Very quiet...
HAIRDRESSER
Okay sweetie. Come sit in the chair. I'm ready for you, now.
CLIENT
Same color like always
HAIRDRESSER
Eyebrows too?
CLIENT
Yup
HAIRDRESSER
I don't know why you want to dye them. There's hardly anything there.
CLIENT
(chuckling)
Geez - thanks. You sure know how to make a customer feel good!
HAIRDRESSER
I meant, of course, that you hardly have any grey in your eyebrows
CLIENT
True...but sometimes a few sneak through
HAIRDRESSER
You could just pluck them
CLIENT
Much easier to color them and besides, I end up taking off chunks of skin with the hairs. Nothing like walking around with red scabs on your eyebrows
(CLIENT is sitting in chair, reading magazine with hair covered in dye)
HAIRDRESSER
Haven't had a full cigarette all day
CUSTOMER
Healthier for you. Progress - the magazines are up to the year 2009 now.
HAIRDRESSER
I'll be back. Need some nicotine in my blood
(Hairdresser leaves salon to smoke. Stella, another hairdresser, sits in chair next to customer. Other hairdresser returns from her nicotine break and cuts the hair of a male customer)
STELLA
Did you notice how thin blank-blank (name of hairdresser) is?
CLIENT
She's lost a lot of weight... 'Hey blank-blank (HD) - how come you lost so much weight?'
HAIRDRESSER
I dunno. Nerves I guess - and hard work. Been busy and sometimes I skip meals
CLIENT
Not a healthy practice. Wow - I never saw you so skinny. Sure you're okay? I mean, no health problems?
STELLA
She's too thin! She should gain some weight!
HAIRDRESSER
I eat healthy, that's why I'm slim - not skinny! Don't eat junk food
STELLA
(who is on the plump side)
Me neither - and look at me! It's just not fair! I watch what I eat and even work out 5 days at the gym and still I don't lose a pound! Some people are soooo lucky!
CLIENT
Why don't you try writing down everything you eat for a day or two? Maybe you don't even realize. You have to watch portion size
STELLA
I do, I do! Look at me! It's just so unfair! Blah-blah on the other hand is too skinny, don'chu think? She doesn't have a bum anymore or boobs
HAIRDRESSER
Are you two talking about me?
CLIENT
We're discussing your weight loss, girl!
STELLA
You gotta gain weight! Really!
CLIENT
Where is Stavros (salon owner)?
STELLA
He went to Ikea to buy a stand so we can make real coffee. Send a man to get something and he takes hours to make a choice. Who knows what he'll come back with
CLIENT
(looking around)
I don't see a coffee maker, here. Since when did you get one?
STELLA
He's hiding it downstairs. I found it by accident
CLIENT
Why is he hiding it?
STELLA
Who knows. These days you gotta make your customers feel welcome, like they're somebodys. You know, 'have a coffee'
CLIENT
Yeah...I suppose, mind you, I like tea myself...
(STAVROS walks in holding long, narrow package. Everyone gathers round and they place what looks like a plank of wood against the space alloted for the planned coffee maker, to measure the width of the shelf or whatever)
STELLA
(in Greek, but it's obvious what she's saying by their gestures)
It's too wide! Look!
(a man enters with lots of electronic tools hanging from a belt on his hips. He runs a stud finder up and down on the wall)
MAN
(shaking his head negatively)
No good. Too many wires here
STAVROS
Can't you do something?
MAN
I dunno...gotta think about this...
STELLA
We only want to put up this shelf so we can put a coffee pot on top. I mean, how hard is that?
(STELLA, THE ELECTRICIAN AND STAVROS disappear downstairs)
HAIRDRESSER
If we're lucky, you'll have a cup of coffee for your next appointment
CUSTOMER
Actually, I'm a tea drinker
HAIRDRESSER
No problem. We have a kettle to boil water. Between you and I, I like Starbucks coffee but keep it between ourselves
CUSTOMER
Of course. What type of tea do you have, by the way? I personally like green tea...
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