She did what????? Yet another (long..sorry) groomer story...

[Ronna, Murphy & Wilson]

Yes, I know, I have the worst groomer luck in the world.  Luckily this time it is not about the haircut itself...So after Murphy's dreaded Schnauzer/flying monkey cut last June I finally found a groomer I like. I started using her last August when Wilson came home.  We have had great results with the exception of the shock of Wilson's first shave down last month and even his Steven Tyler haircut just seemed to fit his personality and I ended up loving it.

The groomer is a mobile groomer and she comes once a month...been coming for 11 months now.  I am never home when she arrives, I just leave her the key to my house, a blank check and a note about what the boys need.

The boys had an appointment this afternoon and Wilson was going to get a feather put in his hair just to perfect his Steven Tyler impersonation.  I always tell the groomer to call my office if she has any questions as I have a dumb phone with no cell reception in my office.  Appointment was at 2:00..no calls.  Perfect.  For some reason I decided to leave early today and when I was walking to my car a text came through.....sorry can't do Wilson's feather, I can't find the tool.  I reply darn it, and ask if she can come by and do it when she finds her tool.   She replys no problem, she will buy new tool.  It does cross my mind for a split second that it is weird she is having this text exchange with me while she is grooming my dog but hey maybe she has a smart phone and isn't punching keys like I am.

Soooo....I get home and notice she has a new grooming mobile.  Good for her, business is growing.  So I send her another text just to let her know that I just pulled in to the garage because I didn't want to startle her.

Her reply is "Actually I am not there, my other groomer is there."

WHAT???????  Maybe I am over-reacting but here are my issues at this point:

She has never had another groomer....no other groomer on her website......never told me about another groomer...has been texting me today while other groomer was at my house  and never mentioned the other groomer...as I am usually not home am pretty sure she was never going to mention the other groomer...So...I left a key under my doormat, a blank check on my dresser, and the care of my doodles in the hands of someone I have trusted for 11 months and it never occurs to her that I may have a problem with some stranger being in my house?????  WTF????

Then...strange groomer comes in with Murphy, I scared her to death as she didn't see me come in.  She thinks she has just groomed Wilson but it was Murph....you know, the little one with the nametag that spells Murphy.  And then I notice the blood all over my wood floors.  Murphy's foot is pouring blood....cut the quick of his toenail.  Got that cleared up, he was fine.  But what if I had come home to blood allover my floor?  I would have had a heart attack.

I haven't yet made the phone call to my Groomer.  Waiting until I become rational. 

The only good thing is Wilson looks beautiful and Murphy's cut doesn't suck.

Am I over reacting?

 

[Nicky, Riley & Boris]

 OMG I just read through this now, I would totally freak.  What a stupid (or sneaky) thing to do and to risk your property like that.  Just not on, though the plus side is that the hair cuts weren't bad, that would have been the final straw!

[Camilla and Darwin]

Read this just recently. Oh my heck, that is totally outrageous. You had every right to be angry.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Ronna, is there an update to this?  What have you decided to do?

[piffy]

Since no one asked what if it was a set of identical twins

[Ronna, Murphy & Wilson]

Huh?  Twins?  I don't get it.

[piffy]

I am sorry I didn't mean to confuse.  Would the outcome been different if it was two brothers or two sisters who may have worked for the same ?

[Ronna, Murphy & Wilson]

No.  It would make no difference who it was.  I hired one person to groom my dogs and that person let another groomer into my house without my knowledge or consent and then led me to believe original groomer was at my house.  This is a person I have used for an entire year.

Piffy, you are a groomer aren't you?  Do you do business this way?

[piffy]

I am a only child, But I was discussing this with some grooming friends and just curious.

 

[Janice Hammond]

WTF is RIGHT!! You have a right to know who is in your home and grooming your dogs.The primary groomer should have informed you when someone new was coming so you could meet them and decide if this person should be in your home.

You left a key which can be copied a blank cheque that could have been filled in for any amount and the house gone through by a perfect stranger.

We had a similar situation with house cleaners. I arrived home to people I didn't know.The house cleaner I had originally hired was great but I never trusted her again and never had them back.It is scary.The new cleaner honestly looked like they had escaped from a detention centre.

Too bad the hair cuts were so good.I would be having a long talk with the original groomer.