Funny this topic came up at all. I think I might have jinxed myself by reading it.
In the past week I've had tons of customers wanting to stay. One who actualy got told by "the other owner" she could because she was going to wash her other dog in the self service area while I supposedly groomed her "yorkie", which as it turns out is actualy a cairn but she doesn't realize it. It ended up in a huge screaming match and threats of legal action between myself and "the other". I won't go into details but siffice it to say if he pulls another little temper tantrum enduced stunt like that again one (or maybe both) of us will be going to jail. That or my daddy,husband, and brother in law will kill him. I'll personaly have no problem beating him to a bloody pulp and telling the judge it was hormone induced.
Haha... can you see that hearing.. Your honnor! He hit me first!!!
Anyway back to the point of the post, "the other" is an idiot, you might have guess that already, and he just doesn't get it why clients can't stay. He just happened to have his own dog in for grooming that day. Normaly he too drops off and leaves and comes back. Today, however, he decided to be an ass and try and prove his point that dogs were fine when their owners are around. Sonny is a sweet, if really ugly, poodle. Bless his heart, as his daddy stood right at my table he just wouldn't hold still. I even mentioned to him... see Sonny is normaly perfectly behaved but you are being a huge distraction. Sonny ended up getting sliced open with a tow blade because "daddy" picked that moment to speak to him and cause him to whip around and try and launch himself off the table. Blood everywhere, poor dog screaming, and who can blame him. I felt bad, I haven't so much as nicked a dog in over a year.
Of course I was to blame, which started another screaming match because he thinks that he as a male should be dominate to little 'ol me *eye roll* and I will disolve into tears and give in to whatever it is he wants (thats what the other lady does, as do his wife and countless girlfriends). He wanted to not pay me, have me take sonny to the vet and pay that myself, apologize to him, and to agree to let clients stay while their dogs are being groomed. When it became apparent that I could and would match him scream for scream and was prepared to get just as physical as he was threatening to be he finialy backed down and admited it was his fault and understood, at least momentarily, why clients cannot be present for grooming. Some dogs ARE ok, but the majority of dogs I have met are not.