By EliTheAdorable - 28/07/2014 05:50 - United States - Grand Prairie

Today, I dyed a friend's hair dark brown. She assured me I didn't need gloves as the dye would wash off. It didn't. My shift as a server is in an hour and it looks like I've been working in a tire shop my whole life. Goodbye tips, hello angry customers not wanting me anywhere near their food. FML
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EliTheAdorable 12

All of you who gave me things to say to customers, they were hilarious! Also, I'd like to explain a little bit. The reason she didn't have any gloves for me to wear is because the hair dye she bought didn't come in a box. It was two metal tubes of the stuff in a bag, that was it! I knew better but let her talk me into it anyway. It's definitely my fault, I take full responsibility because I've dyed hair before (mine, mainly) and I know what it can do and if she had told me about it any sooner, I would have brought my own gloves. Oh well, just another funny story to tell. As for work, I went up to the restaurant (I don't live more than 2 miles away) showed my manager my hands and explained the situation. He laughed about and was understanding. Luckily, someone was able to cover my shift, I just needed to clean my hands ASAP! Thank you for all of the suggestions on how to get it off! They're returning to their normal shade of porcelain white (which makes it even more obvious) but I'm definitely going to speed up the process! Sorry for the long comment!

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Top comments

mcrepas 19

But why wouldn't you wear gloves anyhow? Everybody knows those chemicals are pretty strong, and yes, stain whatever they touch

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matdun101 19

Serve them food, look them straight in the eye and calmly say, "I have the rot!"

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Comments

msunique_me 13

Well, that sure wasn't very clever of you! Hope one of the above suggestions works on removing the stains!

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outtie3000 7

Lotion or make up remover gets it off.

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ShamelessSara 4

Seriously? Obviously if it colors hair, it's gonna stain your hands. Why do you think it comes equipped with GLOVES?!

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PaigeLeeAnn11 23

Germ-x will remove dye from skin. Good luck at work! Hopefully people won't be too mean.

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NotInUse22 16

Well, you could always use gloves

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anyoldnamewilldo 23

Hair dye comes with gloves. I have no idea why you didn't use them. Sorry OP...YDI this time

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kykyrose 9

Hair conditioner should take some of it out if you do it right away

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Brightbulb 40

Hair conditioner, sounds strange but it will get hair dye off of everything, sinks, walls, doors, skin, you name it. Just nip to the store and pick up a cheap bottle and you're good. I use it to get dye off my face, hands and ears it works like magic.

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TheeMissKrys 5

Gonna say YDI. One; it's box dye (crap) it's horrible on hair, will dry the hair out and even fry it off (Hello breakage world). Two; even professionals, who spend thousands of dollars to be properly tried (using good color to COLOR the hair, not crap product) use gloves when coloring the hair, especially when using dark colors.. Three; where was your common sense?!??? I speak from my professional experience. None of this would have happened if she went to a professional, instead of trying to save a few dollars, but when her hair starts breaking off from using it over and over again, those few dollars aren't going to be worth it. Next time you do this though, use real windex, the Ammonia in it is what will remove color better than rubbing alcohol (which dries out your skin)

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mete_orito 34

Get some nail polish remover. That might work to get rid of that.

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