Extra Charge at Nail Salon for Being Overweight

Every woman needs and wants to be pampered. But, what happens when pampering transforms into something more expensive than expected?

This is what happened to Michelle Fonville when she went to have her nails done. While appealing to a nail salon that she knew to have her manicure beautifully done she was charged extra 5 dollars at the end.

As she knew the actual price, she went to the manager of the salon nervous why she was overcharged and asked for an explanation. If the manager saw that she just does not understand the idea, she put it bluntly in her face that she was overcharged as she is overweight.

Being asked by the WSB – TV in Atlanta why did she make that overcharge, Kim Tran, the manager of that salon, said that it just was not fair that the salon pays for the broken chairs that are broke by overweight clients. A chair sustains at most 200 pounds and whether it breaks down, they will have to be fixed and fixing just one chair costs them $2,500.

She is right on one hand, but on the other, she actually did not ask the client nor does she know the truth beneath her obesity. She may be suffering from a disease and she cannot lose weight. However, overweight people and obesity are not condemnable in the United States and any discrimination that anyone does against them is legally actionable.

Fonville was paid the money back by Kim, but she specified that she no longer wanted her in the salon from then on. Anyhow, it is the manager’s capacity to select his clients.

This is the same situation with the clothes. Lately, bigger size clothes, the same model and fabric, cost more than the smaller sizes. The reason here is more serious and understandable, as more fabric is used and more work is needed to create that cloth. Therefore, at clothes it is a known fact that prices are 12 to 17 percent higher.

This is a good comparison to make with the hair dimensions. As far as cutting and arranging a long hair is more expensive than a short one, why wouldn’t it be the same situation with over – weighted people and prices at clothes for example? In some cases it is about discrimination, thing that is not appreciated in the United States, but in others it is just about losing money and being attentive to the business.