Just a Little Vent…

I am just frustrated with some people. I am a self employed dog groomer and I have been out of work for two months now. It has been hard! Aside from being used to moving and being on my feet for ten or more hours a day and now dealing with boredom. I haven’t gotten paid! I receive the one time stimulus check and that was it.

I couldn’t risk staying open and having a $2,500 fine AND A MISDEMEANOR.

So I stayed closed. I stayed closed through the phone calls from clients asking when I would open and not having an answer. I stayed closed through clients asking why other groomers could be open (illegally). I stayed closed through almost losing my car! I followed the rules and stayed closed.

Now I have an opening date because I finally got approval for medical grooming. I am making calls to my clients and so many times I am hearing “Sorry, but this groomer was open and got me in so I am going there now.”. It is heart breaking. I genuinely care about the dogs I groom and the families that take care of them. So for me to hear that since I was following the rules they deem me not good enough fucking hurts!

I know I will build up again, I am a good groomer and I care about my clients. But it still sucks that people who just ignored the rules got away with staying open. My luck? I would have been nailed the first day I tried to groom after we were told to close.

I understand there were a lot of people who couldn’t afford to close because they would have no other form of income. But damn it stings!

This may seem petty to some, but I worked hard to build up my clients and run my own business. It is just frustrating…