So we're suing hair dressers now?

My gf passed me one of her magazines last night and it had a small advert on one page saying that if you had been given a bad haircut you should contact them, they specialise in suing hairdressers for damages!





Now I've had my share of bad hair cuts, some of which were my own design, but I have never considered suing my hairdresser (even when she once took a tiny part of my ear off).





Are we heading for America's 'sue 'em till their bankrupt then go after their kids' approach?So we're suing hair dressers now?
Well, if it makes hairdressers a bit more careful, then some good's come out of it. But in reality it is helping to create the same kind of ';sue em all'; society that we see in the USA. I think we need limits and it's down to the courts to make sure they only find in favour of sensible, genuine claims. It's the only deterrent.So we're suing hair dressers now?
It's becoming ridiculous now. We are being encouraged to sue anyone for the silliest of reasons just so that we can line the pockets of these legal firms. I had a very dodgy haircut a few weeks back, I went to a salon and was given a new girl who couldn't speak English to cut my hair, so obviously explaining to her what I wanted was nigh on impossible. But it would never have even occurred to me to take legal action over a haircut!
not here. Here in the UK, it's sue 'em until they've slapped so many regulations, terms, conditions, waivers and fences that you can't even walk past a hairdresser without a license or permit of some sort... and you have to pay 5 times the money for the padded walls and floor, and wait 5 hours while they remove any potential traces of nuts.
I've had a few accidents at the hair dressers. They have usually been put right (to a fashion) and eventually all grew anyway.





There are too many 'no win, no fee' litigation businesses cropping up everywhere you look. It is encouraging many people to make bogus claims. I know of one woman who has claimed twice against drivers who have hit her car. She has claimed for whiplash but has never needed to take time off work. She has just nipped to the doctors to register her 'injury'. Many people are being encouraged to do this.





By the way, what is the statute of limitations on the hairdresser claims? I had a shocking colour job some years ago and looked like a goth for months. I wonder what that would have been worth.
A trip to the hairdressers for some women can cost a small fortune especially if it requires colouring.If they provide a service and profess to be professionals then that service should be of an acceptable standard (as with any service) and if they fall short they should take the consequences.
We,ve been there a while now, i spoke to two fireman who were painting a plate in the floor where the water is and they said they have to stand gaurd until the paint dries because people delibrately stand on the paint and try to sue them
Fudging el, whatever it takes init, i heard the other day that ant from ant and deck is being sued because an american comedian has the same name, my goodness theres thousands of people with the name ant, a names a name fudge me lighten u americans
I think we are, That's stupid and i know if the tv is on in the day the majority of adverts are for stuff like that.
Probably. You can find a lawyer who will sue anyone just to make a few bucks.
Yep. Thank the bleeding heart, wringing handed liberal intelligentsia for that.
Yes - its ridiculous!






time a bit of common sense got back into our society, this sue em brigade need to have a reality check
I'm off to the solicitor's.
Sadly we follow the Americans on too many things and look what happens.
they make a fortune ... if they mess up they should pay
That's pathetic!





Saying that I'm going to the hairdressers this afternoon so I might need that number....
That's it, I'm suing my mum...she used to give me really bad hair cuts!!!
Doesn't this just make you mad? I didn't know that we had started doing that. How could you prove that you asked specifically for one thing and were given another? If I owned a hairdressers, I'd be installing CCTV.





We are definitely heading for America's sue em culture. Don't you just hate that advert where a woman says ';I slipped on the wet floor and there was no sign up so I sued them';. There was no sign on the door telling her not to walk repeatedly into it until she broke her nose either, but she managed to do that without being told. It is just an excuse for the plebs of society to ruin life for everyone else by hiking up insurance costs and therefore making everything more expensive.





Why can we not take responsibility for our own actions anymore? If YOU don't look, or pay attention, why should anyone else pay for your stupid mistake? Rant, rant, rant!





EDIT: To the weirdos who have said ';it's only right'; or that type of thing.


1. Did you take in an exact picture of the hairstyle you wanted, but were given something completely different?


2. Did they explain what they were going to do, given your hair type etc, but you turned a deaf ear in the hope of making money?


3. Did you know that hair grows? You have not been left permanently scarred or disfigured, it's just hair for goodness sake!


AAAAAGGGHHH! FREAKS!