I'm not even sure where to start here. So I have an appointment starting at 1:30, I am inside waiting at 1:34 give or take. I am few minutes behind, stuff happens, and I'd already filled out my forms they emailed me several hours earlier which cover skin conditions, sensitivities, medical status, I.e. pregnancy/breastfeeding. Now the day prior I was called by a nice young lady to confirm my appointment and at this time I asked if I would be able to bring my baby, who I knew would sleep through the appointment in his car seat because surprise surprise, my husband ended up having to work. Otherwise, I'd have to reschedule. Which I didn't mind doing whatsoever. The woman confirming my appointment told me it wouldn't be a problem, so I'm thinking great. I really need this. I've been beyond stressed and exhausted. I have 2 other children and an 8 1/2 week old so I'd been looking forward to using my membership. This isn't my first time here, it isn't my first time getting a massage with massage luxe or facial and it certainly isn't my first time having a membership here. It was however, my first time being asked in the lobby of this location or anywhere for that matter and in front of another customer and another employee who'd just walked in and the therapist who'd be working on me if I'd had a vaginal birth/c-section and how old my baby was and had I been cleared by my doctor. Now I'm aware of the implications in receiving a massage in the immediate postpartum weeks after birth. Increased circulation, blood clots blah blah blah. I know this. And let me just preface this by stating, I am a brown woman. I was NOT dressed professionally. I am covered in tattoos, have piercings and my hair is violet right now. I am, however, a professional. In every sense of the word.
I have never been more insulted or humiliated. The gross violation of my privacy(hello PHI) in the lobby of this establishment was unfounded. I FELT the microaggressions. So it's 20 minutes into my massage time, this woman took her time calling her manager to "make sure" I can bring my sleeping baby in the service, then questions me in the lobby. So I say to her, " you know I was told this was okay, it's evidently not so I will go ahead and cancel this appointment and my membership as well." I'm not going to be spoken down to at a place where I am paying to be at peace, find some calm, and relax. Even more so than that, this *receptionist* who is NOT a medical professional wrote in her notes about this interaction, that I came in with an "attitude" and that my baby was very clearly a newborn to imply that I was lying about his age and justify her actions. Both assumptions were in fact false and the fact is, this individual took it upon herself to decide this without any knowledge of the policy in her place of business. Made me extremely uncomfortable. And wasted the few hours of time I finally set aside for myself. I've never received this line of questioning here, and I've never been spoken to like this. Had they(the receptionist/therapist) read the screening documents required for the service which I filled out within their timeline, all of their questions would've been answered. You know, which is the ultimate purpose of these documents. Now the therapist did say he didn't mind the baby coming in, and it was ultimately up to the therapist if the baby was allowed to come in, but get this. Yes there's more, before all of this, this woman checks me in! THEN she tells me, but the baby can't go back in the service with you. ??? Like what are you asking me to do here? Leave him somewhere? You checked me in, you stated you checked me in. ????
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