So, this has been bothering me...

[GL]

I think you're worrying unnecesarily about things that have not even happened. You are worrying about stuff that doesn't exist... you are worrying about a bunch of "What if's...."

You probalby need to talk to her and ask her how she is going to go about the interview, and if you're going to be given due credit. Then you may decide to act according to her response.

You're not being a jerk about it, but I think you're worrying a wee bit too much about something that's just in your head (as of this moment).

i'm with ankh on this but at the same time i want to applaud your entrepreneurial spirit. you saw something that you were interested in and educated yourself to be better at it. i wonder if you have ever entertained the notion of opening your own shop? if you continue to build your clientele i'm sure they'll follow you.

 

[Elwood]

I do not think you are being a jerk about it, I agree that you should have a word with her and make sure you get the credit due you.

 

[nautiboyjeff]

Since you took the risk on the product, did she split the profits with you? If it was so successful, then you should be 1/2 with her on the entire line and make her give you 1/2 the profits from NOW ON.

Can you find out who the reporter is that's doing the story? If you can, then send a note and let them know that you would like to participate in the interview. Put together a "timeline" and information for the reporter (they love it when you do the work for them) and hand it to the reporter explaining how the salon got to where it is. Try to not be quite as self serving as you are here (put it in more general terms and give her credit for some of the things).

My two cents.

 

[theFallenGod]

What i would do is get some assistance from your clients... If the reporter goes in and your boss takes all the credit... Get your clients on a letter writing campaign... If she is not going to allow you to sit in on the interview.. make sure your clients tell her that they don't feel that it is right.

If you're going to stand up for yourself make sure you have enough back-up to help you out.

Your clients like you and need you.. they aren't going to risk losing you.

 

[Jayden]

Sounds like its time for you to branch out and become your own boss.

 

[belamy]

Your boss simply saw that something would work in her business and incorporated it to her business, even if she wasn't able to smell the success right from the beginning; she could have remained adamant about refusing doing curly hair but she didn't (and that would have been good for you)... even if she would now sell herself as a natural born hair-curler, she should always get the credit for making good business out of it all.
Honestly, that sham moral argument of "I do it out of love rather than just for the bucks--- so I deserve better credit" is laughable... if not outright and pathetically perverse.

I hope that, business-wise, you have still far more things to offer than making lovely curly hair because, otherwise, your boss and people like her will always be on top of you.

 

[belamy]

I'm afraid you're grossly misunderstanding the situation.

I never said she shouldn't get credit.

I only said I wanted a mention.

And morality has nothing to do with the fact that I do it FIRST out of love and she does it first out of money. It's just fact.

But it's a sticky situation, I'm aware of it. Things always are when there are emotions involved.

I'll say this much...if this was only about money, I would give two shits, and I say that with a complete straight face. It's about wanting her to recognize and support what I do. Nothing more.

You are grossly misunderstanding me, but I feared I wouldn't express it clearly right away; ok, here it is: you deserve as much credit as the people in New York. You made it clear that your main interest was not the business but just making [lovely] curly hair; your boss had been a longer time in the business and she wasn't sure about the success: the credit she seems to be getting and the one she deserves is that of making of it successfully business-wise when she realized it would be. As I said, she must have been rather dull in smelling the opportunity, but as soon as she saw it pass right in front of her she grab it by the hair

Mary Quant didn't "invent" the miniskirt, and Spielberg didn't actually conceive the E.T: people are not interested if the one admits he plagiarized a Turkish movie, or the other just made trendy and marketable something that had been there for years.

 

[belamy]

Fair enough.

But as I said, I just want a mention. That is all.

No, I just realized that I forgot that in fact you were really involved in the business part of it all, suggesting her that it be part of her salon.
+
You certainly deserve SOME credit

 

[TygreBryte]

I've with Ravenstar and Jayden on this one: It's time for you to move salons, and maybe be on your own. You *don't* get along with everyone at work -- your boss thinks you're "overbearing." If you're as good as it feels to me that you probably are, I bet plenty of clients will follow you. And, word will spread, and more will come.

best wishes!

 

[LilBit]

PLEASE tell me that's 5:30 p.m....

Good luck, sexariffic!

 

[StlKj]

Good for standing up for yourself, Darlin'. Glad your boss put her fears aside and included you. She needs to understand that even though you might get more curly-haired clients, those clients will most likely buy products, and ultimately that will profit her. Besides, those clients might tell everyone they know to come to your salon, so that helps her too.

Good luck tomorrow!

 

[Joshua_me]

Knock 'em dead, Babe....

You have my every confidence.

 

[belamy]

 

[Ohiospeedo]

Oh really? Maybe make a surprise visit around the original time...could be a sneaky move to keep you out of the interview.

Either way, I would just forget it. The best way to get yourself out there is word of mouth. Your clients will be the ones selling you. I know that we would all like to be acknowledged for our good deeds/work, but sometimes you just have to accept that the boss gets the credit. It sucks, but is it really worth raising a stink about?

 

[Joshua_me]

I've been burning incense and bowing toward Mecca all afternoon for nothing ???

Damn it.