men at tanning salons

they all arrive pretending this is an administrative errand. #

There is a specific type of male client who enters the shop behaving as though tanning is something his accountant ordered him to do. Women will walk in and say, `”I have a wedding Saturday and I look pale.”` Direct. Practical. Problem, solution. Certain men arrive and immediately announce, “I don’t normally do this.” Okay. Nobody accused you. Then they explain that they were `”just passing.”` Sir, you booked yesterday.

One today spent five minutes establishing that he isn’t `”the type”` who uses tanning beds before finally admitting he has a wedding and wants to look better in photographs. THERE. We found it. You want to look tanned for a wedding. Society remains intact. Masculinity has survived.

I swear half of customer service is simply giving people permission to admit what they already want.

Remember me, Eclipse.