It Takes 300 Hours to Become a Shampooer in Tennessee

[Blackrook]

It Takes 300 Hours to Become a Shampooer in Tennessee

It seems that liberals never met a regulation they didn't like, so how about this? Should a person have to train 300 hours to shampoo hair? The State of Tennessee thinks so.

This kind of regulation is not about protecting the public, it's about creating such a high barrier to entry into an industry that competition is limited to the few, who can then charge customers a lot more -- to shampoo hair.

Government and certain businesses engage in this kind of chicanery constantly. Members of an industry will pressure the government to pass onerous regulations to keep new competitors out.

Adam Smith noted in Wealth of Nations, written in 1776:

“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.”

So this has been happening for a very long time.

 

[LoneLaugher]

From your cited article:

"The White House, along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, has started a push to encourage states to roll back occupational licensing laws, which this unofficial coalition argues make it difficult for workers to enter various fields and can hurt wages for those excluded."

The "liberals" you bitch about don't exist.

Great thread fail.

 

[The Great Goose]

Feminists are becoming as oppressive as tradesmen to the young. Yes?

 

[Two Thumbs]

many states have idiotic laws, regulations, licenses.

It's all about who is greasing what.

want to own a cab company in nyc or chi? better have a cool mil for a special plate or no chance.

want to braid hair in IL? you need to go to a school, get a degree and earn a specail license.

want to do nails in PA? hope you like taking medical school classes and earn a degree.


some of the dumbest shit cost so fucking much to do it's absurd.

 

[Granny]

I've never been in the beauty business, but I do know there's much more to shampooing than just plopping shampoo on and scrubbing ... different hair textures that might be better served using a different shampoo, differences in skin - an elder's skin is more fragile than that of a 10 year old and should be treated as such. What about spotting some kind of lesion, rash, or something else the client might be unaware of that could/should be brought to a doctor's attention. Same with nails - they can give clues to the state of one's health. Making sure that wash stations or foot spas are thoroughly cleaned to avoid passing problems from one client to another ... and do you really want to pick up something yourself?

An eye doctor can spot an unrelated disease though an eye exam that a primary care physician might miss and give the patient a head's up. Don't look on being a shampooer or nail technician as some lowly job. Take your classes seriously ... you could do someone's overall health some good. And, yes, you do deserve to be tipped just as a hair stylist is - the pay isn't all that great.