Peepee al Fresco: Wild Salon Stories You Won’t Believe
Have you ever had one of those moments where real life feels stranger than fiction? That’s exactly what happens when you spend years behind the chair as a hairstylist. In the very first episode of “Sh*t I Told My Hairdresser”, Jason and Jack share jaw-dropping, hilarious, and sometimes cringeworthy stories from their salon days. From drunk clients to koi pond incidents, nothing is off-limits.
The Friendship That Started It All
Jason and Jack first met while working as assistants in a Dallas salon. Back then, assistants did it all: shampooing clients, sweeping floors, and nervously preparing for test-outs that determined whether they’d get their own chair. The tension was always high—and Jason’s icebreaker comment (definitely not HR-approved) led to a lifelong friendship.
Their bond grew over late-night conversations, inside jokes, and salon war stories. Eventually, those stories became too good to keep to themselves. Enter: “Sh*t I Told My Hairdresser”—a podcast dedicated to the wild, weird, and sometimes outrageous world of salon life.
When a Drunk Client Took Things Too Far
One unforgettable story takes place in a stunning salon in Newport Beach’s Fashion Island. Picture this: 47 chairs, ocean views, blow dryers buzzing, and an art director (Jason) trying to keep the peace.
A stylist flagged Jason down, worried his client had been drinking. Within minutes, the entire salon heard shouting:
“That’s it—get the f*** out!”
The client ended up stuck between the salon chair and mirror, yelling that she wouldn’t pay. Things escalated quickly, but the real shock came later when her daughter returned to apologize—and casually mentioned her mom was banned from the entire mall.
Banned from the Mall: The Koi Pond Incident
Why was she banned? Because one day, after being denied use of an employees-only restroom, she decided to prove a point. Instead of heading to the food court bathrooms, she squatted and peed—right into the koi pond.
Yes, in full view of the Sunglass Hut manager, nearby shoppers, and families eating lunch. That moment earned her a lifetime ban from Fashion Island.
Celebrity Clients: Not Always Glamorous
Not all wild stories involve random salon guests. Sometimes, celebrities bring their own drama. Jack recalls an Academy Award–winning actress who:
Used her underwear to wipe water off her face during a shampoo.
Ordered assistants around with zero kindness.
Mocked Jack’s stutter in front of the entire staff.
While many celebrities are gracious, this one was the opposite—so much so that even at salon Christmas parties, she stood alone in a corner while everyone else avoided her.
Why These Stories Matter
Behind the glamour of glossy magazines and celebrity photoshoots, salon life is messy, hilarious, and raw. The podcast gives listeners a peek behind the curtain—sharing:
Authentic hairstylist stories that most people never hear.
Unfiltered conversations about the highs and lows of working with the public.
Relatable humor for anyone who’s ever worked in customer service.
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Peepee al Fresco Eps1
Jason: [00:00:00] Hey, have you ever had to go pee so bad? You pee outside, you know, PPL fresco, or have to go through and use your panties to go through and wipe off your face? Well, if you haven't.
Hi, I am Jason. And I'm Jack. And this is shit I told my hairdresser Jack and I have been friends quite some time now, and uh, you remember the first time we met Jack? I do. Yeah.
Jack: And it's a really interesting story.
Jason: Oh God. I said one of the most chauvinistic things I could possibly say to someone that I didn't even know.
I, I don't know if I could actually say it. Um, I. Well, I guess now we kinda have You did say it. I did say it. Yeah. You're right. Yeah. Yeah. I [00:01:00] guess we're just not those people anymore. But, uh, anyhow. You broke the ice though. Oh yes. I most definitely did break the ice. Uh, it was, it was at a test out and, uh, Jack and I worked for a global company.
And before you became a hairdresser, you had to be an assistant. You had to, uh, you did all the shampoos for all the stylists there, um, sweeping the floors and, um, part of it before you got onto, you got your own chair, you had to go through a series of test outs. So you had to actually do a haircut on a model and then present them to one of the educators.
And we would get together for this once a month at the flagship salon in Dallas, and it was a pretty big shop. I had a couple of different waiting rooms and I, I, what would you say, at least like 30 chairs? Maybe more, maybe more. I mean, there was an army of people, huge place at work, at this shop, and it would all this, there was 10 salons and it would [00:02:00] all come to this one shop to do a test out.
And tension and nerves were always high because, you know, an educator could fail you on a haircut, and that meant that you couldn't get the next raise or you couldn't get your own chair. I was always a wreck. Yeah. Every time. Everyone always kind of is. And so, uh, I remember, um, just kind of like relieve some of that.
I wanted to talk to someone. I see Jack and I went to ask him a question about someone who was actually kinda sitting up at the front and there was a woman wearing a white t-shirt. But the t-shirt was cut from the shoulder all the way down to the waist and she wasn't wearing a bra, nothing, you know, nothing else wide open.
The T-shirt and I think, was it a pair of jeans maybe or, I can't remember shorts. It was the shorts, yeah, I remember that. You remember that? Okay. I forgot that. I just couldn't rem, I remembered like waist up because I was [00:03:00] like, I was kind of horrified. We all were. I remember walking over traumatized,
Jack: actually.
Jason: I remember walking over to you and asking you if you knew who that woman was, sitting at the front with the white T-shirt. Luckily, luckily I didn't. You did not. He said, no, I did not. So I said, good.
Jack: You moved up closer. And I was like, oh, this'll be good.
Jason: When you gotta get in close proximity, you know nothing like, you know something's good either, and you looked over your shoulder and you looked both ways, right?
So I remember, I remember just leaning forward and saying, oh good. 'cause she's got the worst set of tits I've ever seen in my entire life.
And we just started. You weren't lying. No. I mean, it was, and you, I mean, it wasn't like everyone could see, you know, I mean this was like,
Jack: that's really what it was [00:04:00] about.
Jason: Yeah. I mean, everyone could see it. You could
Jack: see them. Everyone could, it's not the condition of them, it's the, it's the fact that we could see them.
Jason: It wasn't just that, I mean, she was like moving around, leaning forward me, this is before iPhone, so she's like getting magazines off of the table in front of the chair. You know what I mean? They're all kind of, kind of just flopping about and they're just kind, they were just out there for everyone to see.
Mm-hmm. You know, and so I thought in my head, in my 21-year-old head, I thought, oh, this'll be a good icebreaker. It was. It was. And uh, we've been friends ever since. We've been hanging out ever since. Yeah. Ever since then. So, um, these are some of the stories that, uh, Jack and I are gonna be going through and talking about.
Maybe not like this, but, uh, definitely some of the things that, uh, we've seen, we've heard in the past that our friends have actually, you know, we've talked with over our, with our friends, and that's basically kind of how the [00:05:00] idea was born. Jack and I kinda like telling old stories and telling it to our, some of our clients and to some of our families.
And I remember my wife saying, you guys have got to go through and write this stuff down. And, uh, here we are. And, uh, hopefully we got some stories that he, we can share with you guys. You guys are gonna like, and not get sued along the way, so I hope we don't, I hope we don't too. So you ready to talk some shit, Jack?
I am. I'm ready. All right, let's do it. Let's look into the first story
Jack: here. All right.
Jason: All right. So Jack and I used to work at, uh, the same company, but a different location in California and Fashion Island. And, uh, the salon was, uh, oh God. It was beautiful. Wasn't it amazing? Every chair had a view of the ocean.
The ocean's on one side. Mm-hmm. The mountains were on the other. Yeah, there was like 47 chairs. So again, it was a huge salon. Um, loud music, kind of going blow dryers kind of going [00:06:00] off. Uh, at this point, I am now the art director of the salon. So, uh, my role was basically, uh, the person who kinda led the s salon education.
So I would train the staff, I would train the assistants, um. I would also do redos for clients. So if a client came in, got a haircut, wasn't happy with it, then I would be the one that went through and, you know, resolved the issue if there were any issues from that point with the client. Yep. I'm glad it wasn't my problem.
Right. Yeah, that was yours. It definitely was. Um, but one day I am working on a client and one of the staff members walks over to me. He says, Hey, um, I think my client has been drinking or she's drunk. And I was like, well, it is Newport Beach, you know, and you know, half the women there by noon have had a, a, at least a one or two cocktails or a couple glasses of wine.
That's what they do
Jack: there. [00:07:00] it's, they are a ladies who lunch.
Jason: Exactly. Is, is what
Jack: we like to
Jason: call it. That's, that's a, that's a good way to put it, ladies who do lunch. So I tell 'em, I said, listen, I'm like. Are you having like, uh, any trouble with her? And he goes, well, I'm just noticing. She's like, you know, kinda a bit fussy and whatnot.
I'm like, well, if there's a real problem, just come and get me. And just, I would just go back and just, you know, finish it up as fast as you can and get the haircut done and let's call it, try to deal with it. Let's deal with it. Yeah. So about 10, 15 minutes kind of go by and all of a sudden I hear, alright, that's it.
Get the fuck out. And I'm like, whoa. Okay.
Jack: Yeah. Well it. Got your attention, I'm sure. Oh, I got tapped the salon's attention. I would a assume the whole salon's attention, but um, yeah, it
Jason: was a big shop, so, you know, so I looked at my client and go, Hey, gimme a second. I, I'll be right back. She goes, oh, absolutely.
I go walking over and the woman [00:08:00] is on the ground. At this point, right? She's in between the mirror with these full length mirrors and stuck between the bar, the footrest, that bar that goes in the front of the chair. She's stuck in between that. Yeah. Right. And I go, what's going on, man? And he's like, get her the fuck outta here.
And I'm like, okay. And I'm trying to get the woman up. She goes, don't you fucking touch me? And I'm like, whoa. Easy. All right. I'm like, yeah. I'm like, you got a live one there? Yeah. So you got a live one. Hey, I'm not, you asked me not to touch you. I'm not gonna touch you. You know, and she's trying to get the cape off and the robe off of herself and she grabs her purse.
She was like, I'm not paying for this fucking haircut. And we're like, no, that's fine. Just please leave. You know? Mm-hmm. And I look at the hairstylist and he's like, red, he's pissed off. And I go, why don't you on the back and cool off? Mm-hmm. I'll, I'll come talk to you later. He goes,
Jack: all right, go smoke your cigarette or something.
Yeah. Oh. Like, holy shit. If you don't smoke, then now's the time to start.
Jason: Right? So I [00:09:00] go back and finish my client, and I meet up with them later on. I go, what happened? And he is like, well. I came over and talked to you. I knew she'd been drunk or she's drinking, and I go back and I'm like trying to finish up the haircut and literally all I do is take a half inch off.
It's like a, a one length bob. You know, she's not sitting still. So I'm like, okay. I just kind of do as fast as I could. I'm getting to the blow dry, and as soon as I turned the blow dryer on, she goes, you made me look like a lesbian. And I replied, so that's what they look like and go, I'm like, oh shit. I didn't realize.
So at this point she, he's like, man, I knew we're like off to the races at this point because she turns around and I guess she must have put her weight on the bar of the chair. 'cause she tried to, she took a swing at me, she tried to punch me. Right. And when she did that, she lost her balance and fell forward.
And you know [00:10:00] how.
Jack: Stand up on that footrest. You fell forward always. Yeah. On any,
Jason: yeah,
Jack: exactly. Every hairdresser. Yeah.
Jason: But she fell and she gets stuck in between and that's when I got there. Right. God. And so I'm like, you wanna know what it's best that she just leaves, doesn't come back, you know? So I, I tell, I go to the front desk and I go, listen.
I'm like, let's not ever book her with here again. You know, I'm really, and so sorry I
Jack: missed all that.
Jason: Yeah. I think you were working in LA at this point. You
Jack: were when this happened? This was right after I left there. Yeah. Yeah. I think it was right after you left. Um,
Jason: so a couple weeks go by and this girl who I recognized, um, comes up to the front to pay for her haircut.
She tells me, she was like, well, I need to pay for for two haircuts. And I'm like, for two? And she goes, yeah. So my mother [00:11:00] was in here a couple weeks ago and she had her haircut and she was asked not to come back. And I went, oh. Then I realized who she's talking about. Yeah. And I'm like, oh, okay. I'm like, no, you know what?
Don't worry about it. I'm like, we already kind of like took care of this stuff. She goes, no, I, I, I'd feel bad. You know, and I'm like, I like that. Had to be tough enough just to kind of come in Well, and say
Jack: that, you know, admit, you know, you know She obviously knows what her mom's like and to admit that, oh, she
Jason: knew.
Then she started giving me a little bit of backstory. 'cause I asked her if her mom was okay and she was like, why? Oh, she had more info. My mom's banned. He had even more info. Yeah. Yeah. My mom's in banned from the mall. I go, oh, the whole fucking mole. Yeah, she can't come back. So she was telling me that one other time she went to one of the restaurants upstairs and she walks into the bar and she orders a drink [00:12:00] and she lights up a cigarette.
I. Right. There's no smoking. California is, yeah, California. There's no smoking indoors like, period. Right? No. And the bartender goes, excuse me. She's like, but you can't smoke inside. Like you need to put your cigarette out. And so the woman takes a drag off the cigarette, blows it in the bartender's face.
Mm-hmm. And says, nice. Make me put it out. So the bartender pulls out the, the cocktail gun, you know, the, the, yeah. Soda gun. And sprays her. And sprays her. He puts the,
Jack: definitely
Jason: puts the cigarette out.
Jack: the bartender sprays it out. Yes. And just douses the woman, the cigarette out, like the old movies, uh, that they get sheltered.
Like in the face. Exactly. Just like that, Well, you know what, sh he dared him. Yeah. And he definitely obliged what he got, what she wanted. Um, and, you [00:13:00] know, and that's Orange County, so those bartenders will not, Uh, stepped down from a dare, so, so
Jason: I guess she's like, you know, kick that can't come back to that restaurant.
Yeah. Well that, that's this one, but, well, here's the, here's the, the reason she's not allowed back. So remember though the, the store called the, the Sunglass Hut? Yeah, yeah. There was one mall. It's the middle of the mall, so it's the outdoor mall. It is like this, like, what did you say? It was like a, it's like a triangle.
All glass, sun, all it is is just sunglasses and that's it. Right? Yeah. And, um, they have, and that in a store room and the woman's inside their shopping for sunglasses and she tells the manager that she has to pee. She's like, can she use their restroom? And she goes, no, I'm sorry, but it's a, you know, employees only restroom.
But not only that, it's also our store room. You can't [00:14:00] come in here. She starts getting agitated with her. She's like, just come on, just let me use the bathroom. She goes, no, I'm sorry. I can't let you in there, you know? And so the woman said, listen, I'll just pee in your store. And she was like, you need to leave, right?
She was like, she points outside and she goes, listen, there's the atrium core, which is like the food court area in Fashion Island. Yeah. And she goes, there's public restrooms inside there. And that's where they are. Right? So go over there. So the woman gets pissed off, right? And she goes walking out and you can, you can see everything.
The woman, they're like, she's making sure this woman's leaving. And this woman walks over and in between the atrium core and the sunglass hut is a koi pond. And the woman goes over to the koi pond and locks eyes with the manager to make sure that she's watching right? And the, the, the manager's making sure that she was just getting, you know, getting the hell out.
Uh, she pulls down her pants and pees in the koi pond. Yeah, yeah, sure. She popped [00:15:00] squat in the koi pond. Uh, but not only that though, I mean, she's making sure that the man and the manager's like, like, oh my
Jack: God. Like, what is going on? Like, it, you know, he did it in, in by like, why, why torture the koi? Why not dispen the store?
Jason: You know, I mean, she's like, I mean, she's like watching her, you know what I mean? It's like this vengeful urination. I don't know what you would like,
Jack: and, and by the way, I know this setup of this mall, there are people at tables having lunch around, oh yeah. Koi Pond. And these people are watching her pee on.
Phish. Yes,
Jason: absolutely. And that's what the, yeah, and that's what got her banned from Fashion Island. Well, that's a good reason.
Jack: Yeah. I, I [00:16:00] mean,
I've never done anything like that. I've never been kicked out of. A mall? No. Maybe I've been kicked out of somewhere before. I think we have actually, but um, I think we have. Yeah, that's a different story. Yeah, that's a different story that we'll talk about later maybe. Um, yeah. So how about you, Jack? You ever had a client try to punch you in the face?
No, I have not. But there is one I can handcuff, um, who I wanted to take a swing at. For sure. Nice. Yeah, this is the place I worked on Melrose Avenue and this is an Academy award-winning actress. Mm-hmm. He is recognizable. And when's around, you know, people watch, you know, they act like [00:17:00] they're not watching, but they are, um, including myself, you know.
Sure. Um. Sh He, there was one time, uh, the first time actually, uh, sh he had had her, she had had her hair colored and my as piston was rinsing off the color. So sh he has her head in, uh, a bowl. Yeah. Bowl and has her huge. Purse, would you know who knows what in it? We saw what was in it. Uh oh. Okay. He kept pulling random things out, and one of 'em was she pulled out a pair of her panties [00:18:00] ale and held them up because he wasn't sure what they were.
I'm assuming they were clean underwear, but I don't know. Was that, was that what she was checking for? If they were clean or dirty or No, no. I think what, well, what she ended up using them were, was to wipe water off of, uh, the out of her face. Oh God. Because it dripped down. And then just return them. Who?
The purse again. And we were just looking at each other, just giggling silently. Of course, you know, Uhhuh. And, uh, this is, this is why people watch, watch her. So I, I, I was opposed, uh, to cut her, um, her hair and then her blow dry. I, I trimmed it up a little bit. But [00:19:00] then she and, and, and, and hissed on drawing her own hair and Oh, I love those kind of clients.
They're my favorite. Yeah. Yeah. Well, it makes it easier on me, but, um, true. Uh, the one who it was hardest on was Mya Piston, uh, because he was standing right there waiting on if. We needed anything. And, uh, uh, the client looked up and told her, hand me the brush. And, and I, I, I, I've like five of 'em lined up right there.
She asked which one? He just said, hand me the brush. Oh. And, and. You know, it's, it scared the, the girl a little bit, you know? Yeah. I'm [00:20:00] sure, as you can imagine. And, and, and, um, I just laughed and, and she turned and looked up at me and just winked. Oh. So I knew what was up. Yeah. She, we just learned, uh, even though she was nice to me.
'cause I was tearing her hair when sh he knows it's an assistant. Mm-hmm. She looks extremely rude. It, it just, I I don't understand that at all. You know?
Jason: No. Yeah. I, I hate that. I absolutely hate those are people that treat waiters and just like shit. Right? Oh yeah.
Jack: You know, he's one of those, they're the worst.
Jason: They're the worst of, oh, they're the worst of a people. I hate that.
Jack: Ugh. No. I wonder how many times someone's like hit on their food. Yeah, exactly. [00:21:00] Who knows? But now I did have another experience about five years later with her at a different alarm, Uhhuh, and it went. Uh, way different, actually. Way worse.
Oh, lovely. Yeah. Yeah. He was having her extensions cut by the owner of the salon, and he was his last appointment a a day. So about halfway through the day he decides, um, he's doing a house call. Uh, to s someone who's more hamus, of course, uh, they were trying to cancel her and, and, and, and he wasn't having it.
Sh he wouldn't answer her pH her phone. [00:22:00] She ended up sh showing up at the, even though the owner wasn't there anymore, and the manager left also because he didn't want to deal with her. He knows what. He is about. So, uh, so, um, because at one time I, I, I was the owner's assistant, they were having me cut her hair.
Mm-hmm. And I mentioned I had already cut her hair five years ago anyway, so he probably remembers me. Okay. Well, well after about 20 minutes of yelling at the desk when she arrived and uh, the receptionist mentioned I was the owner's assistant. That's all she heard, and she is rude to as [00:23:00] assistance and he didn't.
Remember me at all. He just, he looked at me as assistant and so we went way in the back where all the colorists are. It's a small room, uh, to have a little more privacy uhhuh, and the whole time I'm cutting her hair, she is. Standing up, turned around, um, holding a hand mirror watching me do the cut. Yeah.
Which is, I've,
Jason: I've had those before. I It is, yeah. It's
Jack: super ridiculous. Yeah. But that, that's how it was. So, you know, he's asking me, why are you doing that? Why aren't you doing it this way? And she's hitting a little loud. Mm-hmm. And, and, and I'm [00:24:00] ex, ex explaining that w what I'm doing and all, and, and he then starts like, making fun of me stuttering.
Oh yeah. And, and I really haven't had that since I was a kid, you know, I was like, he. Everyone in the room were, they were, they were just mortified, like, oh my good God, did he really just do that? You know, I, I, I can handle it, but Right. I didn't want to. And the only reason I didn't tell her to huck off and leave is because I didn't wanna up up, uh, uh, this salon owner, which is his client.
Jason: Well, she's kinda your client at that point and Yeah, I Well, I would wanna punch a [00:25:00] bitch too at that
Jack: point as well. Yeah. Like if I couldn't God throw her out. At least I wanted to punch her. Yeah. But I liked my job, so I didn't
Jason: Yeah, no, I hear you. It wa it was, we had a great time there. I used to work with you there for quite a few years.
It was a great job. But some of the people I, I
Jack: remember hearing later, uh, the people who heard that, they were like, I couldn't believe he was acting like that, you know, and saying that shit to you. Yeah. And, uh, I don't even know that's, well, that's the last time I did her hair, but we saw her at the Christmas.
Party at the salon. She would
Jason: show up to Christmas. Yeah, she would show up to Christmas parties. I do remember that. Oh yeah. And I, I remember no one would talk to her. She was, I mean, we had a lot of [00:26:00] people that would come into the Christmas parties.
Jack: Nobody wanted, and every,
Jason: everyone got along. Everyone would talk to everybody.
There were celebrities. It didn't matter, you know, it was a Christmas party, but I remember she was off in the corner normally by herself. And everyone kind of avoided that corner. They know life. Know who she
Jack: is. Yeah. In the worst way. Absolutely. No one wanted to deal with that. Mm-hmm. So there you go. Yeah.
That's it.
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