Haematite

RANT ALERT!

I bought this necklace a few years ago at a stall in the merchant city and I love it.

However, every now and again it reminds me of a really silly woman who has a beauty parlour in Hamilton.

I went to get a massage and she insisted I have a consultation before she did this. I thought this a bit odd but booked in for a consult and the massage the next day.

Great!

Not so.

She asked loads of health questions (which I though was good as massage can release loads of toxins and make the blood flow better so it can affect medications and such like) which I answered truthfully. She asked if I was undergoing any other treatments for my back. Technically yes as one of our close friends is a chiropractor and he books us in for free every three weeks just for a bleather and a general 'straightening out'. Not necessary but it is good considering I spend my working day hunched over. She was concerned about this and thought I should contact him to see if I could get massaged but I convinced her that there was no reason as it was not necessary treatment and not relevant. But... I mentioned I had fibrosis in my right shoulder muscle (basically knots in the muscle from a lot of use). She didn't know what this was and insisted that I see a doctor to get permission before she would massage me.....! Its knots in the muscle! Its why I needed a bleeding massage in the first place!!!!

So I told her I would see (not a chance in hell of actually doing so as I had her pegged as a muppet at this point) and then she stood and tried to talk to me like a friend as she could clearly tell I was unimpressed that, as a 'professional massuse' she didn't know the technical term for knots in the muscle. In this chat she tried to ask me what my neckalce was by more or less suggesting that it was a devil worship symbol.

Really. Its a star. Because I have long brown hair and had a black top on (our work shirts are black) I was suddenly in the dark arts. Not pagan which it could have been for or from mariner back ground which the nautical star style in this would suggest but a devil worshipper.

I would have stormed out with a few choice words but she had the door locked!

I feel better for this rant about it though...

I now have a great chick that comes to the shop and massages my back and knows what fibrosis is and doesn't judge my jewellery and is educated enough to know the difference between a 'satanist' and a chick that likeS haematite jewellery!