OMG- I can't believe that poop-lady story- I think I might have thrown up all over so called poop lady- I had some good classes, but I had some doozies as well.
I once had a facial w/ a girl I met at a bridal store. First of all, I should have known better, but I tried not to judge and figured that it was her dad and brothers (no mom in the picture) w/ her that were kind of giving her this, well, to be nice, trashy appearance- she obviously had not had a woman in her life-
You see, a bridal store let me set up a table w/ a drawing for a basket (and I actually got a very very good customer out of this deal) and this young girl, no makeup, not feminine, there w/ her burly dad and foul-mouthed brother, came back and signed up and talked to me about wanting a facial.
First  clue: (other than the dad and brother) - when they left w/ the dress, they threw it in the back of their pick-up truck which was, get this, filled with walnuts. Put it back there w/ the walnuts. OMG.

So, she was serious and wanted this facial, so I thought I would just do it- it would be good for her at least to learn about makeup a little, right?
I show up to one of the dirtiest houses I've seen, dishes and food everywhere, stinky, just filth. The brother was there, and he was very mean and cussed a lot at the sister. The dad wasn't there, but I found out that the mom in her life was this biker woman who is in jail anyway---to top it all off, they had not a table in the house. Not a coffee table, end table or dining table- I actually had my card table in my trunk still, so I brought it in w/ my folding chair (didn't have to sit in any of their furniture)- I did the facial fast, her brother insulting her the whole time, and left. I knew I wouldn't sell a thing,  but I just did it. Poor girl--

I've had other interesting experiences as well, a crazy lady who called the company and made up all of this stuff, when in reality, she just wanted a refund and I gave it to her, but for some reason she thought she had to call and accuse me of all of these things, I actually got a call from the company asking about the ordeal- I called the hostess of the party she'd been at just to figure out what I had done, and the hostess told me "oh, she's just like that, she's kind of crazy and does stuff like this all of the time, sorry!" Thanks a lot for inviting your crazy friend.

Anyway- love these stories. WE need to post lots of these, because this would def. have scared me off from MK if I'd ever have thought about things like this!

On the safety subject - my record lowest sales class in my 3 year history just happened to be in the part of town that is not the safest (lots of gangs, crime, etc.).  So I show up at the appointed time to meet my hostess.  (We're meeting at her church)  And I wait.  And wait.  And wait.  I finally get her to answer her cell phone and she tells me "oh I'm running late"...no kidding.  I ended up sitting, in the dark, in my shiny, new vehicle on the wrong side of the tracks for nearly an hour!!  I called my husband and told him EXACTLY where I was at...just in case.  So she finally shows up.  Helps me lug all my junk into the church and I start setting up.  Then she tells me that we'll do the class AFTER their women's meeting.  What??!?!?   ???  So I sat there for ANOTHER hour before they finally all strolled in  .  By now, it's almost 8:00 p.m. (the class was scheduled for 6:30).  We start the class - I was blessed to have a whole group of hecklers, not just one.  The end results of the class??  After two hours of catering to their every foundation shade & 15 different lipstick whims, complaints, bunny-trail conversations, etc....was a whopping $8.24.  There were 6 women there and ONE bought a lipstick from my discontinued box!!!   No bookings.  The hostess did ultimately recruit, but then she proceeded to borrow over $250 in product from me, promising to pay it back, and 6 months and a huge whiney, guilt trip later, I finally got the stuff.  Gee, thanks.  She has now apparently gone off to go to seminary.  Whatev!!

I once did a class for one of my unit members to help her get started...man o man I'm driving up the street and notice all of these unmarked police cars parked on the street.    So I get out of the car and look down the row of houses...there are cops with guns pulled out next to the font doors of at least 4 houses.  You guessed it- Drug bust!  The hostess' next door neighbor was the target. Turned out okay, but I never did a class in that neighborhood again!

SCARY!

  Sorry...had to bump this one up!! 

  some of these stories are creepy!! faint

 I can't believe this.  I was reading these threads earlier today.  Some made me lol some were just scary.  I have never had any experiences this bad. The poop lady story was one of the first stories I read on PC's blog. I 'm sure at the time it was horrible but now it is hysterical.   I was reading it out loud to my DH and I couldn't get the words out. Some one should compile a book about all these experiences. You can't even make this stuff up.Thank you ladies I thought I found this site by "accident " but know I know I know it was an intervention. 

Oh wow, I just thought of a couple of stories.

At one double facial the girl brought her baby.  The baby was screaming and wanting to be held.  Of course, she picks it up and then she can't put on the cleanser, etc.  So I offered to hold the baby so I could just get through and get the heck out.  The baby barfed all over me.  I cleaned it off, kept smiling and finally got done.

The saddest thing that ever happened was a girl whose name I got from a facial box.  I hadn't met her and because of one of those "you HAVE to bring a guest" pushes from my director,  I asked her to come to a meeting with me.  She didn't have transportation so I offered to pick her up.  I got to her trailer and when she walked out I saw she was wearing black eyeliner that was literally 1/4 to 1/2" wide.  It was so bizarre. 

We were doing makeovers at the meeting that night so, of course, she has to take off her makeup.  When she removes the eyeliner I see she has 2 huge black eyes.  I was mortified and heartbroken for her.  We did a really good coverup job on them and she ended up looking cute.   When I took her home her boyfriend was waiting on the porch for her.   It makes me sad to think about it now.

OMG I have not done a so called 'party' in over 13 years and probably
a handful of 'facials' since then. I just find customers from referrals
and work who have lost their consultant and then I have my loyal
group from my full time MK selling days. I found myself in the 'bad'
inner city for awhile because friends live near each other and book
from each other. I would only do their classes during the day.
I did some very sad parties on a military base where the military
wives couldn't buy a thing because hubby wouldn't let them and
when one situation seemed to be abusive I never went back to
that area. Now with cell phones glued to everyone's ears it seems
consultants are really in a battle nowadays.
I have to agree with the 'safety issue' never being addressed. I
have never heard a Director tell a consultant to watch out being
in certain areas or how to protect oneself from danger.
Ladies -if you are still doing classes I would say to do a Mapquest
search for the address then consult friends & family about the area.
If it doesn't sound good -CANCEL! Know that YOUR life is too precious
to be put in harms way. I thought I might do facials again when I
retire -now- maybe not!