Paid For A License
Twenty-five years ago, in Indiana, the law was that in order to operate a nail salon, someone there must hold a full cosmetology license, not just a nail technician license. A nail salon opened next to the hair salon I worked at and they all held nail technician licenses and the one who held a cosmetology license would be delayed in Korea for a week for whatever reason.
At 18 years old, I was paid $25 an hour merely to sit in the nail salon as the “holder of the license.” I answered no phones, tended to no clients, did nothing but paint my own nails repeatedly and watched tv for an entire week. It was a sweet, sweet gig.