WENATCHEE, Wash. -- For the first time since 1994, Donna Mutchler, owner of the Just Hair salon on the corner of N. Mission and 4th streets in Wenatchee, was asked to give a client a perm.
According to eye witnesses, Teresa Wible, 43, entered the salon just before 3 p.m. Friday for what was supposed to be a run-of-the mill cut and color. But, upon alerting the front desk of her arrival, she announced she would also like a perm. Christie Jennings, the 18-year-old stylist assistant at the desk, said she wasn’t exactly sure what Wible was asking for. That’s when Mutchler intervened.
“I said, ‘I’m sorry … you want a what now?’” Mutchler said. “I thought she was kidding at first, but then I noticed she was wearing Jordache jeans.”
Mutchler, who says she always tries to cater to clients’ special needs, made an effort to deliver the service Wible requested, but wasn’t able to when she realized the only perm chemical solution she had left in her storage room expired during President Clinton’s first term. “That’s when I sent her to the J.C. Penney salon,” Mutchler said. “I told her to ask for Tammy. I didn’t know if anyone by that name actually worked there, but I figured if so, she’d probably know a thing or two about perms.”
It turns out Wible was in luck. Tammy Boyd, a long-time Wenatchee J.C. Penney salon stylist who claims to have once permed Carnie Wilson’s hair, was able to deliver.
“I really have a lot to thank Tammy for,” Wible said. “This perm has done wonders for my self esteem.”
