My heart is breaking for these people... Have to mow their own lawns! Don't they know what wives are for? Someone should take the lead and start a gofundme page. It's sooo grim. The fall of western civilization.
With home prices skyrocketing, the usual availability of rentals for summer workers has evaporated, leaving restaurants and shops desperately short. A previous ban of visas for temporary workers hasn’t helped the situation. Add to that the fact that the population of the Hamptons has ballooned since March 2020, and it was only a matter of time until things got messy.
What do the Hamptons look like without the usual help? It’s not pretty. Annie Barton, who has owned and run The Salon & Day Spa in Amagansett Square for 21 years, said she has “never seen a summer like this.” And that was in June, before the season reached its peak. “We have a two-week waiting list, and some hairdressers have a one-month waiting list,” she said.
Barton said she continues to plead with year-round regulars to prebook or risk not getting in. With her stylists working “nonstop from the minute they arrive to the minute they leave,” those who only get a couple of blowouts over the summer are out of luck. “People get upset. I understand,” she said. “But I have no openings for children’s cuts or blowouts. If they call day of and there’s a cancellation, we’ll gladly take them.” That is, if they can get through on the phone. “I have two full-time receptionists,” she said, “for four hairdressers. The phone is ringing off the hook. We can’t answer all the calls, so they’re emailing to get appointments. I’ve never seen that before. We can’t answer fast enough.”
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