Ilona Maher to the rescue!
The Olympic rugby player recalls a recent incident at a nail salon where she and a man were the only customers – and staff kept her there for protection, long after her pedicure had dried.
“While I was inside, the employees were leaving, all the customers were leaving, it was just me and two ladies,” Maher, 28, recalled in a “storytime” video on TikTok. “But while I was doing that, this guy comes in and asks for a pedicure too, so they sat him down and we both got to work.”
At first, Maher didn’t mind the wait too much because she ditched her usual gel pedicure for regular polish, which takes longer to dry. But the employees kept telling her “wait, wait” just a little longer.
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“I’m waiting there, no joke, for an extra half hour,” recalled the Olympic bronze medalist in Paris.
Eventually the man left and the salon staff told Maher the real reason for the delay.
“And then they said, ‘Sorry we kept you so long, we just wanted you to be here with us while he was there,'” Maher explained. “And I thought, that’s when I totally understood why they did it.”
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Later, the 5-foot-10 athlete said she encountered a man outside who asked if he could come home with her — which she quickly declined. “It’s crazy out there,” Maher said.
She continued, “And I want you to know that you can keep me as long as you want, you can keep me for another hour, I will cancel my plans if you want me for safety or you want someone to be there just a presence. It’s dangerous out there.”
Maher added that she treated herself to mozzarella sticks and wine “because I was doing my wake thing tonight.”
“Seriously, take care ladies,” she said.
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