Let’s face it: life doesn’t always turn out according to plan (or, in my case, ever). Anyone who’s spent time on the internet knows all about the “Expectation vs. Reality” memes, because they are so instantly relatable.
Twitter user Mai Tai recently had her own version Expectation vs. Reality experience when her nail job didn’t quite go right…
A thread of what you wanted vs. what you got: I’ll start ? pic.twitter.com/93clvWq0O3
— Mai Taí ? (@TaiAlexandria) March 8, 2019
It wasn’t long before others started chiming in about their own less-than-stellar nail jobs.
yes i got them fix for free because i acted an ass in the nail shop but i was done dirty . . ? pic.twitter.com/IUNgmvMpNm
— kayla ? (@prncesskaay) March 10, 2019
Yikes.
— Kianna Woods (@kiannalakaye) March 9, 2019
The struggle, it seems, is very real.
ok but… pic.twitter.com/BSB5zE0ifz
— arokey (@arokeylol) March 10, 2019
Just when you think it can’t get worse…
— Maybe: Courtlin (@courtlinana) March 9, 2019
… it does.
Beat this…. Paid way too much for em too ? pic.twitter.com/4nL6fu1iZ0
— trapmoneytrizzy ? (@tristenrenee_) March 10, 2019
Yowza. Those are *not* great.
But don’t get too discouraged, because there were also plenty of people who got just what they wanted and then some:
I got what I wanted & he made them glow ? pic.twitter.com/97jZkSsEky
— court court (@iCourtdotinfo) March 10, 2019
Oh, my!
Expectation vs what I got.
She did that! ? pic.twitter.com/CYQt2PTtNo
— Bria Celest (@55mmbae) March 10, 2019
I’ll have what she’s having.
She did even better ? pic.twitter.com/V9Df49p1lI
— Nique ?? (@itsunique_2u) March 9, 2019
It just goes to show, not all nail technicians are created equal (and also probably avoid the one that Mai Tai went to).