"I just got dumped over text...it doesn't feel very good"

SEATTLE, Wash. — Several hair stylists are out of a job this week after getting fired from their downtown Seattle hair salon, SEVEN Salon, via a text message.

“SEVEN regrets to inform you that our Seattle Salon & Educational Academy has ceased operations,” the text begins. “We have closed for business reasons.”

Ouch.

Former SEVEN stylist Caroline Langevin told KIRO 7 that the salon, located in the Pacific Place Mall, didn’t breathe a word about the closure until sending the text.

"Do you break up with someone over text?" Langevin asked. "I wouldn't.  That's just rude."

The text message was sent at about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. An estimated 50 stylists are now unemployed.

The text told the stylists that they could retrieve their personal belongings from the store on Monday and Tuesday.

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Seven Salon bills itself on line as having been voted Best Salon by Seattle magazine, calling itself a nationally recognized hair salon.

Former clients are being instructed to go to SEVEN’s Bellevue location instead.

Former stylists do not have immediate access to their clients, but have created a Facebook page to re-connect with former customers.

You can access it by clicking here.

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