A group of Ohio beauty school students weren’t letting the man announcing their school’s abrupt closure leave it at that. Instead, they demanded answers about what came next, capturing the tense exchange on video. Commenters largely sided with the students, but others defended the man, arguing he may have done all he could.
In the TikTok video from @julietrout, students in an Ohio salon classroom learn their school has to close that day.
They press the man delivering the news on why they weren’t warned when options ran out the afternoon before. One says she was two weeks from graduating, while others ask about transferring their hours and getting their files. The clip closes with a student calling him a coward.
In the caption, the Ohio creator says the man “had been gaslighting us for MONTHS.” A follow-up comment adds claims of broken equipment and pests at the school. She also alleges he left loans unpaid while building himself a beach house in California.
TikTok Splits Over the Sudden School Closure
The students weren’t the only ones upset by the news.“This has to be illegal,” a commenter said. Another called it “quite possibly the worst way to deliver that news.” Others said they’d be livid at the thought of starting over after putting in so much work.
Others had ideas about where the students could go from here. One believed a school that closes should still award degrees, while another suggested transferring their files elsewhere in the state.A commenter said a similar closure at Virginia College led to “a class action lawsuit against them vs dept of education. We won and got our loans forgiven. 22k. I got my cosmetology license for free for their mess up. Look into doing the same! Sue!!!”
Not everyone was ready to blame the man delivering the news. One compared it to restaurants closing mid-shift to prevent theft or workers leaving early. “It’s [expletive] but it’s a business,” they said. Another felt “he looks like a guy who tried his best,” pointing out that he stayed and listened to the students. Someone else wondered if he’d hoped things would turn around and was scared to break the news.
When a diploma or license can mean a better paycheck, it’s easy to see why the Ohio clip upset people. Many could imagine putting in the work, only to have everything thrown into question so close to graduation.
