Great moments in American business: Nail salon forced to change name after harassment

Deacon Greg Kandra - published on 05/05/15

From the In My Backyard Desk: 

The terrorists have won in Queens — where the owner of a salon called ISIS Nails was forced to change the name because of constant harassment from people who thought the shop was connected to the terror group.

Charlene Tse finally caved last week and renamed her Forest Hills business Bess Nail and Spa.

“Before we changed the name, we had a lot of people . . . coming to harass me,” she told The Post. “They said, ‘You have no shame!’ ”

A regular prank caller would ask, “Are you ISIS? Can I join?”

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