I'm going to gripe, and complain, and air my grievance. I just got back home from a trip to another fabric store here in town - the name begins with a J, and rhymes with Schmoann's, just to keep things anonymous. I'm doing a job making cushions, and wanted to buy a zipper by the yard to get more exact measurements, rather than the pre-packaged zippers. I also needed to buy the zipper pulls and stops, and I've never assembled a zipper before, so I stopped the 1st employee to ask if she could help, and she said "I don't sew, I'm just a stock clerk" (hmmm, I remember her cutting my fabric and ringing me up on previous visits before.) I attempted a joke, saying she needs to wear a sign as an employee there, saying 'I don't sew'. She didn't find it humorous.
The next employee at the cutting counter I asked responded, "I've never sewn zippers." Fair enough.
The cashier, though, was the icing on the cake. She rang me up, asked if I had a coupon, and when I said no, I left it at home, looked at me with complete disinterest and said "Bummer". I asked if she might have an extra one somewhere behind the counter. Her answer, with even more disinterest: "Nope."
You all have my permission to blog about me, or Jen, or Heather, if any one of us ever says to you in a disinterested tone of voice, "Bummer", when you don't have a coupon at our store.
hey, i can barely type -- for all my laughing... great post!!! and buh for schmoanns!!!
ReplyDeleteand i will see you tomorrow morning at 10.00.
ps. eat chocolate, it helps.
Bummer huh? Why didn't she just go with "sucks for you". I have boycotted our local Schmoann's (as much as it is a pain to do so) just north of you, in what rhymes with Fanta Se. I won't bore with details of their lack of customer courtesy, other than to say if you are ever in that Schmoann's, ask to use the bathroom.
ReplyDeleteI once worked at Hobby Lobby. I never did crafts and got zero training. People always asked me for advice and I felt so stupid. Oh, was I bewildered when I had to figure out cutting the fabric when I had never even seen a bolt of fabric before!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure I never said "bummer," though, to a customer!
Oh, the one in SF is awful! I remember when they banned bathroom use. That location is so dingy.
I get most of my zippers from Zipperstop on eBay, and I don't have to talk to anyone!
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