What's up with people? Don't they listen anymore?

well they want to make a sale, but you're right, they should let you make that decision

"we don't have that style, can i show you something else"

It's not frustrating the first coupla times, but after 7 or 8 stores I wanted to scream. But hey, we Canajuns don't usually do that, do we?

That's part of the reason I hate shopping for clothes.

I'll be looking for something specific and the saleslady will ask if I need help.

I'll say "yes, I need a pair of tan pants that zips up the side, and no pockets."

She'll start looking through the rack, the same way I was.

I'll then say, "well, if you're going to just look through everything the way I was doing, that's not going to help."

Grrrrr! Reminds me of the time at Home Depot. I'm in the tool section, and the kid asks me if he can help. The answer turns out to be 'no'. I told him I was looking for a scratch awl, so he wanders over to the paint department and starts browsing for something that might be called a scratch awl. I still wonder why he didn't come up with something, like maybe a crowbar.

No kidding! That happens all the time. Don't they know their products? There aren't THAT many tan pants, for heaven's sake.

I was in Safeway today looking for cranberry sauce. I ask an employee, "Do you know where do you keep the cranberry sauce?" Him: "It's in Aisle 2". Me: "No, it's not, I was just down there." "No", he insists, "it's there." So he takes me down there and lo and behold, it isn't there. "Well", he says, scratching his head, "let's go to Aisle 3." Uh, no thanks. Been there, done that. I'll continue to bumble around on my own.

Thanks anyway. Yeah, Tis the Season and all that jazz.

What the Hell IS a scratch awl anyway??

I get this at grocery stores.

Me-
sir, i dont see any watermelons... Do you know if there will be any more tomorrow possibly?

Guy-
Looks around produce
Checks under counters
" We dont have any"

well.. i see that.. i was asking if you knew if there would be any more tomorrow? Or at a later date?

guy looks around -
I dont see any. i think we are out for right now.





-ugh-

What the Hell IS a scratch awl anyway??



That's what you use to scratch awl the places what itches

>groan

ditto! (heh heh)

Lemme tell you, that's a better guess than the kid at Home Depot ever came up with.

It's a pointy thing used for scribing lines. Sure glad I didn't ask him for a prick punch. He'd probably have sent me to a drug store.

Sometime in late August I was in an accident and wound up with a compression fracture in my back. I was a little surprised how painful that can be and it takes weeks before you start feeling better.......so.....the first night I manage to get out of the house in about 4 weeks, my husband took me to a new restaurant in the area. Nothing fancy, just another chain restaurant "Austin Grill", but it was just good to get out.

When we got there, I explained to the greeter that I couldn't sit on those bar stool style chairs because my back was still healing and we would appreciate a booth, no problem he said, but there was about a 20 minutes wait so he escorted us over to some bar stool type chairs in the corner to wait for a table. I figure, what the hell, I can do this for a little while and then relax in a booth. (sound reasonable so far?).. Well our name was finally called and the server rushes us past about 5 empty booths and beelines it over to another one of those tall tables with the bar stool chairs. Slaps two menus down and is almost out of earshot before I can coax her to come back......My husband said, "my wife really needs to be seated in a booth, can we be seated in that one or that one or that one.......Blank face, no words coming out.... then finally she mumbles something I can't hear, we ask her to repeat and she tells us it will be longer if we take a booth. Longer for what I ask? Another long silence, so I explain about my back and how it would be so much better for me (the paying customer) if I could actually sit somewhere and not be in terrible pain. At this point,her forehead begins to furrow deeply, she seems puzzled and just repeats "It will take longer".........I still was working on the theory that she didn't quite understand the situation and attempted once again to reach an understanding....when poor mr. glitterbag in a state of obvious high irritation barked, fine fine fine.....we won't be staying....thank you for all the help.

I know that doesn't sound very irritable, but you have to see mr. glitterbag to really appreaciate the drama of the moment....He is very tall, I think quite elegant and appears to be a very calm reasonable person, and he actually is....just every once in a while, he loses it when he smacks up against lackluster customer service. I have never see him get ugly or abusive with waiters or anybody for that matter, but his whole body posture changes and there is no mistaking his displeasure. So, we didn't dine at the lovely Austin Grill, whick was probably for the best, since my shoes felt tackly as we walked past allllllll those empty booths. Never a good sign when your shoes stick to the floor in a restaurant that has only been open for two weeks.

There's both art and science involved in dropping a couple of menus on the table and disappearing without hearing a word. Often, they'll ask what you'll be drinking, and disappear before you can tell them you are also ready to order. Sometimes, they'll return with the drinks and ask if you need a menu. Tell them no, and they're likely to disappear again, on the assumption that you only want coffee..

Mame,

Is this what you're looking for?



http://www.overstock.com/Clothing-Shoes/Coffee-Shop-Womens-Belted-Wool-Peacoat-Jacket/3437673/product.html

I work in a $5 dollar, dollar-type store.

If you shop in the store where I work, and you ask me for something we don't have, I tell you 'no' immediately.

If I'm in a good mood, I may tell you where you can get what you want.

We do get real goofy questions that are totally ludicrous to our situation though. Like, do you carry motor oil? Since when have you seen any dollar store carry that?

But they go ahead and look around for motor oil, anyway, right?

I knew I was right vowing never to go shopping.

The joker that asked me actually listened and went on to continue his search elsewhere.

Don't forget the dollar-type stores have a lot more virgins coming through their doors these days. The questions that sound idiotic might just be a matter of unfamiliarity with the "dollar" genre of stores.