IF YOU ARE A WOMAN, EVEN AN INSECURE MAN, THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY APPRECIATE THIS BUT YOU CAN RELATE TO IT. I WAS WITH MY SISTER AND MY LITTLE CHAP AT A STORE (THAT SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS) AND IN MY NEAR 39 YEAR I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS SCENARIO......I COULDN'T HAVE EVEN MADE IT UP.
AT THE AGE I AM IN MY LIFE I AM TRYING TO GET USED TO SOME PHYSICAL CHANGES - ONE OF THEM BEING WEIGHT IN MY MID SECTION OF MY BODY. I AM A REALIST AND I HAVE LEARNED AT A VERY YOUNG AGE I WAS NOT BUILT TO BE THIS TINY PETITE WOMAN. MY SISTER AND I BOTH DEAL WITH "THE CUP RUNNETH" OVER WITH OUR BRA SITUATION SO THAT IS ANOTHER THING.
AFTER MUCH THINKING AND FEELING SO FRUMPY I WANTED TO BUY A SIMPLE DRESS. YOU KNOW THOSE LONG AND FLOWY DRESSES THAT LOOK EFFORTLESS WITH CUTE JEWELRY AND FLIP FLOPS? WELL I FOUND A BEAUTIFUL PRINT DRESS THAT WAS A REASONABLE PRICE. AS WE WERE GOING ALONG AND WENT INTO LINGERIE I FOUND A SORT OF SLIMMING TANK THAT WAS A SMALL. IT WAS A REALLY NICE QUALITY ONE AND WAS ON CLEARANCE FOR A VERY INEXPENSIVE PRICE AND ALSO MATCHED THE DRESS. TOTAL BONUS! WE BOTH LOOKED AT THIS TANK AND THOUGH IT WAS A SMALL IT WAS A GREAT MATERIAL AND WOULD FIT (TIGHT) WHICH WAS THE POINT.
AS I MADE MY WAY TO THE REGISTER TO PAY WE KEPT LOOKING AT THIS DRESS AND WERE IN AWE OF SUCH A LOVELY PRINT. THE LINES WERE LONG AS USUAL BUT WE GOT IN RIGHT AFTER ONE PERSON AND A LONG LINE QUICKLY FORMED BEHIND US. THIS IS WHERE IT ALL GOES DOWNHILL.....
I GET UP TO PAY AND MY SISTER AND I ARE JUST SORT OF CHATTING AND THE YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS RINGING UP MY ORDER LOOKS AT ME A LONG STARE WHILE HOLDING UP THE SLIMMING TANK AND SAYS "YOU DO KNOW THIS IS A SMALL".......
THIS CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD THAT I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE WORDS. FIRST OF ALL - WHO DOES THAT! I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYONE READ THE SIZES AND SIZE ME UP AND MAKE COMMENTS WHILE I AM JUST SIMPLY PAYING FOR MY GARMENT. IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FOR ME. IF I WAS MORBIDLY OBESE IT IS MY RIGHT TO PURCHASE ANYTHING I FEEL WITHOUT ANY COMMENT FROM ANYONE. MY FAMILY OWNED A CLOTHING STORE AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF BUSINESS QUICKLY WITH THIS ATTITUDE. I'M STILL IN SHOCK.
WE LEFT THE STORE AND JUST LOOKED AT EACH OTHER LIKE "DID THAT JUST HAPPEN"......
IT WAS SO STRANGE AND BEYOND THE HUMILIATION AND INSECURITY I BECAME SO ANGRY AND I KNEW THAT GOING BACK INTO THE STORE WAS A VERY BAD IDEA. WE ARRIVED BACK TO MY SISTERS AND I CALLED THE STORE MANAGER WHO APOLOGIZED AND ASSURED ME THIS MATTER WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. THIS JUST DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH ME AND THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT I COULDN'T LET IT GO.
TRYING TO WRITE AN EMAIL TO THIS CORPORATION IS NOT AN EASY TASK BUT I DIDN'T GIVE UP - BY THE THIRD TRY IT FINALLY WENT THROUGH. ALONG WITH MY COMPLAINT TO THE STORE MANAGER, THE EMAIL TO THE CORPORATION - I SWALLOWED MY PRIDE AND RETURNED MY ENTIRE PURCHASE AND GUESS WHO WAS STILL WORKING AT THE SAME REGISTER????????????????? I WAS SO MAD! SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT TALKED TO IN A WAY THAT EFFECTED HER JOB AND HOW COULD THIS MISTAKE BE CORRECTED? THIS PART OF THE SCENARIO IS WHAT I AM NOW WAITING ON. HOW CAN PEOPLE BE SO INSENSITIVE AND SO IGNORANT? IT JUST ASTOUNDS ME AND QUITE FRANKLY I DOUBT I WILL BE VISITING THIS STORE AGAIN......
BUYERS BEWARE!!!!
Was it Ross??? If so, people need to know where not to shop. I would definately NOT let this go. That employee has NO business working in that capacity. She, and any other employee should only give their OPINION if it is solicited! I have a Degree in "Business Management", and this Employee has NO BUSINESS behind the register, or anywhere where she inter-mixes with the public. Her Manager has a duty to the public and the consumer to remove her from the checkstand! PERIOD!!!
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