Holy Mackerel.
The first customer tonight clearly should have
planned ahead. Clearly. The first thing she wanted was spray paint.
Clear Coat...as many cans as you have. I tell her, "We have 21 cans..."
She says, "Well, just get me half a dozen." So, I get them. Then she
says she's looked all over the store for the button magnets. I walk over
to the magnet section. There are two pegs which are empty, and so I
scan them. They are the neodymium button magnets, and I was guessing
these were probably the ones she was looking for. Probably. I scanned
the tag holder. 21. Hmmm....checking out the overstock boxes. I see two
possible boxes. Off to find a ladder. She's getting impatient as I'm
trying to help her. Actually, she's getting downright rude. "Where are
they?" "Why don't you keep them down here?" "Why are they in boxes?"
Hmmmm....clearly she doesn't do this type of work. I find the ladder and
check the boxes. Nope...She's m load. AND she says to me. "Where can I
get some?" I suggest Walmart, Target, Home Depot, etc. She says she's
been to all of them. She says, "I need these in 15 minutes. What are you
going to do to get them?" I'm thinking...first of all woman, you should
have taken your emergency to the hospital, because this isn't my
emergency. Second, a month from now, you won't even care about the
magnets. Third, if you need them in 15 minutes, you're beat. She asks if
the other Michaels' have them? They might, but we'll have to call. She
is ranting. I'm called to the register, and one of the assistant
managers calls the Eastern store. After about 15 minutes of checking she
finds some for said woman, who walked off and didn't even bother to say
thank you. WOW!
I'm at the register and this woman brings up some
Wilton things to bake a cake. Two 12" X 3", one of which is dented. She
wants to "buy it, use it and then just return it because it's damaged."
Ummmm.....no. I'll go get another. Which I do. But she continues to tell
me she's going to return them anyway. WOW!
Then a woman brought in
some journals and wanted an adjustment. She said she was "overcharged"
for 15 and didn't get them...at the Rainbow and 215 store!
Ummmm....you're going to have to go back there and take it up with them.
They made the mistake.
Then there was the young guy with a cute
little baby girl in a stroller. I'm guessing about 8 months. He was out
shopping for his wife. She bought some pink glitter tulle, and when they
opened it, glitter got all over the baby and she wanted him to exchange
it for the glitter-less tulle. Mind you, glitter is ALL over the store
right now. Between the Halloween stuff and the Christmas stuff, we are
all covered with glitter. Even the inside of my car and my cat have
glitter. But I see we might have some in the overstock, so off to get
the ladder. I"m thinking I should just find some way to drag it around
with me. I did find some and he was happy. Then he said his wife wanted
some poster, the kind that "starts with an"R". I'm not sure what it is,
but I'm sure she said it starts with an "R". We are all racking our
brains. I don't know if he called her or what, but guess what. She
wanted FELT. NO "R" in that. BUT we gave him credit for shopping for his
wife, with the baby.
Then the cashier asked about people bringing
guns into the store. It was in a holster. Asst. mgr. said that's fine as
long as it's in the holster and they aren't waving it around. I was
fine with it.
Several parents were there getting supplies for
"projects those %&$#* teachers are having my kid do." WOW! Okay. Do I
tell them I work at a middle school? Do I tell them I know hundreds of
teachers who assign projects? Do I tell them that I have yet to meet a
teacher who requires you to spend UNBELIEVABLE amounts of money on these
projects?!?!?!? Depends on the people, if the student is with them,
their attitude, etc. This one woman was downright rude about this
teacher...so, there wasn't much sympathy from me. She didn't have said
child with her, so this project which was supposed to be a drawing of a
ten room habitat of some sort, with the rooms labeled, etc. turned into
this wooden castle which opens up (about $40.00) and a myriad of other
things. Total for this school project--a WHOPPING $163.47!!!! When my
children were in school and doing projects, i NEVER spent that kind of
money!!!!!! We went through stuff at home or figured out something.
There were other projects too, but this was the most expensive. Most
were around $50.00, which is still more than I would do.
Then this
woman who "always buys flowers here" and "is a GREAT customer" wanted to
exchange some flowers she bought in the spring...because they have
black dots on them...Hmmmmm....NOT!
At 8:45 the line was long, many
shoppers still coming in and still shopping. One guy didn't have enough
money and needed to go and ask someone for more. The lights are out as
it's after 9, and people in line are impatient. So am I...it's 9:07 and
no one should be in line...but they are. OHHHHH....it was a long night.
I'm glad that I've always worked with great people. Most of the
customers were "sorry" to keep us late. I always wonder about that. When
you come in to a store four minutes before it closes?
Such is
life. Bobby came in. I love my children and love seeing them. That hug
and kiss go a long way. I asked to borrow something from him...as usual,
he was more than willing to help me out.
Bedtime...5AM comes early...
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