Thrift store blues yet again

[georgiab]

What is it with white trash and their bitch ass attitudes.....Okay for those who don't know I work ata well known thrift store:

Today started out fine enough until this woamn and her white trash daughetr come in with her daughter's two kids....Now the little girl has no shoes on and is walking...Now we have stuff break on the floors all the time from porcelein, glass, and stick pins that fall from clothes.I politely suggest that they may not want to let the child walk on the floor because of this fact....Never was I out the way or demanding just suggested this to them. Well that doesn't suit them and they become complete smart asses to me the rest of the time....So then the daughter tells me that a friend said that we did layaway I said Oh I am sorry there must have been a misunderstanding because we have never done layaway...well she huffs and saids well they said someone told them that saturday ...Again I say we have never done layaway and myself and the Manager were the only two here saturday...neither one of us would have sated that because that's something we do not do..well she saids well can I pay some now then come back..(she wanted a table marked 125.00 with the 6 chairs with it) I said no ma'am (that's layaway stupid) but we can hold it for you if you go ahead and pay the full price...well her mom snaps at me WELL WHY NOT IF SHE GIVES YOU SOME OF THE MONEY...again I apologize and say I am sorry that is much like layaway and we do not do that I can not hold your money and be responsible for it well they huff and puff act like I am just being so unreasonable in the end I say I can give the table to ya for 100.00 she saids "She might come back"...Whatever I think.....

A couple hours later the mom comes back wants the table and has attitude from hell I politely sell it to her and give her the receipt to which she again acts like I am just being so unreasonable...I am still polite...

The next day she comes in to pick the table up...I cheerfully say Oh are ya here to pick the table up to which she snaps YES....I say okay..she sits there galring at me I smile and say oh do ya have a tru.. but before I could finish she snaps YES I I DO..I say ma'am I was just going to say ya can pull in up to load it..it would be alot easier to which she damn near screams GOD I AM TIRED OF THIS...The woman I was waiting on saids Wow I said I know I can't figure out what I have done to her and she said That's working with the public for ya....I load this table up for this bitch yes little 91pds me....


Then another day different time a woman said she got hr itiems from inside which made them a dollar apiece...We had sales racks outside for .50 itiems which one would specify that they got from outside to get the sale price..I ring her 2.00 purchase up and she gets her change all is well ..Then she goes outside looks at the stuff out there and said Oh you overcharged me...Now me not thinking I say oh ok and go to just get the dollar out of my purse to which I then stop and say you do realize those are a dllar that you got She said No I got them from outside I said ma'am i asked you that and you said they came from inside...Now maybe she misunderstood me I will accept that but No i can't just hand you money when you realize you got them from outside...I am sick of sales...it's a headache and people are so dishonest....She stormed out but come on....

[Crazeyal]

Thrift stores attract people who desperatly need thrift purchases, and people who live off of them. Both of those groups have nice and nasty members. Some of the dealers have good personalities. In my experience, sadly, the nice ones are the minority. The nastier you are, the more likely people will give you things to be rid of you. Begging and pleading work, but are nowhere near as successful as being an absolute ass.

Putting up a sign saying "raising your voice will raise the price" works.. but only if you actually have the authority to enforce it.

[MinimaMagistra]

I adore thrift stores. You are my life's blood. While I technically make enough money to shop elsewhere, yes, I work part-time and not much more than minimum wage. Goes a lot farther with y'all.

And I would never, ever work there. Have fun, man.

[protege]

Some of my more interesting models came from thrift stores. In fact, the James Bond Aston Martin DB5 (by Corgi) on my desk came from a thrift store. The only thing wrong with it, is that it's missing the license plate decals. But, the ejector seat mechanism still works, and both of the little figures were with it. For $5, I couldn't go wrong--I wanted one, but very few US shops stock Corgi.

Tonight, I hit up the church's annual "white elephant" (read: crap that nobody wants) sale. As usual, most of the stuff was truly crap. But, I didn't go away empty handed--I found a few Ian Fleming novels (Doctor No and The Man With the Golden Gun), plus Get Carter, and both of the French Connection books. Throw in the pair of model airplane kits, and I did alright

Part of the fun of those sales, at least for me, is never knowing what you're going to find.

[Killer Bees]

Thrift stores are the best.

I usually buy the clothes with interesting patterns and then wash them when I get home. I cut them up to use in my quilting and other sewing stuff that I do. Sometimes you can find the most interesting fabrics for a song.

[Chained to the counter]

I was at a thrift store the other day, i needed a jacket for work and i got a nice one for only $8.00.

I went and paid for it and when i was done i told the lady serving me "Thank you, have a nice day", she stopped and had a very surprised look on her face and said to me, "You too, i don't get told to have a nice day very often"

Sad isn't it?

[FemmeAnime]

[QUOTE=georgiab;131153]I load this table up for this bitch yes little 91pds me....
QUOTE]
What does this mean?

[Chained to the counter]

I think thats her weight 91lbs

[Coconut]

Proud thrift store shopper here! We have a huge one where I live and they have loads and loads of clothes, in every shape and size.

I've even considered opening my own thrift store some day.

[georgiab]

Yes that is my weight...actually we are not supposed ro help load due to liability issues but this woman who was good 150pds more than me would not help load her own table..that shows I am a good person...lol

[Demonoid Phenomenon]

I always noticed that thrift store clerks have these leery (and weary) looks on their faces.
Now I know why!

[zzapp the witch]

Anymore the only chain thrift stores I can stand are Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul. I don't dare set foot in a Goodwill again.

And yes, I do feel for thrift store workers, they have to put up with a lot of shit. In my area, its like we are predominantly white trash, and that equates to no hygiene or manners. I've had words with a fair share while kids' clothes shopping, just because they were trashing the place or harassing the workers.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I had a customer at Kinko's like that. I this day have no clue what set her off, but she was nasty, snappish, short tempered, and abusive from the get go.

And then it went into sort of a decline after that

The place was not crowded, the machines were working, we weren't particularly busy. The place was hers. She ran into no problems that I know of.

However, she acted like we'd pissed on her leg the entire time. At one point, and this is no kidding, she asked me a simple question... where is more paper? I think it was...and I said, "Right here ma'am, in this cabinet." And showed her. Her response was "I'm sick of listening to you talk!" No lie, it was like that. I really wonder if she had a mental problem.

Oh, and the stuff she was copying? Stuff for church.

[blas]

I'd say out of our thrift stores around here, the ratio is 25% college kids/people looking for neat/vintage looks/furniture/etc and 75% white trash/strange people.

I've gotten lots of Halloween costumes at Savers before. I've also gotten 80's clothes for "Era week" in high school. True vintage 80s clothes. A lot of the time, college kids on a budget (aka, the very few who AREN'T spoiled little brats still living off mommy and daddy's money) shop there for clothes, people in really sticky financial situations like me shop for furniture and knicknacks there.....

But then there are the old cat ladies. The hippies. The strange creepy old men. The pedophiles. And the white trash. The dirty looking people without shoes whose children run rampant in their sagging filthy diapers. The people who complain about a shirt being $1. The people who rip and tear apart displays and racks of clothes, angry that it's a THRIFT store, not a store where every pair of pants comes in a different size. And oh, how the white trash caliber of people LOVE to haggle! "I'll give ye a dolla for this here Confederate belt buckle!"

[Jack7957]

I shop at the Sally store (Salvation Army) down the street from me for shirts to wear at work, since they will usually get very dirty and/or ripped. I can't see going to Wal-Mart and paying $5 or more a shirt when I can get hardly worn or even new with tags cheaper there.