Good and bad and both on a motorized cart. I'll start with the bad one first.
The first one was a man who needed 4XL shorts. I won't go into the specifics except to say that I thoroughly checked every rack of shorts and I was sad to tell him that we didn't have any 4XL. I suggested ordering them online as our plus sizes tend to sell very quickly.
Then he said, "What's the first two words a Puerto Rican learns when he comes to America."
I sighed but mumbled, "What?"
"Attention K-mart shoppers." He proceeded to giggle like an idiot during which I replied, "That's three words, sir."
I probably didn't help the situation but if he was bothered by the retort, he didn't show it or seem to complain.
The second one was an older lady with her ever so slightly younger daughter who wanted to use the same fitting room together. Both women had declining mobility and we only had one handicapped fitting room. I didn't see the problem in letting them use the room together, although there was some gray area.
The much older lady (81 this month, she told me) needed help going from the cart to the fitting room. I gave her the use of my arm and back and helped her in. No clothes were off at the time but I still felt a teensy bit worried that I was opening the company to liability issues. But what could I do? I was the only associate and if I made her walk in there alone, she might have fallen and the publicity would have gone nuclear.
After almost two hours of trying all their clothes on, I assisted her back to the motorized cart.
"You must be a Christian," she said.
To which I replied, "Man I am tonight."
I don't know if she knew the song but I said it with a smile.
The first one was a man who needed 4XL shorts. I won't go into the specifics except to say that I thoroughly checked every rack of shorts and I was sad to tell him that we didn't have any 4XL. I suggested ordering them online as our plus sizes tend to sell very quickly.
Then he said, "What's the first two words a Puerto Rican learns when he comes to America."
I sighed but mumbled, "What?"
"Attention K-mart shoppers." He proceeded to giggle like an idiot during which I replied, "That's three words, sir."
I probably didn't help the situation but if he was bothered by the retort, he didn't show it or seem to complain.
The second one was an older lady with her ever so slightly younger daughter who wanted to use the same fitting room together. Both women had declining mobility and we only had one handicapped fitting room. I didn't see the problem in letting them use the room together, although there was some gray area.
The much older lady (81 this month, she told me) needed help going from the cart to the fitting room. I gave her the use of my arm and back and helped her in. No clothes were off at the time but I still felt a teensy bit worried that I was opening the company to liability issues. But what could I do? I was the only associate and if I made her walk in there alone, she might have fallen and the publicity would have gone nuclear.
After almost two hours of trying all their clothes on, I assisted her back to the motorized cart.
"You must be a Christian," she said.
To which I replied, "Man I am tonight."
I don't know if she knew the song but I said it with a smile.
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