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Yesterday was my SIL's birthday, and as a present my mom offered to buy her something. I went along, since I had a giftie I wanted to give SIL.
We're in Target - excuse me, Tar-jhey (think fake French accent here) - and at one point SIL goes off to check out a CD that had sparked her interest. Meanwhile Mom, nephew and I were browsing around the hats/scarves/mittens area.
Now, we'd spent the better portion of the day just wandering around a couple stores for fun, and it was getting into the late afternoon, so I can't blame Nephew for feeling a mite cranky. (He's 4, after all) However, he's starting to show signs of, shall we say, disciplinary problems that don't set so well with either my mom or me. (Nothing serious at this point, but if they aren't corrected now they will be bigger problems later on - whether they're a result of upbringing or something else, we're not sure (both my mom and I are about 99% certain Nephew has ADD because he's showing clear classic signs of it))
So Nephew's pulling hats off the shelf because he wants to look at them - which in itself is of course normal child behavior; the difference is he kept doing it even after my mom told him several times *not* to. After the third or fourth time he did this and my mom told him no, Nephew pipes up in an irate tone, "But I'm a customer!"
Mom says, "No, you're not. Customers buy things."
To which Nephew promptly replies, "The customer is always right!" (Said in, of course, That Tone that we all know - and yes, he's a precocious sort)
Well I, having had more than enough experience working retail, wasn't about to let that one slide. I told him, "Not always, kiddo!"
I really hope my nephew doesn't grow up to be an SC.
But that perfectly illustrated for me just one of many reasons why, despite the fact that I badly need some form of income, I REFUSE to work any more retail, as I will quite likely snap and literally kill the first SC that approaches me.
We're in Target - excuse me, Tar-jhey (think fake French accent here) - and at one point SIL goes off to check out a CD that had sparked her interest. Meanwhile Mom, nephew and I were browsing around the hats/scarves/mittens area.
Now, we'd spent the better portion of the day just wandering around a couple stores for fun, and it was getting into the late afternoon, so I can't blame Nephew for feeling a mite cranky. (He's 4, after all) However, he's starting to show signs of, shall we say, disciplinary problems that don't set so well with either my mom or me. (Nothing serious at this point, but if they aren't corrected now they will be bigger problems later on - whether they're a result of upbringing or something else, we're not sure (both my mom and I are about 99% certain Nephew has ADD because he's showing clear classic signs of it))
So Nephew's pulling hats off the shelf because he wants to look at them - which in itself is of course normal child behavior; the difference is he kept doing it even after my mom told him several times *not* to. After the third or fourth time he did this and my mom told him no, Nephew pipes up in an irate tone, "But I'm a customer!"
Mom says, "No, you're not. Customers buy things."
To which Nephew promptly replies, "The customer is always right!" (Said in, of course, That Tone that we all know - and yes, he's a precocious sort)
Well I, having had more than enough experience working retail, wasn't about to let that one slide. I told him, "Not always, kiddo!"
I really hope my nephew doesn't grow up to be an SC.
But that perfectly illustrated for me just one of many reasons why, despite the fact that I badly need some form of income, I REFUSE to work any more retail, as I will quite likely snap and literally kill the first SC that approaches me.
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