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  • Help in the paint isle!

    This wasn't really sucky, just...odd.

    My boyfriend and I were at a craft store getting various spray paints and clear coatings for a couple of projects. We were comparing various paints between ourselves when this woman came into the isle. We tried to squeeze along the sides to accomodate her and her cart, but she managed to hit both of us on her way through anyway. Then she stopped between us and asked my boyfriend where she would find a tawny-colored paint to paint a concrete statue. My boyfriend's in a tank top, running shorts & a bandanna because we were going to the gym after. He points her towards the acrylics and she hems & haws a bit then asks ME to get her some of the browns. I'm wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt that says 'Crying, it's puking for the soul' and I had my arms full of stuff to buy, but I get her some of the colors she was interested in. She then asks us about how much paint she should buy, then asks us where the glue would be. Luckily the glue was right in the same isle so we pointed it out to her and got the heck out of there!

    We just really, really didn't look like we worked there. I could see if maybe she had just wanted a second opinion (like do these colors look like they match), but we were just about doing her shopping for her!
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  • #2
    I wouldn't have been as nice and told her to stuff it and get her own shit.

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    • #3
      Quoth Anakah View Post
      I wouldn't have been as nice and told her to stuff it and get her own shit.
      Me too...especially if my hands were full of my own stuff already. These stories of customers mixing up other customers for employees, when they clearly are NOT employees, always boggles me. At least she wasn't overly rude about it.

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      • #4
        Quoth Anakah View Post
        I wouldn't have been as nice and told her to stuff it and get her own shit.
        I'm with you on this one. For politeness's sake, I would have first said something to the effect of, "Oh! I'm sorry, but I think you may be mistaken, I'm just here to pick up a few things as well, I don't work here. " Failure to take that to heart will result in an additional, "Oh well, guess you're on your own, bitch."

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        • #5
          Quoth Anakah View Post
          I wouldn't have been as nice and told her to stuff it and get her own shit.
          I would have been just as bold. Telling her to shove it or something. Im a really nice person, but dont be stupid, lady, your times no more valuable than mine.
          Sorry, my love cannot be bought. And if it could, you obviously don't have enough in your account to do so.

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          • #6
            Did she at least apologize for *ramming* you two with her cart?
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            • #7
              I guess she kind of appologized if 'Oooh' and 'Oops' count as appologies!
              "If anyone wants this old box containing the broken bits of my former faith in humanity, I'll take your best offer now. You may be able to salvage a few of em' for parts..... " - Quote by Argabarga

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              • #8
                for me it would depend on the person
                after being rammed... no

                but the little old lady who needed help finding the baked beans?
                i went and even picked them up for her. she could barely move as it was.

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