No, it's not like the Mary Poppin's bag

[infinitemonkies]

SC: YOU MEAN I HAVE TO READ!

I came across a really great new word awhile ago, I wish I could remember where so I could giver proper credit where it's due:

Aliterate: A person who is capable of reading but unwilling to do so.





"A man who does not read has no advantage over one who cannot." -Mark Twain (or possibly Ben Franklin, I forget)

[Argus]

sadly pink camo would work on animals....and color-blind taliban...

It might also be effective for hiding in a crowd in Nunavut.

[WhiteRose]

sadly pink camo would work on animals....and color-blind taliban...

[XCashier]

really? *gets all excited* I want a clothing tree!!

Heh! If I had a clothing tree, knowing my luck, it'd grow nothing but yellow, orange and ... oh no ... PINK CAMO!

[WhiteRose]

really? *gets all excited* I want a clothing tree!!

*comes back down to earth* oh yeah...that only happens in cartoons...

methinks she's been watching too many animated fantasy worlds...

[Difdi]

And how do you NOT know where to find fabric, when you're in a FABRIC STORE, surrounded by pretty, multicolored bolts of fabric?!?!?!

I'd guess she didn't recognize it as cloth. After all, everyone knows clothing just grows on the racks in department stores...it's not like it's actually made from anything...

[WhiteRose]

"why do [B]I[B] have to take a class? cant YOU take it FOR me?!"

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

I'm assuming she didn't own a sewing machine, or needles, or thread, and didn't know what a bobbin was, and has no pins.

All I could have thought to say to her was to suggest a sewing class.

[WhiteRose]

SCA!! woot! I'm in the SCA... this woman should wear a viking tube-dress...made from potato sacking...it'd match her level perfectly...well, even THAT might be a little extreme for her...

on a side note, i LOVE sewing...i'd gladly do it for her...for a VERY high price...i'd fleece her for all she's worth...i wouldn't if she were NICE about it and maybe just confused, but because she's so rotten, she doesn't deserve the money anyway... (of course i could keep making unflattering additions...heh, ruffles...)

[DGoddessChardonnay]

WOW.
that woman is dumber than catsh*t.

And that's probably an insult to catsh*t.

[flutes_and_fabric]

Haha. I've never had anyone try to haggle on the prices of fabric. I've had ones who think the price is wrong and then make me did through the store to find the bolt only to show them I was right.

[flutes_and_fabric]

Eeegg...Uaaaggg....Ooommmphh...

That was my brain imploding. Slowly.

What the heck was that lady thinking?! Or not, rather.

That's even worse than the people making quilts, and they come-up to you with 12 different bolts and want 1/4 of a yard FROM EACH ONE!!! And who keep re-adjusting the fabric as you're trying to cut.

I worked at Joann's too. I feel your pain. You need to sew yourself a voodoo doll and keep it under the counter

Haha, yeah. I like when they readjust the fabric when you're halfway through cutting it. Or when they shop while you're cutting the fabric and just keep coming back with stuff. Or! when they insist you cut the fabric wrong and run behind the counter to measure it themselves. I'm sure I'll have more stories shortly.

[karma_gypsy]

I'm surprised she even knew that one can find patterns at a fabric store ... But, it's probably in her best interest to leave the sewing to the professionals and hobbyists .... in which she is neither ....

[XCashier]

Holy moly. I worked at a fabric store for a little while, but I never had a customer that brain-rotted stupid. (Worst I had was someone who tried to haggle the price on a cut of fabric, and didn't understand the concept of "fixed price".) Seriously, who the hell expects fabric, notions, thread and all to be in that little packet? And how do you NOT know where to find fabric, when you're in a FABRIC STORE, surrounded by pretty, multicolored bolts of fabric?!?!?!

Talk about Epic Fail. I'm tempted to print this one off and pass it around the next time I go to an SCA meeting. Everyone would be especially considering the kind of dresses we usually sew!

[Aethian]

wow....just...wow