Vacuum Lady

[Summerfly413]

This lady came up to my counter the other day. I said "Hi how are you?" and she proceeded to say "Over in the vacuums, near the end of the aisle there. That dirt devil. The small red one. There's an empty space under it."

Alright, so far she described part of the vacuum aisle. The displays are on a top shelf while the corresponding boxes to the displays are placed under them.

She stares at me while I try to figure out what she wants. "..Uh..Ok..?" I say, hoping she'll say something else to tell me what she wanted.

She didn't.

Alright. I say "So, did you want me to see if we had any more?"

She nodded like it was so obvious from the way she told me.

I ran over and got the UPC, did a search for it, and it only came up with one, which was the display model. I turned back to the lady who was staring daggers into the screen and I told her we didn't have any(can't sell the displays, no point in mentioning the 'one' is the display).

She asks if we can sell her the display. Blah, this'll be fun

I tell her "No, we can't sell the displays. I've had a customer ask before and they were told we don't sell them.." Lady *STARES* at me "...but I guess I'll call and see what the manager says."

I know what my manager would say, but I'm a lowly cashier, why believe me? So I page her and she comes over.

I told her the customer was wondering if she could purchase the display vacuum. My manager told her no, we don't sell the displays, and she quickly turned on her heel in a fit of anger and walked away without saying thank you or anything.

It just seemed to me like she thought we were out to get her so she couldn't get her vacuum. Oh well.

[Shalom]

I was in the bullseye place the other day, and I so much wanted to buy a display, but they wouldn't sell it to me.

They have cribs on display in the baby section, but in order that they don't take up half the store, they saw out most of the length before putting it out, so you have a crib that's normal width but only about one foot long. I looked at that and thought, Hey, that would be perfect for a radiator cover.

You know how much radiator covers go for nowadays? Used to be you could just go in the hardware store and get them off the shelf, now you have to get them custom made and it's a good couple hundred dollars. I called the customer service line, but they wouldn't sell me any. Damn it.

[Sightings Reporter]

It's like these people have never heard of the Internet before. You like it but the store doesn't have it? Go home and search for it. You might even get a better deal! People!

[Seraph]

Oh oh oh I can't believe I get to this first!!

A vacuum customer? Guess she really was SUCKY.

[UncleImpy]

Oh oh oh I can't believe I get to this first!!

A vacuum customer? Guess she really was SUCKY.

Well, Sheldon DOES have to sleep sometime

[dalesys]

Well, Sheldon DOES have to sleep sometime

You mean there are time when Sheldon isn't up?

[Raventhistle]

I know why Bullseye doesn't sell displays anymore. Or, at least, I know the supposed reason.
Apparently someone bought a display that had been donated to St Vincent's or something like that.

Something happened, either it hadn't been put together very well or it was a victim of circumstance, but the display failed and someone sued.

I was so very very angry the day they told us that we had to THROW AWAY displays in the trash compactor because of this.

It's one thing to buy a display from a store- (and, sadly, most displays get put together by employees who've never put that particular peice of furniture together before, I know I have *shudder*) and reason that it might need to be gone over, tightened up, etc. It's another thing entirely to buy it SECOND HAND and then sue the original company.

Now, this could all be a Wild Rumor, created to give employees a reason for feeding mostly good furniture to the Trash Compactor beast.

Or...
it could be...
True.....*ominous music*

I haven't worked for R&K for about 3 years, but that's what they were using as an excuse.

[Andara Bledin]

You mean there are time when Sheldon isn't up?

Oh, no, but he still has to sleep.

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