Just when you think things are going well they revert to form. Yesterday I was visiting my local Joann's, I saw a lady walking around with a sweater knit that made me stand up and take notice. I asked her what she was planning to make and how much she needed. To try and make a long story short, she handed me the bolt and I told her I'd get it measured and if there wasn't enough yardage for both of us I'd return the bolt to her. I brought it up to the cutting table and asked the lady to measure it. How much do you need, asked she. 1 3/4 yds, said me, but before you cut I need to know how much is on the bolt and what it costs/per yard. It was on sale. So she started to measure out 1 3/4 yds. I reminded her that I wanted to know how much was on the bolt. At that point she became annoyed and said you just said you need 1 3/4 yrds. As I explained my reason and her eyes glazed over she finally consented to measure how much was on the bolt. How much do you want,was again asked. I asked again the price per yard. she consented to do that. I then asked how much it would be if I used my coupon. I just told you she said. I said, no you told me the sale price, I want to know how much it is with the coupon. It's the same she said, I just told you. I explained to her that I wanted to know how much a yard it would be with the coupon. She said, you can't do that. I asked why, she said because it's on sale. I asked her again to please figure out how much with the coupon. I also explained that I knew she had to figure the discount on the regular price not the sale price. She insisted it was the same amount. I then explained that the sale price was less than 30% off and the coupon was 40% off. She finally consented to figure the price with the coupon and it turned out to be almost $2.00 a yard less with my coupon than the sale price. I bought my
1 3/4 yards and then asked her to give me back the bolt so I could return it to the lady who had found it in the first place. This time I was told that the clerks reshelf the fabric not the customers. I explained one more time that I wanted to be sure that it got back to the nice lady who let me see if there was enough for both of us. She ungraciously returned the bolt to me. My DH returned it to the other customer with my thanks while I picked out thread. In the meantime I heard the clerk say to another clerk, That one is a real pain. I hope I never get her again. As I walked past her I smiled and said in the sweetest of tones, don't count on it. I guess even the store you think has nice clerks can have some who just don't know how to be nice. Juno- posted
18 years ago