Again, a picture less day, but here is the synopsis....
Mark and M went golfing at a course way out in a suburb called Summerlin (something like that) Kyla and I went shopping. We started out by dropping off the boys then going to several stores near the golf course and then ahuge outlet mall. We had unsuccessfully tried to get an Abercrombie & Fitch sweatshirt once already, but her heart was set on one, so we asked a nice salesboy at Aeropostale if there was another A&F in town. He directed us to a mall in another suburb on the opposite side of town from where the golf course was.
We spent at least 45 minutes trying to find it (the maps in those brochures are impossibly inaccurate) and just as we were sitting in the left turn lane to enter the parking lot, my phone rang and Mark was ready to be picked up. He agreed we should get the sweatshirt then pick them up as they were hungry and would have lunch at the course. So we park, run into the mall, find a map, locate A&F, run back out to the car, drive to the other end of the mall, run in, find the store, find the sweatshirt she wants, but it's not in her size.
Here's where things get interesting..... We ask the unhelpful salesboy (I'll call him Spike due to his hairstyle) where to find more, he says in the back room. We go to the back room. We find some other sweatshirts, but not the one she wants, then I spot a low mannequin wearing the sweatshirt she wants, and I check the size. It's the right size, so I remove it from the mannequin and find it has no tag. We go back to the front room where I take the sweatshirt to Spike and say, "This is the sweatshirt she wants, but it has no tag."
Here's where things get really interesting....
Spike: Where did you get this (flicker of nervousness on his face)
Me: In the back room... I took it off a mannequin.
Spike: You took it off a mannequin? (Now look of shock is beginning to spread across his face)
Me: Yes, it's the size she wants.
Spike: YOU TOOK IT OFF A MANNEQUIN?!? (Completely aghast)
Me: Yes, she wants this sweatshirt can you get a tag?
Spike: You are not allowed to touch the mannequins. (now wringing the sweatshirt with anguish)
Me: Well, can we buy the sweatshirt?
Spike: You can go to the register and ask if they have another size small in the back. I would help you if I could, but I'm not allowed to leave this room.
So, we go ask, and of course they do not (even though I have spotted 5 other mannequins wearing the sweatshirt K wants), so she picks out a different sweatshirt, and we buy it (for about $74) and we leave. We leave the store who has 6 navy blue zip up sweatshirts in size small on mannequins, which you are not allowed to touch, and which are not for sale. I sure hope Abercrombie & Fitch goes out of style soon as their store policies are totally screwed up!
Unfortunately for the boys we then got stuck in traffic, so it took us another hour and a half to get to the golf course. They were happy as clams when we got there until Mark heard about the Abercrombie fiasco. Then we went to WalMart. Where everything you see is actually available for purchase. This is a store I can understand.
Will try to finish up later today and move on to my current life!!
Happy shopping, Nancy
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