SED - Day 30 - A Better Day All Round

[teddy_radiator]

It's been a really nice day so far. TheHubs™ and I slept in, then had a nice leisurely breakfast. (Note to self: Get stronger coffee!! The stuff we have is so wimpy muscle men kick sand in its face at the beach) Mom called and invited us out to lunch tomorrow, which is always fun.

We went by Home Depot and picked up some final bits and pieces to hang curtains, and looked at ceiling fans. I would like to find better prices on them, but I've not had any luck so far online. The two we really liked at Home Depot were hanging up with price tags on them, but when we asked about them, we were informed that those particular two had been discontinued. I reminded the Home Depot guy that customers really hate to be disappointed by being told something in their shop isn't for sale.

Strangely enough, the same thing happened at the Goodwill store about 30 minutes later. I found a small clock I wanted, but it didn't have a price tag. When I got to the checkout, the cashier told me that it would 'have to be taken to the back room and priced, and it would be a few days before it was brought back out on the floor.' I tried to explain that I didn't want it in a few days but now, and her give a shit factor could not have been lower. I asked to speak to the manager, who apologised, fixed the cashier with a stern, not-too-happy look and said, "I'll talk to you later."

She then took it back and priced it for me and I paid for it and left, bemused and aggravated at the jobsworth attitude that some clerks adopt to make themselves feel important.

We're going to see a play tonight. It's "pay what you can" night at the theatre, so we will get in on the cheap. I told TheHubs™ I would go if he dropped me off and picked me up at the door. Nowadays the parking situation in G'ville is atrocious, and I'm just not in the mood to walk six city blocks to a show I'm not all that keen on seeing. We're going solely because he wants to. Lazy on my part, but that's my part.

It looks like work it finally picking up, but we have to drive all over the country next week to work it. I calculate that we will be in 13 different stores next week. At least they pay mileage and gas allowance.

I think tomorrow will be up early, trying to tidy up for when mom arrives to take us out to lunch - I think she really more than anything wants to see the new decor.

Comments

[nocturnus33]

Are you redecorating?

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Doing MAJOR redecorating in the house.

[nocturnus33]

Redecorating is luuuurve.

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

Enjoy your show, even if you're not that keen on it. Continue relaxing. Big hugs.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Thanks, baby. It actually was a very enjoyable evening and the play was extremely entertaining and well-acted.

[akatnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

I found a small clock I wanted, but it didn't have a price tag. When I got to the checkout, the cashier told me that it would 'have to be taken to the back room and priced, and it would be a few days before it was brought back out on the floor.'

I've had that happen to me a couple of times and always on some cool, one of a kind thing that someone else will snap up first. I think it's a company-wide policy, a really stupid one. Glad you got your clock in spite of it.

Have fun tonight in spite of, eh? :)

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

That is the company policy at Goodwill. That's why, if something I like doesn't have a price tag, I take it off of something else and stick it on the item I want. If it won't stick, I just bring it along and bemoan the fact that it "fell off" the item. "Rules are just helpful suggestions for stupid people." -- House

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

How true!! It was such a silly way for the clerk to behave, and her manager was NOT amused. The clock, by the way, works like a dream and runs as silent as the grave - definitely worth the hassle and the $2.46 I paid for it in the end.

[hbart.livejournal.com]

So frustrating how low on the priority list customer service has become. It ranks really high in my world, so I am continuously disappointed in others. I'm glad the goodwill purchase worked out in the end!

Can I ask what you do for a living? I hope for you that you do quality control testing on mattresses and potato chips, but something tells me none of us are THAT lucky.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

I am a rep for a merchandiser at Walmart - the only reason I love it so much it is that I can go in any day or time I please and I'm on no one's time clock but my own, and TheHubs™ and I work together. I have an extremely nice supervisor as well. It's pretty much tailor-made for someone like me. It has it's cons but the pros far outweigh them.

[hbart.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you have a job that has some major perks. Every job has a downside, so that's a non-issue. My husband and I have a great marriage and we are best friends and all that, but we established early on that there was NO way we could work together. I'm glad you two can and do.

[delphipsmith]

What's the play? I do love theatre!

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

It was A Time To Kill, based on the Grisham novel. It was very entertaining and extremely well-performed. We have a very rich and thriving local/amateur theatre scene here, and TheHubs™ is right in the thick of it. He was offered a role while we were there last night, and I'm pretty sure he's going to take it. It sounds right up his alley.