Tuesday, July 8, 2008

You've got to be kidding me

So I haven't posted in a while because life is so busy and nothing much has happened until today. All I can say was did this really happen? Do you remember the scene on Meet the Parents when he tries to board the plane? Specifically when she makes him wait until she calls his row out and there is nobody else around. That was me at JoAnn's today. Our store has recently been through some renovation to update things including the cutting table. Some of you may be familiar with the ol "take a number" idea. We all know how it works. So there I was, 5 minutes after they had opened, not another customer in site. There was a girl at the cutting table so I walked up and asked if she could cut some fabric for me that I had just pulled from the shelf. She just looked at me then looks up at the red digital counter that tells her who's next in line and looks at me again with a small smile. "Am I supposed to take a number?" I ask. She says yes. So I grab a number...number 81 none the less. Then she looks around, picks up the speaker phone and uses it as the intercom as says over the loud speaker "81, now serving number 81." I slowly slide my little piece of paper her way, she looks at the winning number and asks "81, how can I help you today?" OH MY GOSH! Where do I start? She must have been new or something because the whole thing was totally ridiculous. On the way out Abby asked why I had to pull out a number to get help and my reply was "I don't know Abby, I just don't know." As Seinfeld puts it "people, they're the worst."

3 comments:

Jam said...

that was comedy! First I love that you are there so early and second that lady is classic. I am picturing a teenager with braces (pieces of breakfast still dangling from them)lots of acne and her hair pulled up -to early to shower and blow dry working at her summer job saving money for tickets to the Star Wars convention in LA. I'm gonna make you a shirt with the #81 on the back. I love it!!!!!

Tamalama said...

What a funny situation! It was fun to chat today and catch up. The kids are so big and Talmage is adorable! Love the blog!

Janna said...

The comment you left for me was so nice Rebecca. When are you gonna update this thing? I think it's time.