{"id":109,"date":"2008-03-02T20:40:51","date_gmt":"2008-03-03T01:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heroesinrehab.ca\/blog\/2008\/03\/02\/109\/"},"modified":"2008-03-02T20:42:16","modified_gmt":"2008-03-03T01:42:16","slug":"109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heroesinrehab.ca\/blog\/2008\/03\/02\/109\/","title":{"rendered":"Just laugh at me and I’ll buy your underwear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spouse and I made a quick – well it was supposed<\/em> to be quick – trip to the mall this afternoon; her wedding band and engagement ring have been suffering mightily, we believe from the riding Spouse does, and our mission was to deliver the subject jewellery for repair. The staff at the store had a good deal of uncertainty as to how to fill out the appropriate forms, which resulted in a much longer visit to the jewellery store than we had wanted or needed (I am trying to get some work done for tomorrow, and didn’t need an extended sojourn in some crappy mall jewellery store). Complicating the transaction was the head jewellery store lady’s involvement with two folks who came into the store before our business could be completed; it seemed to me that the woman was trying to buy a watch for the fellow I assumed to be her husband. Lucky hubby was a VERY picky fellow, though, and needed to be shown approximately 678 different watches, and moreover needed the competing and contrasting features of each timepiece explained to him in minute detail. His indecision and the consequent delay of our transaction, I have to admit, was getting me a little cranky. We left grumbling a bit about the sixty bucks the repairs were likely to cost us. We resolved never to return to that jeweller after these repairs have been completed.<\/p>\n

Then we went downstairs for a food court lunch, though, and burger seemed to brighten my mood somewhat, as prophesied by Mike<\/a>. We popped into Gymboree to get some fun clothes for a friend’s soon-to-be-arriving baby. The sign outside the store said, “Baby Sale $10” and Spouse told the clerk we would like to purchase a child. The clerk laughed and (probably) lied to us when we asked her how many times she had heard that joke before. A little while later, I pointed to a nearby display of submarine and octopus emblazoned underwear and inquired whether they were available in a Men’s 40.<\/p>\n

The clerk laughed again and we walked out of there quite pleased to have purchased six and a half square centimetres of fabric for sixty-five bucks plus tax.<\/p>\n

See what customer service can do for you, retailers of North America?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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