What NOT to Say to a Customer at Macy’s
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I was wandering through Macy’s today, looking for jeans and trying really hard not to spend excessive amounts of money buying cute clothes for my daughter. I found myself in the “misses” department and asked a sales associate, “Where can I find jeans for women?”
She said to me, “Plus size jeans?”
Um. I was thinking more like the higher end of the regular size jeans, but…
I decided to skip that Mrs. Field’s cookie and Starbucks Caramel Latte.
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Summer | Feb 9, 2008 | Reply
If you say the sales associate was about 100lbs i’ll roll my eyes right outof my head. That always seems to be the way for me. LOL
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Sleeping Mommy | Feb 9, 2008 | Reply
Oh noooo she didn’t!
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carli | Feb 9, 2008 | Reply
Oh that is bad. Bad, bad Macy’s saleswoman. That’s like when any woman orders a Coke in a restaurant, and the waiter says, “Diet Coke?” You just don’t do it.
I do wear plus size jeans, and I go right up to the person on the floor and say, “Which way is fat?” This way I get to make the situation uncomfortable before she even gets a chance to. Well, at least I used to. I buy my jeans at Lane Bryant now, where, thanks to their self-image-boosting new size chart, I wear, like, a 6. Seriously. You could be 400 pounds and not break a 10.
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Margaret | Feb 9, 2008 | Reply
In retail, “women’s” = plus sizes. She heard “women” so she thought that’s the department you were looking for. To buy a gift.
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Elaine | Feb 9, 2008 | Reply
Oh see, that’s just not good customer service? Although at least she didn’t say, “Maternity?” That would have made me hurt someone. Badly. And sent me to prison. Sigh.
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Darrin | Feb 9, 2008 | Reply
Don’t feel bad. Some punk laughed at me once when I was looking for a certain style of jeans in a size 38 at an Abercrombie store. Yup.. I felt like knocking his teeth so far down his throat that he’d have to drop his pants to brush his teeth!! LOL!
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Fiddledeedee (It Coulda Been Worse) | Feb 10, 2008 | Reply
Women floor me. They should know better.
My favorite is, “So when are you due?”
Response: “Two years ago. I’m just fat. Thanks for reminding me.”
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Jill | Feb 10, 2008 | Reply
OUCH! I remember when I was purchasing a pair of designer jeans and the clark COULD NOT believe I was buying them for myself! She kept repeating “these are for YOU? then she added, “Do you want a thong to go with them?”
HOW RUDE!
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Shannanb aka Mommy Bits | Feb 10, 2008 | Reply
Oh, Hell No. You are a strong woman because I think I might have said something sort of shitty, but not real shitty (she might just have been young and dumb…) back to her.
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Natalie | Feb 10, 2008 | Reply
She said whaaaat?? I think I would have narrowed my eyes to slits and said–after a three second pause–a very deliberate “No.” And then stood there wordlessly until she directed me to the correct dept.
You look fabulous from here, dahling.
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motherofbun | Feb 10, 2008 | Reply
That person must be snoking some sort of crack! I met you and you are no where near plus size! No where near!
Am going to pick my jaw up off of the floor now….
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the mama bird diaries | Feb 10, 2008 | Reply
She did NOT say that. Oh my gosh. What, I mean really, WHAT is wrong with people?
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Heather | Feb 11, 2008 | Reply
Did you smack her? If not, I’m hoping you at least had one of those “Allie McBeal moments” when you envision yourself doing so! Those get me by in life! = )
A few years ago a girlfriend and I were out of town for a girl’s weekend getaway. We wanted to let our hair down and go dancing. We stopped in at a sport’s bar near our hotel for a drink, and asked our waitress where a good place to go dancing was and she said, “I’m not sure where people your age go.” Yep, I wanted to smack her too!
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Carrie | Feb 11, 2008 | Reply
The sales associate replied with the question -”Plus size jeans?” - for no other reason than she was incredulous. She just could NOT believe that you would want or need plus size jeans. Now, if she had said, “Oh, you need the plus sizes..” I would have all I could do not to smack the livin’ $%!* outta her.
I was having my hair done a while ago, and asked for highlights. The stylist started giving me an all-over dark brown color (???), so I asked her what she was doing. She responded, “Honey, I have to put the color in before I can take it out.” Ouch. I think I’m still traumatized.
Annette | Feb 11, 2008 | Reply
fiddledeedee said it - the “when are you due” line just makes me laugh now. Sometimes I even say “in January” - 11 months later so they can try to mentally figure it out. Ugh.
I need chocolate… lol
McFinnigan | Feb 14, 2008 | Reply
I had a waiter ask me if “the pregnant mommy wanted some orange juice”?
First of all my husband had a vasectomy….
Unless this is the second coming of the conception immaculata…pregnancy is a for sure no-go for me.
I had on a new babydoll style shirt from Nicole Miller and I loved it…..
I will never wear it again unless I plan to “shop lift or hit a major buffet”.
Religon, politics and asking if someone is pregnant unless they are screaming “I have to push” are pretty much off limits for this gal!!
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Kori | Feb 14, 2008 | Reply
So, I t hink I can top it. Going into a store to look for a dress to wear at my niece’s wedding (I was the MATRON of honor-weird but lovely) and the saleperson actually SAID,”I don’t think we have any sizes big enough for you.”
Daisy | Feb 15, 2008 | Reply
I like it when the women’s sizes and plus sizes are next to each other because I am a 16. Sometimes I need the Big Mama size, but sales clerks, you’d better not be on commission if you tell me that!
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MommyWithAttitude | Feb 16, 2008 | Reply
Oh that’s annoying! Last summer I was buying shoes at Macy’s and the sales guy said that of course I’d need to get a pedicure but THEN the shoes would be really cute on me. I was thinking, dude, you work on commission, don’t be such a social idiot! (I did need a pedicure, but I was not THAT bad!)
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Mama Luxe | Feb 23, 2008 | Reply
Yeah, I agree with the poster who noted that women’s = plus size in retail. Maybe she asked for clarification because you OBVIOUSLY don’t need plus sizes and thought you might be buying for someone else.
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