Do you want a GOOD one?/Madness

Ok so what sparked my _Socialization_ thought/post?  Well, yesterday while I was doing a "quick shop" preparing for our putt ting expedition (my score was 90, the first round I got 53 and the second 37, I improved big time, which I’m a bit proud of, because with golf that never happens.) with some friends at Tappins, I was shocked, baffelled, mad, and simply impatient with this question, the title of this post.

I was in the store on a mission. I’m a quick shopper. I know what I want before hand. I run in and run out. That’s how I shop, usually. I ran into this store in particular, grabbed what I needed except for one thing I could not find, sunblock. I was near the cosmetics area and saw two associates standing there chatting up a storm so I thought they’re not busy, right?, so I’ll ask them. I said, "excuse me". (Keep in mind I am five feet tall and look very young.) One of the ladies, the shorter one, about five foot seven, turned around and said, "yes?". I said, "Could you please tell me where I could find the sunblock?" She says, "Is there one in particular you are looking for?" I said, "yes." She said, "which one?" I said, "Coppertone, spray on…" (thinking like it really matters but ok, I just want  a STUPID bottle of Coppertone, how hard is that right?!!!) She continued to stare at me like I was suppose to say something else, so what do I say? I repeated myself and added the strength this time, thinking maybe this will help her help me, while the whole time getting so angry with her I calmly said, " Coppertone Spray on, SPF 15 at least." Well, she then went on to say, "Do you want a good one?" OK, keep in mind I was in a hurry and this lady was fricken asking me the stupidest questions in the world, I was boiling now inside with anger, as I matter of factly said, "Yes!" (thinking to myself, should I laugh at her right now, because that was the stupidest question in the world, to ask me right now.) She said it again a little slower this time, "D-o y-o-u w-a-n-t a GOOD o-n-e?" Aw!!!!  I thought ok I am really mad with this lady right now, but I will politely say it one more time, and this time with explanation, "I am rather in a hurry, I would like a *G-O-O-D* one of Coppertone Spray on, could you tell me where I can find it?" She then said rather rudely, "Oh, it’s not very good but it’s just around the corner down there" as she pointed to who knows where considering we were at the last aisle of the store. So I went on to say, "Which aisle is that?" She asked, "Do you see the sunglasses?" I said, "No", thinking I am pratically blind in one eye, not about to tell you that though, I asked for an aisle number and you instead ask me if I can see some sunglasses? Grrr….stupid people. I can say that because I too am stupid sometimes. But ya, so she then ended up walking me down a tiny bit till she said, "It’s real easy to find, just walk to the promo aisle and when you see the sunglasses then it’ll be on *this* (as she waves her arm around a bit) side of the shelf" . So I started walking thinking "Promo" aisle, like that’s common customer language, sure speak some more jargon to me please, that’s what I asked for, right?" and then I was back to my mission "sunglasses, sunglasses" aw there they are. As I saw a rack of them beside an aisle that only had one side to it. So of course the sunblock will only be on the certain side (can you see me waving my arm, to show you? I don’t need to wave my arm to show you! THERE IS ONLY ONE SIDE TO THIS FRICKEN SHELF, ANYWAY!) Grr…some people I tell ya. I wonder why this happened? Is it because I look young? Is it because I look like I have a lot of money? Is it because I look like an easy sell? Is it because I asked her the wrong questions or wasn’t straight forward enough? Ya weird how sunblock of all things can spark so many thoughts.

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 27th, 2006 at 2:37 pm. Come visit me at demara.me thanks!!