"So, what's the catch?"
The denim Try On event we're having at AE right now really sucks big balls. If you don't know, go into your nearest AE and try on a pair of denim and you get a free AMC movie ticket. Yes, this actually involves going into the fitting room and coming out of the fitting room with the said denim in question.
Some memorable highlights (aka personal rant) of the past couple of days:
a) Extremely Large Woman and friends. The first morning of the event, the customer comes into the store and is like "Do you have anything that fits me?" She looks like a size 28... in WOMENS. The largest we go up to is a 14 in store. She laughs when I tell her that, and instead continues to joke about her fatass not fitting into the denim. Which made me really uncomfortable. I couldn't take it. She was really nice though, and happily took the ticket and came back with friends!
b) Snotty mid-20's Asian Woman. This customer comes in, rips apart a table looking for her size in denim before we could stop her, and goes to the fitting room. When informed that she actually had to ask the MOD (Manager on Duty) for the ticket (at the front of the store on her way out) she rolled her eyes, grunted and asked, "You mean I have to go all the way over there?" Uhh. Yeah. ITS A FREE TICKET for goodness sakes!
c) Older Mom and young daughter (and/or son). Usually she comes in with her brood and they each grab a pair of denim and they all get tickets even though the daughter looks like a size -3 and the son is in diapers. Riiight. Sometimes they try to get smart and say "Do I actually HAVE to try them on?" Ugh.
d) Asian kids. They come in with a big, ugly toothy grin and ask things like, "So, what's the catch?" "Free tickets? Do I have to buy them?" If in a group, there might be one guy who refuses to try on jeans for the lack of testicular fortitude in the fear that AE jeans may make him a homosexual.
I mean, the best customers are the ones who recognize that, yes, this is a national promotional event covering the US and Canada, yes, its a free movie ticket that's pretty unlimited except for an expiration date, and the store associates and managers have little to no control over it and are people just caught in the promotion too. They do us a favor by at least being personable and nice, smile, and offer to put the denim away themselves.
"So, what's the catch?" UGHHH.
Some memorable highlights (aka personal rant) of the past couple of days:
a) Extremely Large Woman and friends. The first morning of the event, the customer comes into the store and is like "Do you have anything that fits me?" She looks like a size 28... in WOMENS. The largest we go up to is a 14 in store. She laughs when I tell her that, and instead continues to joke about her fatass not fitting into the denim. Which made me really uncomfortable. I couldn't take it. She was really nice though, and happily took the ticket and came back with friends!
b) Snotty mid-20's Asian Woman. This customer comes in, rips apart a table looking for her size in denim before we could stop her, and goes to the fitting room. When informed that she actually had to ask the MOD (Manager on Duty) for the ticket (at the front of the store on her way out) she rolled her eyes, grunted and asked, "You mean I have to go all the way over there?" Uhh. Yeah. ITS A FREE TICKET for goodness sakes!
c) Older Mom and young daughter (and/or son). Usually she comes in with her brood and they each grab a pair of denim and they all get tickets even though the daughter looks like a size -3 and the son is in diapers. Riiight. Sometimes they try to get smart and say "Do I actually HAVE to try them on?" Ugh.
d) Asian kids. They come in with a big, ugly toothy grin and ask things like, "So, what's the catch?" "Free tickets? Do I have to buy them?" If in a group, there might be one guy who refuses to try on jeans for the lack of testicular fortitude in the fear that AE jeans may make him a homosexual.
I mean, the best customers are the ones who recognize that, yes, this is a national promotional event covering the US and Canada, yes, its a free movie ticket that's pretty unlimited except for an expiration date, and the store associates and managers have little to no control over it and are people just caught in the promotion too. They do us a favor by at least being personable and nice, smile, and offer to put the denim away themselves.
"So, what's the catch?" UGHHH.