retoins
As amazing as the things we sell are, sometimes people return the things they've bought. If a return is accepted, they just have to fill out a little pink slip with their name and reason for return for our records. Usually the reasons are pretty boring, like "changed mind" or "already had", but sometimes there's a laffer. Like today's. I had helped a woman buy a mala (prayer bracelet with a knotted tassle), but she came back a couple of hours later saying she had worn it a bit and didn't like it, which is fine and Kathy okayed the return. When I came by the counter after the woman left, Kathy pushed the pink slip over to me and with a straight face asked me to read the reason for return.
It said: "tassle reminded customer of a penis and she couldn't stand to wear it."
Wha? Lauren and I looked at that bracelet for a couple of minutes and, sadly, we saw absolutely nothing about it that resembled a penis in the slightest. Oh well, the woman was a little weird, but nice enough, and that's all I ask in the customers that come in.
Carrie apparently has a file of the funniest return slips at her desk. Among the highlights:
"Boyfriend is a dick" (apparently items being returned from a pissed off girlfriend)
"Buy your own damn gifts next time" (a woman had bought several small gifts for an office present exchange, all of which were turned down by co-workers who must have some MAJOR nerve)
"Friend frightened of fairies" (my favorite, from a woman who had bought her friend a crystal hanging fairy)
So yes, if you write silly stuff on a return slip, we will most likely save it.
It said: "tassle reminded customer of a penis and she couldn't stand to wear it."
Wha? Lauren and I looked at that bracelet for a couple of minutes and, sadly, we saw absolutely nothing about it that resembled a penis in the slightest. Oh well, the woman was a little weird, but nice enough, and that's all I ask in the customers that come in.
Carrie apparently has a file of the funniest return slips at her desk. Among the highlights:
"Boyfriend is a dick" (apparently items being returned from a pissed off girlfriend)
"Buy your own damn gifts next time" (a woman had bought several small gifts for an office present exchange, all of which were turned down by co-workers who must have some MAJOR nerve)
"Friend frightened of fairies" (my favorite, from a woman who had bought her friend a crystal hanging fairy)
So yes, if you write silly stuff on a return slip, we will most likely save it.