Friday?  Are you sure?  Damn.  I guess we should take every Tuesday and Wednesday off.

So.  Not much to tell.  I went shopping after work to finish up my Christmas shopping.  Yeah, I know.  It doesn't make sense to me either, but the important thing is that it's done.  You know... two days after Christmas.  That's about right in my world.

Here's the thing, though.  The press keeps talking about these faboo sales and how they are hurting retailers, but I'm not seein' it.  I see the crap all marked down and stuff, but not the good stuff.  And I HAVE seen good stuff cheap.

The Old Navy Outlet in San Marcos is staffed with some of the stupidest tools in the free world.  Seriously.  This is an actual converstation:

Me: Excuse me, can you tell me if these are on sale?

Cluless Old Navy Guy who looked overwhelmed:  Um, I don't know.  When you get up there, they'll ring up correctly.

Me:Up there?  You mean, like... at the registers?  At the end of those long lines?

congwlo: Yeah.  At the front.

Me: So basically, even though I'm not buying anything else, you can't tell me if this stuff is on sale.  I have to wait in line.  Is that what you're telling me?

congwlo: Um.  Yeah.  Um.  Wait.  I can look for you. (He takes the items out of my hand and disappears.)

Me: (he took a long time to come back, and in the meantime, I found the item elsewhere in the store with a buy one, get one free sign.  I had given the guy two, because that's what I was going to buy.)

conwlo:  Um.  Basically, they are the price marked.  Not on sale.

Me:  Really?  So they aren't buy one, get one free?  Because this sign right here say they are?

conwlo:  Um.  Yeah.  Wow.  I guess they are.  That's a good deal, then.

You know what?  I'm going to stop recapping this conversation right here and now, because it's pissing me off all over again.  I hate how Old Navy puts the same shit in three places, and the Outlet near me doesn't sign the store for shit.  That would be one thing, but the floor staff doesn't seem to know anyting at all, and doesn't seem to have the tools they need to answer questions.  At that location, I've even had trouble getting a good answer from the Store Manager.  Obviously, that store has issues that start at the very top, and I don't like shopping somewhere that I don't know what things cost, the staff is not helpful, and I have to friggin stand in line for 30 mins if and when I decide to buy something.  If I want crap-ass service, I'll shop at K-Mart, okay?

Well.  I'm a bit ranty today, aren't I?  I think it's because my office is hot.  I like cold weather, but I hate people's tendancy to over-heat places.  I mean, in Texas, it might be cold at night, but by noon, it could be 80 degrees.  So blowing hot, dry air all over the place just doesn't seem like the thing to do.  Call me silly, but I don't think it should EVER be over 80 degrees in an office.

Gosh.  I'd better stop the rant.  Man.  I'm not even in a bad mood.  I think I need a nap.

ok, yeah, if that happened to me, i'd have to fuckin' bash in that idiot's face.

when you're in Austin next, we can try the Old Navy near me, if you like. they seem to know what time it is.

Hey!

omg! lol! i would probably sit down and laugh at the dumb store guy....i'd be thinking, 'is this really happening?' you probably could have gotten more help from a customer....geeze

i have been away from the computer for a while so i am reading all the entries i have missed, i really enjoy reading your journal! lol, its awesome.

well, back to reading!

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LEA!

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean! And another thing about Old Navy that I hate, you can go on the online store and see some great stuff, but when you go to the store and look for the same stuff to buy they never seem to have it, or it's in a different color than what you seen online. This happened to me today, so I basically ranting.

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean! And another thing about Old Navy that I hate, you can go on the online store and see some great stuff, but when you go to the store and look for the same stuff to buy they never seem to have it, or it's in a different color than what you seen online. This happened to me today, so I am basically ranting.

sorry about the double comment