You've Got To Be Kidding Me!
The following story has some content that some may find offensive.
I am going to "talk story" to illustrate why my blood is boiling.the source of my anger
.P.S. *****talk story is totally Hawaiian, and I love it. People take their time here, and talk story a lot. It basically takes forever to tell a story. It's great... unless you're at the store and in a hurry to pick the kids up from school on time
.
On Saturday night, I took Sophia and Avery on a date.
Sophia had finished a workbook she had been working on for quite some time and I was proud of her for following through. There was no time limit set on when she had to finish, but the reward would be a movie with mom. It took a long time..fast forward four months....to Saturday. I was so proud of her, not just for finishing her workbook, but for wanting to invite Avery to come with us on our special date as she knew how much Avery wanted to see the movie we were going to. My heart was so proud of her determination, hard work and her kind and thoughtful gesture. Avery was over the moon.
Also, the movie theater is at the mall.
The mall is heaven for little my little girls. First we talked to Santa. We didn't pay to sit on his lap, ($40.00???? WTH?), but we could say hello.
I'd say that Santa doesn't really appreciate the kids who's parents don't fork over the moula. He was pretty grumpy. Avery was in awe of him, his huge chair, and the 20 foot fake tree behind him. So much so, she was rendered speechless. She responded to the overstimulation by sucking her hand and nodding yes and no answers. Santa barked at her, "Do you know how to talk?
She nodded, he smirked and asked her to prove it. Billy Bob,,,, take it easy. I know you're hot. She asked for a Zebra, he said good luck.
He turned to Sophia, and asked, well, can YOU talk?
She nodded..Santa ROLLED HIS EYES! "And...?", he says.
"I'm going to tell Santa in a letter."
Bye Billy Bob.
As we are leaving, Sophia says," That was so NOT Santa."
Me, "I know. poor meanie. It's not even December yet"
Then we went and saw our movie. 3D good times, good times. Movies are so expensive! Dang. Liz, remember when we used to pay 50 cents at the Olympus Hills Mall with Kath and Ang??? Ya, well, I paid 39.00 for three tickets.
(I'm proud of my age, so I will happily age myself)
Anyway...
After the movie ended, we started to make our way back through the mall to our car. We were lured by a free standing calandar "store" in the middle of the mall. They are in every mall in America, I'm sure. You know, games, calanders, toys, etc...
First we see this
lilywhitebichons.com
Oh Mom, can we pick a calandar for 2011??????
Me, "no, but we can look."
We start looking at some different options on the BOTTOM TWO SHELVES, because that is where my children can reach.
They start going through the calandars with gusto!
Literally squealing with excitement, we saw calandar after calander
and then,
ON THE BOTTOM SHELF. NEXT TO THE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE.
My chiquita burrita kicked in and this was one pissed off chili pepper!!!!!
I guided my children to a basket full of oversize squishy balls to play with while I had a word with the person working there.
I said, "has the manager thought to put the, "how to grow and do drug calander right next to the marketed for VERY SMALL CHILDREN CALENDER????" Do you think you could put it on the top rack, above the eyes of people under 5 feet???
She got very defensive with me, and as anyone who knows mewill attest, I do not respond well with terrible customer service. At all. Had she been trained properly, her response would have been something along the lines of, "the manager is not here, I am not authorized to remove merchandise. She/He will be here...."
She decided to argue. She tried to tell me it was a company layout that is the same everywhere. Then she told me I was coming at her very energeticly.
While explaining that I was not actually upset with her, as a person,I looked to another display
Imagine four rows...
again, on the bottom shelf...(and all the way to the top shelf) Hello Soft Porn!!! Am I in the Twilight Zone, or would it make sense to remove the calenders with content for children away from mostly naked, with unrealistic bodies, men and women, and drugs!!!
What's next, Elmo shooting up?
As she was writing down the name of the website of the company, (which was wrong), I noticed Barbie stuff on the top shelf...so backwards...
pointing to my kids playing with the balls, she inquired if I was going to buy one. I replied with, "If you don't want children to see/touch them, then perhaps you should put them on the top shelf."
After a few more choice words, we were out...
I may or may not have flipped her off, as we were walking away behind my back. Hello fourteen year old.
Belive me, I am not a prude.I see the irony in the situation. I am not asking for merchandise to be removed, just rearranged.
I also know that there are stores such as Spencers that are completely inapproprate stores for my children, so I know how to avoid the store completely. It gives me a choice in the mall as to what my very small children will exposed to. (remember when Spencers was all vomit, dog poo, and practical jokes????Now you can get nipple rings and vibrators.)
When a temporary structure is opened in the mall, creating a mini, but still open store, next to the merry go round, kids jumping bouncing castle store, (sooo filled with germs. gross.) You are marketing around very small small children. Marketing right along with Strawberry Shortcake. I believe there is a time and a place for everything. I feel at six and eight it is not the TIME to be exposed to explicit drug/sex content. I feel the PLACE for such calanders, if they should even be sold next to toys, should be on the top shelves.
I don't think I'm being unreasonable. I think the mall office opens at 10:00 in the morning....
P.S.
Just as a footnote: I do believe adults should be able to make their own lifestyle choices. I mean, You know I love a Sea Breeze, (with a splash of orange), but I am not about to make my children one......
Now, I am done venting, and I feel better.
Some things I would do differently:
Realized after she repeated how the configuration for every mall was the same, this conversation was going nowhere.
I would have just asked the woman for the managers information, and continued on our merry way, she was flustered, and I didn't help her situation by telling her she better get her coping with stress skill set in order, because Christmas is coming, and she may have some chaos and disorder coming her way. As anyone who has ever worked in retail/customer service knows, people get mean. It is very, very hot, very few people are really excited to be there, and everyone gets cranky.
Just go ask Santa's "helper." It will cost you 40 dollars.
I am going to "talk story" to illustrate why my blood is boiling.the source of my anger
.P.S. *****talk story is totally Hawaiian, and I love it. People take their time here, and talk story a lot. It basically takes forever to tell a story. It's great... unless you're at the store and in a hurry to pick the kids up from school on time
.
On Saturday night, I took Sophia and Avery on a date.
Sophia had finished a workbook she had been working on for quite some time and I was proud of her for following through. There was no time limit set on when she had to finish, but the reward would be a movie with mom. It took a long time..fast forward four months....to Saturday. I was so proud of her, not just for finishing her workbook, but for wanting to invite Avery to come with us on our special date as she knew how much Avery wanted to see the movie we were going to. My heart was so proud of her determination, hard work and her kind and thoughtful gesture. Avery was over the moon.
Also, the movie theater is at the mall.
The mall is heaven for little my little girls. First we talked to Santa. We didn't pay to sit on his lap, ($40.00???? WTH?), but we could say hello.
I'd say that Santa doesn't really appreciate the kids who's parents don't fork over the moula. He was pretty grumpy. Avery was in awe of him, his huge chair, and the 20 foot fake tree behind him. So much so, she was rendered speechless. She responded to the overstimulation by sucking her hand and nodding yes and no answers. Santa barked at her, "Do you know how to talk?
She nodded, he smirked and asked her to prove it. Billy Bob,,,, take it easy. I know you're hot. She asked for a Zebra, he said good luck.
He turned to Sophia, and asked, well, can YOU talk?
She nodded..Santa ROLLED HIS EYES! "And...?", he says.
"I'm going to tell Santa in a letter."
Bye Billy Bob.
As we are leaving, Sophia says," That was so NOT Santa."
Me, "I know. poor meanie. It's not even December yet"
Then we went and saw our movie. 3D good times, good times. Movies are so expensive! Dang. Liz, remember when we used to pay 50 cents at the Olympus Hills Mall with Kath and Ang??? Ya, well, I paid 39.00 for three tickets.
(I'm proud of my age, so I will happily age myself)
Anyway...
After the movie ended, we started to make our way back through the mall to our car. We were lured by a free standing calandar "store" in the middle of the mall. They are in every mall in America, I'm sure. You know, games, calanders, toys, etc...
First we see this
lilywhitebichons.com
Oh Mom, can we pick a calandar for 2011??????
Me, "no, but we can look."
We start looking at some different options on the BOTTOM TWO SHELVES, because that is where my children can reach.
They start going through the calandars with gusto!
Literally squealing with excitement, we saw calandar after calander
and then,
ON THE BOTTOM SHELF. NEXT TO THE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE.
My chiquita burrita kicked in and this was one pissed off chili pepper!!!!!
I guided my children to a basket full of oversize squishy balls to play with while I had a word with the person working there.
I said, "has the manager thought to put the, "how to grow and do drug calander right next to the marketed for VERY SMALL CHILDREN CALENDER????" Do you think you could put it on the top rack, above the eyes of people under 5 feet???
She got very defensive with me, and as anyone who knows mewill attest, I do not respond well with terrible customer service. At all. Had she been trained properly, her response would have been something along the lines of, "the manager is not here, I am not authorized to remove merchandise. She/He will be here...."
She decided to argue. She tried to tell me it was a company layout that is the same everywhere. Then she told me I was coming at her very energeticly.
While explaining that I was not actually upset with her, as a person,I looked to another display
Imagine four rows...
again, on the bottom shelf...(and all the way to the top shelf) Hello Soft Porn!!! Am I in the Twilight Zone, or would it make sense to remove the calenders with content for children away from mostly naked, with unrealistic bodies, men and women, and drugs!!!
What's next, Elmo shooting up?
As she was writing down the name of the website of the company, (which was wrong), I noticed Barbie stuff on the top shelf...so backwards...
pointing to my kids playing with the balls, she inquired if I was going to buy one. I replied with, "If you don't want children to see/touch them, then perhaps you should put them on the top shelf."
After a few more choice words, we were out...
I may or may not have flipped her off, as we were walking away behind my back. Hello fourteen year old.
Belive me, I am not a prude.I see the irony in the situation. I am not asking for merchandise to be removed, just rearranged.
I also know that there are stores such as Spencers that are completely inapproprate stores for my children, so I know how to avoid the store completely. It gives me a choice in the mall as to what my very small children will exposed to. (remember when Spencers was all vomit, dog poo, and practical jokes????Now you can get nipple rings and vibrators.)
When a temporary structure is opened in the mall, creating a mini, but still open store, next to the merry go round, kids jumping bouncing castle store, (sooo filled with germs. gross.) You are marketing around very small small children. Marketing right along with Strawberry Shortcake. I believe there is a time and a place for everything. I feel at six and eight it is not the TIME to be exposed to explicit drug/sex content. I feel the PLACE for such calanders, if they should even be sold next to toys, should be on the top shelves.
I don't think I'm being unreasonable. I think the mall office opens at 10:00 in the morning....
P.S.
Just as a footnote: I do believe adults should be able to make their own lifestyle choices. I mean, You know I love a Sea Breeze, (with a splash of orange), but I am not about to make my children one......
Now, I am done venting, and I feel better.
Some things I would do differently:
Realized after she repeated how the configuration for every mall was the same, this conversation was going nowhere.
I would have just asked the woman for the managers information, and continued on our merry way, she was flustered, and I didn't help her situation by telling her she better get her coping with stress skill set in order, because Christmas is coming, and she may have some chaos and disorder coming her way. As anyone who has ever worked in retail/customer service knows, people get mean. It is very, very hot, very few people are really excited to be there, and everyone gets cranky.
Just go ask Santa's "helper." It will cost you 40 dollars.
posted by Amy at
10:00 PM
2 Comments:
I would have loved to see you in action sista! I'm sure that lady wont forget you for a long time.
It would be interesting to see if they actually changed their layout!
God I miss you!!!
What is wrong with high times?
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