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Better day today. You are right though kids don't go in at the middle anymore. The worst we ever had was a boy of 10. Though we mainly sell children's things we do sell some adult too. For the 10 year old boy we had to order in a pair of adult trousers with a 54" waist. We could fit a Saturday girl in each leg. The poor boy had both parents with him so I know it was not caused by a medical problem.

Ann ...............


this was back in the 50s ................. and yes, they were usually taken back without a word being said

"the customer is always right" was the code word.



Then, they would be disposed of .............. so a total loss to the owners.





Mind you .......... the lady (??) concerned would not get a very warm welcome the next time.


and Mum told me there as at least one "high society" (in the local sense) lady had been told never to return to the shop.

There were later rumours that she had also been refused service at the two other top stores in the town ................... she had to go to Manchester to get her clothes.

Quite often Ann, they would go back on the rails, as after all, the customer was always right !!! Especially in the early 1970s.

I am pretty sure that the Mother of the Bride didn't get away with it, although I do remember a row and a Store Manager bring called.

I have a nasty feeling the other one had " Connections " and ended up getting her refund, in that case, where they had obviously been worn, items would be kept back to go in the next sale as returns.

We had people trying to return things that had stains and rips, knitwear with bobbles, swimwear with sand in the seams. All supposedly unworn.

M.

Tawny I hope you have had a better today <3

Just wondering, the dresses that had been worn and returned. Did they get taken back without question? And were they then put on sale again? Just wondering :-D

That's why I don't use public transport, they let the public on! :-D

I had a 24 inch waist until I was twenty eight and had my second child.

Kids don't seem to go in at the middle any more a lot of the four and five year old I work with are wearing 20 and 22 inch trousers and skirts. One child has size five feet, she is just five years old.

I worked in a big department store, it was quite usual to get a lady buy a posh dress during the week and bring it back the following Monday.

Two that spring to mind were the. Mother of the Bride, where a colleague had been at the same wedding and a lady who had been photographed at a posh do and had her picture on the front page of the local paper wearing the dress that, apparently, didn't fit.

I was kneeling on the floor once filling up racks when a woman stepped on the back of my calf. She was a bit shocked and gasped but then looked down and said to her friend " Oh, it's all right, it's only a shop assistant, I thought it was a dress" .

Someone I used to work with had the catch phrase " civility costs nothing", mind you she did nearly get punched a couple of times when she said it to the wrong people.

Some people are just so ignorant, hope you are having a better day today.

M.

.....probably not, Graham - they'd have needed a bigger size!!

I wonder if that pull cord would have fitted around that customers neck... :-S

Some years ago I worked part time in a health food shop, supplements, organic fruit and veg etc. long before the supermarkets got in on the act. We attracted nutters from miles around. Every time a newspaper did an article on the latest "superfood", or "miracle cure" we had queues around the block. I wish I had kept notes, I could have written a book. I will probably now be castigated for use of the word nutters. Bob

I think the average waist size now for a seven year old is around 24" now. Apparently the child had the 34" trousers and they were now too tight. I know occasionally there may be a medical issue which causes a child to gain weight. However in this case if there isn't I feel so sorry for that child.

My mother worked in a high level ladies and children's dress shop ............... women used to come in wanting a dress fro one of the town's "social" events (Mayor's Ball type of event).


They often would not say the date of the event ..................... but would return with the dress after several days, saying "my husband doesn't like it".

Unfortunately, the dress had obviously been worn. :-(


I worked at that same shop on Saturdays and holidays from age 11 or12 to about 17 .............. and came across some of those women



my in-laws had a pharmacy ....................


f-i-l used to sometimes come home saying "BBP"














B****y British Public


:-D :-D :-D





oh, how I could agree with him :-)

Ooooh the temptation to say 'my name is XXXXX, not 'oi you' is so strong.
Probably why I've never worked in retail :-P
Also:
I'm sorry - a child with a waist above 36" aged 7 - 10?

Oh dear, poor you. I am so pleased that I am retired. Hopefully tomorrow will bring in all the nice people. :-)

Hope tomorrow is a better day for you. :-)

Had a bad day at work today. I work in a small shop which sells clothes and gifts for children. Two women came in today and after offering help which was turned down I carried on with invoicing. Two minutes later a voice shouts from the other end of the shop "oi you" the same two women have now decided they do want help. Another customer complained because the trousers for girls from 7 to 10 years with a pull cord waist start in a 20" waist but they only go up to a 36" waist and her child needs bigger. A 6 year old boy sent in alone by mum to buy his own top as she does not want to leave the car and to top off a wonderful day someone needs 50 identical mugs for tomorrow. We don't keep 50 identical mugs in at a time we keep around 10-15 of each of the 5 mugs we sell as they are ceramic and so not popular with young children.

Sorry for the moan just needed to vent.

Tawny