Originally Posted by valsma
Today I decided to finally stop in at the LQS to take a look around and see if they sold a Chalk Pounce. A lady came from the back, said hi and asked if she could help me. I told her what I was looking for, a chalk pounce, she looked at me like I had two heads. I tried to explain it to her and she said she had never heard of it. I just happend to look up at the wall behind her and noticed they did sell them in both red and blue chalk. Upon taking it down she looks it over and makes a comment about how much easier that would make in marking designs on quilt using a stincil.
The shop is beautiful by the way and appears to be very well stocked, I just have to wonder about the knowledge of the employees or ?owner?. Being a beginner the last thing I need is the wrong advice.
Well having worked at many a store and asked many questions about stock, all I can say is "you just cannot remember everything that is in your store no matter how you try and the older you get the more difficult it seems to be" Also this person may have been a beginning quilter herself, maybe she knows nothing about fabric and is a family member that needed a job? Who knows! At least she was not snotty to you and you did show her merchandise that she did not know she had, so good for you! You not only helped her but you probably helped someone else who wanted to find the same thing. That is a win win no matter how you look at it. :)