Originally Posted by jpthequilter
Originally Posted by valsma
Today I found the perfect fabrics to work with a fabric i've had in my stash for sometime. The colors work so well. Problem, it was Wal Mart. Well after a looooong time frame, no associates, multipule calls for associate, I finally got an assitant manager to come over and cut fabric. Not even his dept. Let's just say I let him have it. I told him the fabric dept. was broken, what was the point of putting the dept. back in if nobody can buy fabric when they want it. If it was a self serve dept. it would be no big deal, but this is a dept. that cannot be self serve. That by putting the fabric in the middle of the store it was easy for the associates to ignore customers there. He finally gets my fabric cut (would have walked away if it hadn't been the perfect colors) broken telxon, no telxon/printer, fire drill, I get my fabric but no price tickets on any of it.
Well bless his heart and I will be calling the store to give him kuddos, he gave it to me for free. I told him that wasn't needed just fixing the fabric dept would be enough, but he said no it was mine for nothing. Over 4 yards. He was so sweet even after taking an butt chewing and yes I did apologize for chewing him out so bad, that I realize it isn't really his fault, but a lot is what corporate sets down. He was still very sweet and he made the aggrivation right. Some of them do care.
Picture was taken with cellphone so color quality is not very good. They are all beautiful jewel tones. The square is the one they go with.
I once taught a tall nice guy clerk from some other department who was filling in for lunch....how to measure and cut fabric!
We both enjoyed the experience.
I had to show the guy how to measure the fabric when I wanted over a yard of one of the colors. He would stick a sticker at the 1 yard mark then measure the rest. I showed him how to mark the fabric with his fingers and pull it to the next amount needed. He was actually glad to learn that. Made it easier than looking for sticker.
He may think it was easier to give me the fabric and not fix the dept. at the time, but I still expect them to fix the fabric dept.
I agree if they ask you to leave the store for whatever reason, then leave the store. In my friends case the bomb scare was well under way and the police were already there and it had been evacuated. You would have thought the police would have blocked the driveways, all of them. That when someone saw her drive in, park and walk to the front door, someone would have stopped her. It was all just a total breach of protocol.