Oh my gosh.....this just happened yesterday. I had 3 bolts of novelty fabric in my cart....rang the bell, walked around the department (there was one other customer looking at some fabric) then came back and rang the bell again. I walked the store circling the craft & fabric department from men's to the back to computers and electronics to housewares to the front and there was not one single associate on that floor. I went to the pharmacy and asked them to page someone. Went back to fabrics where the other lady was still waiting. After a few minutes we decided to cut our own and take it and the bolts to the register. This was a full 20 minutes after I walked into that department. She cut 3 yards of her costume fabric and I made a snip in one bolt for a half yard when the clerk walked up and said "You are not allowed to cut your own fabric in this store". She claimed to have walked thru just moments before when we both explained to her that she didn't and my trek around looking for someone. She asked how much fabric we each wanted and then measured my snip..exactly 1/2 yard. She then measured the other woman's and found it to be exactly 3 yards..maybe she thought we'd try to get away with cutting more and claiming less? I have since called the store manager and emailed corporate but I don't expect it to accomplish anything.