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I wanted something a lady had in her cart. I ask her that when she got her cut could she give it to me. She did. we were both very happy.I always try to be nice to ladies in a fabric store. Never know when they can help you.
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Originally Posted by Silver Needle
(Post 4996539)
Thanks for this post. I will keep the info re 2 folds to a yard for future reference. I didn't know that.
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first come, first serve. (?)
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you were not selfish at all. you had the bolt first.
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Originally Posted by Silver Needle
(Post 4996539)
Thanks for this post. I will keep the info re 2 folds to a yard for future reference. I didn't know that.
People taking others' fabric 'finds' is the reason I don't lay bolts on the counter 'til I am ready to have them cut. It has also happened to me. |
I totally agree with you, sometimes a girl just has to do what a girl has to do. I think you were perfectly right, and I'm glad you got what you wanted.
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At my LQS there was a terrific sale and store was crowded. I went to the sale shelves, noticing a woman walking away from that area. I recognized her as being in my quilt guild, but didn't really know her. Anyway, I looked through the shelves and found a beautiful bird print that I fell in love with, so picked up the bolt. It had about 4 yards or so on it. At the cutting table that woman came up to me and said, "Oh, I was going to get that one. I saw it on the shelf and you came in after me. Do you really want it? Would you let me have it?" Duh! Of course I wanted it. I knew it would go perfectly with some other fabric I had at home, although I didn't really have a pattern in mind yet. So, I said, "Yes, I want it and planned on getting about three yards. But since there only appears to be about 4 yards and since I know you saw it on the shelf, I'll be happy to split it with you." I thought I was being so generous. But she looked at me and said, "No, I really need the whole thing!" Oh, well then. I just told her that I was sorry and she should have picked it up when she first saw it, because I was getting the three yards I originally wanted. She could then take the rest if she wanted. I heard her grumbling some after that, but have no idea if she took what was left because I paid for my purchase and left the store. I just couldn't believe she expected me to give her the fabric bolt just because she had seen it on the shelf before me. She just didn't seem to understand about quilters and good sale prices!
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I was the "other woman" once, saw a beautiful batik in someone else's shopping cart. Ooohed and ahhed, and she offered it to me. We were both standing in the cutting line, I was 2 spots ahead of her. I told her that since she had it first, she should get her cut first, and I would get mine after her. This seemed only polite to me. However, she was very gracious, noted that it was a full bolt and she only wanted a yard, so she handed it to me. I made sure there was enough for both of us before it was cut.
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I just heard a story similar to this and the clerk took the material and cut the other person's yardage without even asking the person who had it first and when It came to here there was not enough for her. So I say, speak up and you are not being selfish.
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GOOD FOR YOU! You have to stand up for what you want first!
Originally Posted by cmw0829
(Post 4995331)
As I was approaching the cutting table, I heard a lady - who was in the middle of getting her fabric cut - telling the clerk that she wanted fabric with large fish on it. As I put my choices on the adjacent cutting table, she looked at my bolt with large colorful fish and told the clerk that it was exactly what she wanted. So the clerk took the bolt, asked me how much I wanted, how much she wanted and then told us there was more than enough to satisfy us both. Then she started to lay out the bolt to cut the lady's order.
No, no, no, no, no. I told her that I would have my piece cut first and the other lady could cut from what was left. Glad I did, because the balance left on the bolt was over a yard short of what the other lady wanted. Lesson: we do have to be selfish sometimes. |
Good for you! I would have insisted my cut first too. Not a selfish move at all from my perspective, you had the bolt in your cart.
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It was only fair. You did the right thing.
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You were not being selfish, the other lady trying to get your fabric was being selfish. I worked at a fabric store before, and there are people out there that just have to have the fabric/items someone else is holding. Period. I believe these people never learned to share.
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Ditto - quick thinking!
Originally Posted by joyce888
(Post 4995387)
Quick thinking on your part. I used to work at a fabric store and was taught how to count yards on a bolt - 2 folds for every yard.
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Glad you spoke up and got what you wanted.
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[QUOTE=Quilt Mom;4997320]Count only the folds on one side of the bolt. That is about 9" So two folds counted on one side is about a yard on the bolt.
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You were right in wanting her to cut your fabric first.
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You were right.
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That was good thinking on your part and sounds fair. After all, you were the first to find it.
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Good for you! I probably would have been sucker-punched and would have been a very angry customer in the end!! Good, quick thinking!!
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I have OFTEN picked fabric being held by a person. They get their cut and then I get mine. You were right.
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NOT SELFISH, JUST SMART, how many times have you seen there not be enough on the bolt to make that decision, I would have done the same if I was having a good day, sometimes in our efforts to please others we just dont THINK things all the way through! Good for you!
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Good for you , glad you spoke up!
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I agree with the others. You were not selfish; just defending your choice!
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I would have asked the clerk to cut off the section I didn't need..to get me back to the section I wanted. They can make the uneeded part a remnant, if it's not at least a full yard. Their error.
Originally Posted by yngldy
(Post 4995402)
I was in a store once and carrying around a bolt of "hand dyed" fabric (pre batik frenzy.) The kind that had drops of one color, then another on top of that, etc so that it had different colors in patches. (can't remember name of it) Anyway, I only wanted a little bit, but the part I wanted was in the beginning of a cut. I was waiting for my turn, and the sales person said I could put the bolt down while I was waiting. I started to look at the patterns next to me to kept me occupied. The lady having her stack of fabric cut said she would like so much of this. I wasn't looking (but thought she was still working on her stack) and she had taken "my" bolt and had them cut off some of it. When I realized what they had done, I looked at the fabric and the color had changed to a completely different color and if I wanted "my" color, I would have to buy 3X as much to get back to my color. Didn't even ask how much I wanted before she helped herself. What if I wanted the whole bolt? Told the cutter there wasn't enough now for what I wanted and left the store.
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I have had the problem in the past of standing and waiting for my turn only to have someone attempt to step in ahead of me. When young I would have quietly allowed it, but now I gently stand my ground.
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What in the world was she thinking, cutting the other lady's order ahead of yours? IGNORANT!
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You were't selfish. The other customer was rude. The cutting clerk left a little to be desired too!
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Originally Posted by Silver Needle
(Post 4996539)
Thanks for this post. I will keep the info re 2 folds to a yard for future reference. I didn't know that.
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I think the clerk was the one who was wrong. You were absolutely correct to ask that yours be cut first.
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I also worked in a quilt shop and if some one whated a cut of fabric another cutomer was wanting, we always cut the person who selected the fabric first then the second one. The both had a chance to select the bolt off the shelf.
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Yup. you gotta stand up and be noticed. Glad you took a stand and got what you wanted.
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You were very lucky to think to get yours cut first. I will remember that if ever I am in the same situation. Thanks
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I agree, posession is 9/10ths of the law. Many times I am buying end of bolt on sale and can't afford to let go of a yard or whatever.
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Thanks for all the feedback. I didn't really feel all that selfish but this store has a reputation for rude clerks. I was raised to not "create a scene" rather than stand up for myself but as I've gotten older, I've learned the art of politely "creating a scene". Sometimes not so politely. :)
If we don't stand up for ourselves, nobody else will either. |
I agree. If the bolt is in your hands or being held for you (some shops do have some type of method to show items are being held - i.e. fake rocks or beanbags), then it is first come, first served. I was at a quilt shop a few weeks ago and saw this lovely batik that another woman had in her pile. I kind of hovered until it was cut for her and then asked for it before it was put away. I wouldn't take it before she was done, especially since it was for my stash and she was shopping for a class.
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Good for you!!!!!! Some people getting their fabric cut can be VERY rude!
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I think what you did was well done. Hopefully the clerk learned something too.
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Good Girl. She had the same chance to pick up the fabric as you did. You looked, found it and she didn't. I will remember what you said if it ever happens to me. Thanks for sharing. BrendaK
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Originally Posted by urgodschild2
(Post 4997839)
I just heard a story similar to this and the clerk took the material and cut the other person's yardage without even asking the person who had it first and when It came to here there was not enough for her. So I say, speak up and you are not being selfish.
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