Is it Friday yet?00:52 Jun 02 2010
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What a wild day. Any time you have a holiday during the week,people lose what little minds they have...they get their days all screwed up and forget when they left their clothes, and even where....we have two stores, and damn if 3 people didn't go to the wrong one to get their clothes!
Here's the cherry on top of the sundae. Around noon, a group of ladies strolled in, each one holding a formal gown. The youngest lady held a wedding dress. I could see the seamstress rolling her eyes, knowing what was coming next (it was lunchtime, she was on her way to lunch, and she just KNEW these people all wanted fittings....and had not booked in advance.)
I greeted them brightly, and sure enough, none of them had the sense to book fitting appointments....AND THE WEDDING IS THIS FRIDAY!!! Oh my GAWD, where are people's MINDS these days? They all thought it would take about ten minutes. Apparently they figured we had an army of seamstresses at the ready, and could whip them in and out of their dresses in no time. Uh, no. With a group of seven, the average fitting time would be at least an hour...not counting the bridal gown. That usually takes two people to help fit, and lunch time is NOT a good time to just drop in and assume you will get service.
I told them they could leave their dresses, we would hang them up in the fitting room, and they could drop back in after lunch...our seamstress had to get some material so she would be gone the full hour. Well, pout pout pout. You never saw such sullen faces. Our seamstress had to tell them straight out, look, you didn't book an appointment, wedding fittings take at least an hour or more and are NOT done on lunch hours.
Well, the fitting turned into a four hour affair, due to myriad cell phone calls between the women and various other people, plus the bride had to go retrieve her shoes so we could get a proper hem fitting (something else people don't take into consideration when fitted for formal wear....bring the shoes you plan on wearing with the outfit!)
Midway through, one of the ladies enquired about the cost. The seamstress had to stop what she was doing and go figure out all the work she had to do and arrive at a figure. Well, you would have thought Mt St Helens erupted again when all those women shrieked "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWW MUCH?" Apparently they had the impression it was a package deal and everything would be done for a certain price. Uh, no.
Geezus. They cackled and screeched like hens until finally our seamstress couldn't take it any more. "Look," I heard her shouting, "you didn't book, you didn't call in advance to check prices, you waltz in three days before a wedding and want a rush job on eight dresses....either SHUT UP or LEAVE!"
Dead silence for about fifteen seconds. Then, grumble, grumble, grumble. The ladies settled down and the fitting proceeded. But lordy, what an afternoon. We had to provide each lady with an individual receipt showing what all had to be done and how much everything cost. (Then they complained that they didn't know they had to pay tax!)
After they left, the seamstress said "That's the last time I do THAT. Four of those women had BO that would knock over a moose. And the bride wasn't wearing underwear and complained she had her period and was afraid she would get it on the dress!"
OY VEY.
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