Monday, 11 June 2007

• Currently Reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) By J.K. Rowling see related

  I bought some ribbon at Hancock fabrics this morning, and the lady cutting fabrics was a little nutsy or had the worst short-term memory I've ever seen. 

  Lady in front of me: "I need 6 yards of this cord."
  Employee: "Okay." After cutting it and writing down the price on the receipt, she says. "Okay, that's 5 yards..."
  Lady: "No, I wanted SIX."
  Employee: "Oh, but you said five." And after counting the yards again, she had indeed cut six yards.

  Employee: "Monday?"
  Me: "Uhm, yes... can I have six inches of each of these ribbons?"
  She lays it down and measures, and says, "One inch?"
  Me: "No, I want SIX inches."
  Employee: "Oh, but you said one..."
  Me: "I want six inches."
  Employee: "Okay, I'm going to cut you eight inches off of this one and six from the other one."
  Me:   "uhm, okay."

  I would say it was a hearing problem but it wasn't.  She was having no problem hearing anything but the things she needed to remember for about a minute.  I bought the ribbon to test against my dress - it was too white, and not quite the right kind of ribbon, which is fine, because I don't want to buy it there now, anyway.

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