I feel this lol. Reminds me of my time as a ladies shoe sales person.
the kindest lie: “Yes here’s that shoe in size 5, but due to a mislabelling it prints size 7, I hope that’s okay…”
I used to have women that acted like there foot size being larger was like them being obese or something, and literally cram their poor feet voluntarily into footwear two sizes smaller than they needed.
scans item, checks size and color combos in stock in 3 seconds
To self: well it says one on hand and 3 in transit, so we will have some more in the next 2 weeks but that one on hand will never ever be found assumung it wasn’t stolen
To customer: maybe, let me go check the back!
pulls out phone for a few minutes
comes back out after glancing through the only stack of shirts just to be sure
Sorry, I checked everywhere and can’t seem to find it, but we might have some coming on a truck soon!
Lpt: even large clothing chains don’t just carry tons of extra sizes of random clothing item. If it’s a special event, like sports shirts or musicians on a tour, they MIGHT have been sent a ton and only have a few out. But that random [BRANDNAME] high tech moisture wicking Ai infused recycled coconut husk shapewear in Heather gray dark with a logo on the lapel and NOT on the chest almost certainly will not be sitting anywhere but the shelf/hanger you see on the sales floor.
“the back” is a distribution center a couple towns over, because modern retail is a tightly integrated and logistics heavy industry. How don’t you know this Carol? This has been the standard for like 40 years CAROL
You know, fuck it. If you let me pack a few of the large totes I have with gear I’ll straight up colonize the back rooms. Beats the world we live in now…
Way back when I got a complaint for saying “I’ll check the back, don’t wait for me”
Please take me with you!
Familiar. But.
The big chains don’t even have a store that would be accessible to public-facing employees. So any honest empoyee will tell you “WYSIWYG”.
FWIW, if you are in one of the many countries blessed with H&M stores - that are so infamous for a lot of things, incl. making half the population feel like they’re fat and old. They store large and very large sizes off-site and have an online shop where you can order them directly to the store for no extra fee. So you go to H&M, check out what you want, order it, and pick it up the next time around.
Sorry for actually endorsing this Meta-Sweatshop.
Weird. Costco does the opposite and only have small sizes for a lot of things on their website.
are you sure?
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