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A woman entered the store today, and immediately became a high-maintainance woman. She kept muttering about the "conditions." I work in a laundry/dry cleaning establishment. She is dismayed that there are dirty clothes in the building, but she'd like alterations done.
She pointed at the clothing on my marking table. "Are those clothes dirty? I don't want to have to have mine cleaned after they're hemmed." She then proceeded to micromanage the fitting of her mother's clothes. Her mother was quite capable of making decisions herself. She complained about prices. Then she wanted a jacket repaired. Nothing was wrong with it really, but she wanted to change the way part of it is sewn. I tell her the minimum charge for anything is $5. She asked, "There is a charge to stitch THAT? You don't do that free?"
I said out loud what I've thought so many times: "Lady, this isn't the 'Sisters of Mercy.' "
Oh, and we had to cover her mother's suit with a plastic bag so it wouldn't come in contact with the other clothing in the alteration line, which looked soiled to her.
She pointed at the clothing on my marking table. "Are those clothes dirty? I don't want to have to have mine cleaned after they're hemmed." She then proceeded to micromanage the fitting of her mother's clothes. Her mother was quite capable of making decisions herself. She complained about prices. Then she wanted a jacket repaired. Nothing was wrong with it really, but she wanted to change the way part of it is sewn. I tell her the minimum charge for anything is $5. She asked, "There is a charge to stitch THAT? You don't do that free?"
I said out loud what I've thought so many times: "Lady, this isn't the 'Sisters of Mercy.' "
Oh, and we had to cover her mother's suit with a plastic bag so it wouldn't come in contact with the other clothing in the alteration line, which looked soiled to her.
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