When Your Job’s Days Are Numbered, Half An Hour Seems So Insignificant
A very popular chain of women’s clothing is sadly going out of business, and all of the different branches are having massive “closing down” sales, so my mother and I go to try and get some bargains.
We arrive at one particular store to see the doors down and the lights off. Expecting restricted opening hours due to the shutdown, we find a sign on the door saying that they should be open until 3:45. It’s a little after 3:00 pm.
Surprisingly, I spot a staff member in the store, so I politely knock on the glass, trying to get confirmation on the closing time. The employee very clearly sees me and, with hand gestures, basically tells me to go away. I manage to mouth to her through the glass that the sign says they should be open for at least another half-hour. Her response is a verbal “I KNOW!” and another shooing gesture to get me to go away.
Gee… I wonder why the stores were shutting with customer “service” like that!