Being a Capricorn I’m
astrologically a non-confrontational person. I absolutely hate arguing with
people and literally cant stand people being upset with me. There are very few
things that get me worked up but the number one is when people disrespect me or
my family. Before I share my latest outburst I think I need to take you back to
2002. I’m a senior in High School and my sister was a senior in college. She needed
a dress from some formal so we took a family trip to Cami in Roslyn. My sister
was about 5 dresses in and nothing was working out. The owner of the store was
getting annoyed and rudely stated that she “doesn’t have time for us if were
not serious buyers”. I calmly turned to her to tell her how disgusting she was
to talk to customers like that but instead of her apologizing she got nastier
telling us were wasting her time and we couldn’t afford her store. I felt my
blood rise, my body go numb and I literally went nuts. I started screaming at
the top of lungs telling her I would never spend a dollar in her store and I
would make sure no one I knew ever would either. I turn around for support from
my parents and I see them slowly backing out of the store as if they don’t even
know me!! Liat is in the dressing room still and no help either. I am alone
brawling with this evil bitch. The screaming got louder and louder until she
literally picked up and carried me out of her store! My parents were humiliated
and my poor sister was scrambling to get dressed and get the hell out of the
dressing room to see what her psycho sister just did. Like I said…don’t f*ck
with me or my family.
Now lets fast-forward to last
week where unfortunately I had another “cami moment”. I have been shopping for
a crib and dresser for literally 3 months. I’ve been to every store in NYC and
spent hours on baby sites going back and forth on what furniture I want. I
finally decided on this brand Dutalier that I saw at buybuybaby with my mom.
Their pricing was standard for the brand but their delivery was high so we
decided to call Schneider’s in Chelsea to see if they could give us a better
price. They told me over the phone they would be much cheaper but could only
give me numbers in person. The next day I dragged my mama to Chelsea so we
could finally order my furniture and I could check it off my list. I was all
excited to finalize the furniture until my bubble was bursted. The owner tells
me it’s the same price as Buybuybaby but we will save $50 on shipping. Ummm
WHAT?!?! I look at her and semi kindly ask her if she’s serious...Is that all she’s
giving me off? She did not like my remark and starts saying- well I didn’t
realize $50 off wasn’t a discount and getting worked up. Yup you guessed it, I
felt my blood rise, my body go numb and I went off. I’m not sure why getting a
discount bothered me so much but I was getting so upset. I started screaming
telling her its ridiculous that that’s all I was getting off and she wasted my
time making me trek to Chelsea. She got so angry she literally threw a catalog
on the counter and told me to get out of her store. I felt so disrespected so
my yelling got louder and louder. I once again turned to my mom for support but
she stood there like a statue, her face bright red looking at me like I am some
psycho bitch who should be placed in an insane asylum. The tears started
streaming and I couldn’t calm myself down...I was making the mother of all
scenes. My mom eventually pulled me aside and told me I was wrong and needed to
calm the hell down. Although I didn’t want to I made myself take a deep breath and
calm down. I told the owner I was under
the impression I would be getting a better price and the combination of stress
and hormones were lethal. She apologized and for some reason I accepted.
The craziest part of all is
that I spent the next hour shopping at her store, switched all my furniture to
a different brand and spend well over $4,000 at Schneider’s that day. The
lesson of the day, pregnancy makes you f*uckin nuts and people need to BEWARE!
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