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December 05, 2006
Irrititating work things
I've been meaning to post this as a blog entry for as long as I have had a blog, but I always forget. Yesterday I even wrote it down so I wouldn't forget.
I really, really hate it when people come in and ask me, "What size shoe does a (insert age here) wear?"
It makes me want to reply, "Well, what size do most 21 year old women wear? Right, they all have different sized feet."
Instead, I usually cock my head to the side, and tell them that it really just depends on the size of the child. That my nephew was seven when I started working at Payless and he wore a size 13 or 13.5, but his little brother is 4 and is in 11 and 11.5 and will probably be in bigger sizes than his brother was at seven. And to please either bring the child in and we can measure their foot, or they can even trace an outline of the foot to bring in and we can measure that.
I really do like parts of my job. I wouldn't have stayed with it so long if I didn't. It's just the dumb things that people ask me that aggravate me so much!
Posted by shmecky at December 5, 2006 03:59 PM
Comments
Next time, say:
"A [x] year old what? Because -- [then lean in close] you didn't hear this from me, but our shoes really do nothing for gerbils. As a matter of fact, our shoes look downright silly on them."
or
"I'm not sure. What's the number stamped on the shoes he/she's wearing now?"
or
"Why? What have you heard?"
Posted by: Debra at December 5, 2006 04:35 PM