Today I had what my friend Jamie lovingly likes to refer to as a "Candace Moment." It's been a while since I've had one, so I guess I was due!! The location was my new Fav G-store, Trader Joe's!! I have been shopping there for a while, but lately I have just really been discovering how awesome it really is!! Plus, my hubby likes the healthier substitutions too, so that is a double bonus!!! Anyway, I stayed at home most of the day today, but then just needed to run out to buy a few things at TJ's. I just grabbed my purse and my other accessory, JJ :) and out the door I went! I went thru the store picked out my items (also had a return) and made my way to the cash register. The cashier proceeded to ring everything up and then took off the returned items for a grand total of approx. 5 bucks!! I reach into my purse to retrieve my wallet.......... Oh no!!!!! It's not there! I then recall that earlier in the day I had consolidated my "essential" purse items into the diaper bag, b/c I went out to lunch with Kelsey. Now, keep in mind, there was like 5 peeps behind me at this point, so I was totally embarrassed and THAT PERSON!!! I really just wanted to put my head between my legs and walk out! JJ was also being as loud as possible, singing,, talking and pointing at things. Anyway, they had to call the manager over twice with there signature bell they use, which adds to the, "all eyes on me" factor. Finally, the manager just said he would consider it a "giveaway" and I got the grocery's for FREE!!! Double embarrassing!! It was great customer service, but I felt bad!!
Moral of the story, Trader Joe's is a fantastic grocery store with excellent, organic products and great customer service!! After this incident today, I will definitely be a customer for life!!!!
:)
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6 comments:
It's ok lovebug! You wouldn't be Candace without your "moments!" :)
AMEN! Trader Joe's is my favorite grocery store. I grew up with it in California and almost burst with happiness when it FINALLY opened here!
Nice score on free groceries! :)
I love trader joes sooooo much! Back to watching the bachelorette for me now ;)
Haha! Man, that deal is better than using coupons!
Oooooh man! What an awesome manager! I still think about your conditioner incident when I wash my hair haha. Trader Joe's has some pretty awesome truffles and pizza dough. My family often makes grilled pizza with their pre-made dough. Sadly, we don't have one here in Utah...yet.
Girl, I would definitely say that was more of a Mommy moment than a Candace moment...we all have them, but don't feel embarrassed...take advantage of those forgiving moments...people see you have your hands full, and they want to help (and unfortunately that's not always the case). Us Mommies need all the help we can get!! :) Yay for helpful people!!
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