Suburban Turmoil - Latest Comments in The Reluctant Shopper

Re: The Reluctant Shopper

Simone — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:21:28 -0000

Um. People? Long time reader, first time commenter here. What's wrong about looking good? What is so inherently bad about going up a size?

I have a chronic illness that's left me, since my teens, looking anorexic, and I do not mean that in a good way. If someone told me I'd need a larger size, I'd be thrilled; ordinarily I get comments about "needing a sandwich." The salesperson obviously didn't mean it to be insulting. Why heap on the scorn?

Lindsey. You are a stunning woman, no matter the label. Commenters... this is heartbreaking. Are you really that size-phobic? Fat-hating? What's wrong with being sexy? Or having a body, for that matter?

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mia — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:16:37 -0000

That woman was taking her $7.00/hour (or whatever minimum wage is now) a little too seriously. What a horrible and unhappy person she must be.

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OldMDGirl — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:13:53 -0000

See, what you SHOULD have said is, "I take it you're not on commission?"

That woman is evil and will go to hell, don't worry.

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lisse — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:50:03 -0000

How about "that style runs small?" Which, I have to say, they do. There's very little at Ann Taylor made for women with any kind of curves. Loft may be different, but AT dresses are generally made for flat people.

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Deb — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:48:58 -0000

I wear anything from a 2 to an 8 at Ann Taylor. Go figure! It just depends on the cut of the piece. Sizing is very inconsistent at Ann!

Do yourself a favor and go online at their website and order the size you need. You can always return it to the store! ;-)

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Tiffany — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:55:43 -0000

That lady was rude to you! But I'm with you about hating to go shopping. I do most of my clothes shopping online, but at stores where I can just take them back to the store to do a quick return (Kohl's, JcPenney, Old Navy, Target, etc.). I just don't have the time or the patience to wade through racks of clothes in the stores anymore!

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Toni — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:02:53 -0000

This is why I shop Nordstroms sales on line. I have bought Prada Xtra Large only to find out my very small friend can wear it but not me. I am normally a medium, not normally but finding myself on more than a few instances a large. Drat I have never encountered a small that fit.

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Margie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:54:25 -0000

I sooo would have confidently strode out of the dressing room, proclaimed, "it is a tad loose, but I'll take it", bought it and then returned to a different location- just to spite the snooty sales girl.

The other commenters are right though about different brands having different sizing standards- I always used to buy Liz Claiborne because I wore a smaller size in her clothes! But still... sales girl needs to check herself!

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Magdeline — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:36:46 -0000

First of all I'm in shock that a salesperson would say that--I would call the store and complain to the manager. Isn't that "What-Not-To-Say-To-A-Customer-When-Working-In-Retail 101"? You wait until the customer has the article of clothing on to suggest a bigger size!

Also, weird, because when I used to buy Ann Taylor clothes (when Mom was buying), the sizes always seemed to run big, which I certainly wasn't complaining about! But maybe they've changed their sizing since then...

Re: The Reluctant Shopper

Keyona — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:30:50 -0000

You poor thing. I would have bought the dress just to show her. And then returned it on a later date. I'm just a bitch who doesn't like to be proven wrong. LOL!

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Jill — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:55:17 -0000

A friend and I were walking through the petite section at Dillards in Green Hills once when some old saleslady yelled across the department that the misses section was "over there." We weren't even trying to look at clothes! We must have set off some invisible weight sensor.

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Den — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:48:48 -0000

Yup. Last Christmas I went to a mall specifically to buy jeans. I tried just about every pair in every store, from a size 0 that were too big (great for the ego, if not that believable!) to a 6 that were too small. When I eventually found some that fit, I bought 3 pairs - don't want to do that again for a while.

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Den — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:42:22 -0000

Same here! I'd have waltzed out of the dressing room, smiling and declaring that it was perfect! Then returned it somewhere else. Not pathetic - pride.

She could have been nicer and just said 'hey, those sizes come up a bit strange - you may want to try a couple either side of your normal size to get the best fit'

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Avitable — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:40:13 -0000

I'm confused by the thought that you could possibly be wearing the largest size a store has. I've seen you in person. Is this a store for midgets? Anorexic midgets? It must be, because that's the only way this makes sense.

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Star Foster — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:43:46 -0000

I love Ann Taylor clothes but not Ann Taylor sales people, for just this reason. They have such attitude. And I shop AT in an outlet mall ! Everyone knows the AT sizes are cut small. Or so I tell myself.

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suburbanturmoil — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:56:04 -0000

I don't understand why all designers don't size "generously," if you know what I mean- I totally prefer to shop in stores where I'm a medium (Limited, for example, sizes pretty generously and Target definitely does) than where I'm a large (ahem. BEBE, I'm talking to you).

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suburbanturmoil — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:53:38 -0000

Awwww. If only Ann Taylor knew all the trauma going on in their dressrooms...

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suburbanturmoil — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:52:10 -0000

LOL

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Katie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:13:15 -0000

I get that dress sizes really change depending on the designer, but she shouldn't have said that, that was really rude!

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Amber — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:59:26 -0000

What a snooty brat that sales girl was. She should be fired for treating customers that way. No telling how many people she has scared off that will never shop there again. I wouldn't.

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gitzengirl — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:24:47 -0000

You should re-title this "Death of a Saleswoman" because I'm pretty sure I would have killed her if she said that to me...

Just sayin...

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suburbanhousewife — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:14:33 -0000

"No, I don't need you to bring me a different size, but I DO need you to bring me your MANAGER."
I bet you were at Atlantic Station...I don't go in that store w/o an escort who has a bail bondsman on speed dial. I like the clothes, but I'm gonna get arrested over one of those sales chicklets one day. Thankfully, it never seems to be the same ones, so they much lose their jobs on a regular basis.

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K. — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:00:48 -0000

I read Sarah Lena's comment, and while I see what she is saying, I still have to disagree. Even if the woman made the 'you need a bigger size' announcement in the sweetest voice possible.. even if she honestly did not mean it offensively.. even if she was just doing her job - that is not how you go about it. Had you come out of the dressing room rocking a dress that was much too small, I understand that it may be her job to try and tell you otherwise. But to make such a statement before you went in? To do it with the wording that she used? Ohhh no.

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southerncuppacrazy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:41:49 -0000

Oh I have so been there. Ann Taylor likes to make garments in sizes for those who throw up their lunch regularly instead of eating a freaking delicious Chick Fil A like normal people.

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jenny in MN — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:20:02 -0000

Oh hell no! I would have went ahead and bought the darn thing and then taken it back another day just to make her head explode.

She should have said let me know if you need any help or other size(s)...implying smaller or larger and not have implied you wouldn't fit into the one you have because it would be too small. RUDE!