Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:03:12 -0500
From: Shannon Wall
Subject: My weekend experience at Lowes
I stopped by Lowes today—-haven’t shopped there since they declared my dogs unwelcome, but needed a tiny what-not for my pig’s house. Flower bulbs were priced at 75% off (and everybody knows one can never have too many flowers), so I loaded up my cart with bulbs and proceeded inside through the garden center doors.
Nicky-nac Christmas smacked me in the face right away—-I rapidly wheeled my cart past the inflated Holiday Snoopy thing, up the dog products aisle (ironic), but had to pause at the end of the aisle to retrieve items that had fallen off my cart. As I stood up and turned to proceed forward, I was accosted by a life-size Santa—his arms move up and down, and are just the right height to grope the chests of unsuspecting shoppers.
Question: Do I call “Corporate” to get dirty Santa banned from the store?
Moral of the story: There are good and bad experiences with most businesses—-I think banning dogs from the store was a bad one, but I just might buy one of those Santas—after Christmas of course, when he’s 50% off retail.