My great-niece, Reagan, poses with her Easter dress. Great-Aunt Brenda gave her the dress.
It's been a long tradition for the girls in our family to get new dresses for Easter. Although I don't need a new dress, I wanted to get one to celebrate spring. I saw a pretty green suit in the catalog and decided to get it.
When I called to order the dress, there was a communication breakdown with the customer representative. She couldn't understand my Southern accent and I couldn't understand her. She asked my name. I told her it was Brenda.
"Linda? Belinda? Merinda?" she asked.
I lost my patience and yelled, "No, it's Brenda!"
There was a pause on the telephone and I thought she had hung up. But I learned it's not a good idea to yell at the customer service representative. She has ways of getting even with you.
I was so excited when Fed Ex brought my package today. It was a week early and I could hardly wait to rip open the box.
The dress was so beautiful. A lovely shade of green. When I put it on the bed, I wondered if I had gained that much weight. The dress covered half of the bed. I had ordered size 10. The dress looked large enough for the circus lady.
I got my reading glasses and looked at the label. I couldn't believe it. The dress actually was size 100! I had never seen a size 100 dress before. Didn't know they made a size 100 dress.
I called my sister and asked if she wanted the dress. She seemed a little miffed at me and retorted, "I don't want that dress. Return it."
I told her I couldn't return it because the dress was marked down and they wouldn't let me return it.
"Give the dress to someone at church," my sister suggested.
"No, that wouldn't work. That would offend someone."
Finally, I decided to donate the dress to the thrift shop. The lady was tickled to death to get it.
But I learned one thing from this little story. Don't yell at the customer service rep. She can get even with you if she wants to in unusual ways.
I hope my blogger friends got a laugh from this true story.
Have a Happy Easter!
