Hey everyone! So I have the weirdest experiences sometimes... well, lets be honest.. They happen quite frequently these days! So much so, that my boss and I often look at each other and she says "only you!" lol.. Some/most are pretty dang funny, so I decided that I'd start a blog and share them with all of you! Now... that being said.. I'm really not sure where to start.. so let me just start by posting just a FEW of these weird "only heather" moments!
04/2013 (approx)- My ex's 18 yr old daughter and I were at my work (local consignment store), when a woman came in to try on some clothes. We only allow 6 things in the fitting room at a time and as she was trying on her first 6 items, all of the other customers left. When she was done with the first 6, she poked her head out of the dressing room and mumbles something at me. I have horrible hearing, so I kept asking her "WHAT?!". lol. Finally, I stated that no one was in the except my honorary 18 yr old daughter and myself, and that she can come out and/or speak up. So......... she said "OK!" and WALKS OUT... of the fitting room... COMPLETELY TOPLESS!!!!!! I mean.. no bra... no shirt... nada! Just 60 yr old tits! Right there... for us all to see. LMAO. I should also mention that the front and back of our store.... COMPLETELY WINDOWS!!!! Ahahahahahahahaha.... My "daughter" and I just stare at each other like "uhhhhhhh......" hahahahahahaha. Definitely an "ONLY HEATHER" situation!
06/2013 (approx)- A little boy came in to the store... and peed right on the Welcome Mat! This never happened when anyone else was there.... only me...
07/04/2013- Woman (new driver) decides that she can drive straight through my car... with me and two children in it... why? Because the light in front of me turned green. Apparently, that means "GO".. no matter where you are in the scheme of cars!
09/2013 (approx)- A woman came in to work and bought baby clothes.... to use as curtains in her office....
08/2014 (approx)- 3 adults and a little girl came in to the store... and the gentlemen took the little girl to the toy area. After a few minutes, I hear this strange noise. I ask "Did she just throw up?" To which he responds 'Yea... just a little on the carpet" (which was FOR SALE I might add). He then yells for her mom and tells me that he is her uncle. The mom comes and takes the little one outside, the store is filled with the lovely aroma of vomit.. and the uncle starts to clean it with paper towels. When he was done, I ask if it is all cleaned up.. he says yes. A few minutes later, the mom BRINGS THE CHILD BACK IN!!!!!! Claims that she must have just burped and puked a little.. Ok.. fine... But I don't wanna be dealing with puke again and again and again. Nor do I want to catch the flu (just in case it wasn't a "burp"... I have a kid too!). When they leave, I walk over to the toy area to see puke all over the rug.. through the rug.. and onto the floor! Ugh! Needless to say, we bought the dang rug and threw it out... and i invested in some gloves and LOTS of papertowels... No one has ever barfed with anyone else there....only me....
10/2014 (approx)- One day I was working alone (at the consignment store) and a gentlemen in a hospital gown came strolling in.. hospital socks and all (which was strange in and of itself, but even more so because we do not sell men's clothes). There was a mom and child in the store as well, so the gentlemen (and I use this term loosely.. as he looked like a thug.. covered in tattoos... like someone you would NOT want to mess with... *I'll also add, that I have 7 tattoos.. so in no way am I insinuating anything by the tattoo comment, I'm just painting a picture of this man*) continued through the store and exited the building through the doors on the other side. Now.. we are one of the few stores that goes all the way through out outdoor strip mall, so a LOT of people use us as a walk through.
So that right there makes for a STRANGE scene, correct?
Well, it only gets weirder from there, folks...
About a half hour later, as I was closing up for the night, the man comes back. Luckily we have a dutch door in the front of the store, so I was able to just open the top half to ask him what he needed. He then explains to me that he's gay (completely breaking every stereotype of a "gay man") and that he likes to dress as a woman. He says he had come in earlier to check it out, but didn't want to make the mother have to answer questions to her child, so he left and came back when the coast was clear. He asked if he could come in and shop, now that we are closed and there is NO chance of anyone else coming in.
Of course I let him in! He proceeded to try on a wig (it was halloween time, so we just happened to have womans wigs with long hair), SEVERAL dresses (which I had to help him zip up), shoes, shirts, skirts, etc... It was actually fun! And VERY randomly.. since he was a muscular, tattoo covered, bad ass looking man. Haha.
Just in case this wasn't already a huge "ONLY HEATHER" moment... as he was trying on clothes (currently in a wig and red sequin dress with heels), we hear a commotion happening outside. I walk to the back window to see a man SCREAMING at a woman in a car outside of the pizza place next door. I was starting to get worried for her safety, when this gentlemen jumped up and said he was gonna go out there... until I reminded him that he was in a dress with heels on.. and he may not want to run out there to fight this 300lb man, dressed like that. By the time I finished talking, the situation had defused and the other people left.
The customer thanked me for being so accepting and went on his way! I stayed an hour late to help him :)
I 100% support the LGBT community, but this whole situation was SOOOOO random!
04/2015 (approx)- I was relaxing at home on my day off, when I randomly received a text from some woman, who was accusing me of sleeping with her husband! I was VERY confused (since I've been single for over 3 years), and had NO CLUE who she was or what she was talking about. She somehow knew my name, knew my daughters name, and was completely convinced that I was the one her husband was cheating with! She even said that her son knew exactly who I was and that he (the son) had stated that I was with him and his dad in Santa Cruz the weekend prior. Even though I showed her proof that I was at work.. even though she showed me a photo of her son and husband and I said that I had never seen them before.. she was CONVINCED it was me and was blowing up my phone for several hours and yelling at me! WTF?!
06/2015 (approx)- Woman comes in to work... no clue where she is, or where her daughter is... no clue how to get home...claims she left two kids at home and took off because she heard her daughter calling her... I call 911 to come help her.. only for her to go running across the parking lot without saying a word.. (later, I found out that she saw her daughter walking... apparently this woman has Alzheimer's and snuck out of the house while her son in law was watching her.... and she took off on foot..)
07/2015 - Was walking through the store and walked right through a spider web. Confused because she usually dont have spiders.. i looked around.. only to find THOUSANDS of baby spiders!!!!!!!! To say that I was "freaking out" is a massive understatement! I couldn't get away fast enough! Plus I walked through it.... I could NOT wait to get home and shower! Eff that!
09/2015- Little boy walks up to the entrance to the bathroom at work... decides that THAT is where he should pee... and pees all over the floor.. flooding the bathroom... AND out into the store... under the book case... ugh! I was at work.. alone... guess who cleaned it up?
09/2015 - Little girl pees... WHILE sitting on a bike that we have for sale... I was at work alone... again...
10/20/2015 - Walked past the bathroom and saw someone left the light on.. go to turn it off, only to then see that a little munchkin decided the fun thing to do was smear poop all over the toilet and leave it. Guess who got to clean it up? Yup. You guessed it!
Well... that's all that I can think of right this second... but as you can tell... I am CONSTANTLY in the weirdest of situations... and only when I am alone. LOL
04/2013 (approx)- My ex's 18 yr old daughter and I were at my work (local consignment store), when a woman came in to try on some clothes. We only allow 6 things in the fitting room at a time and as she was trying on her first 6 items, all of the other customers left. When she was done with the first 6, she poked her head out of the dressing room and mumbles something at me. I have horrible hearing, so I kept asking her "WHAT?!". lol. Finally, I stated that no one was in the except my honorary 18 yr old daughter and myself, and that she can come out and/or speak up. So......... she said "OK!" and WALKS OUT... of the fitting room... COMPLETELY TOPLESS!!!!!! I mean.. no bra... no shirt... nada! Just 60 yr old tits! Right there... for us all to see. LMAO. I should also mention that the front and back of our store.... COMPLETELY WINDOWS!!!! Ahahahahahahahaha.... My "daughter" and I just stare at each other like "uhhhhhhh......" hahahahahahaha. Definitely an "ONLY HEATHER" situation!
06/2013 (approx)- A little boy came in to the store... and peed right on the Welcome Mat! This never happened when anyone else was there.... only me...
07/04/2013- Woman (new driver) decides that she can drive straight through my car... with me and two children in it... why? Because the light in front of me turned green. Apparently, that means "GO".. no matter where you are in the scheme of cars!
09/2013 (approx)- A woman came in to work and bought baby clothes.... to use as curtains in her office....
08/2014 (approx)- 3 adults and a little girl came in to the store... and the gentlemen took the little girl to the toy area. After a few minutes, I hear this strange noise. I ask "Did she just throw up?" To which he responds 'Yea... just a little on the carpet" (which was FOR SALE I might add). He then yells for her mom and tells me that he is her uncle. The mom comes and takes the little one outside, the store is filled with the lovely aroma of vomit.. and the uncle starts to clean it with paper towels. When he was done, I ask if it is all cleaned up.. he says yes. A few minutes later, the mom BRINGS THE CHILD BACK IN!!!!!! Claims that she must have just burped and puked a little.. Ok.. fine... But I don't wanna be dealing with puke again and again and again. Nor do I want to catch the flu (just in case it wasn't a "burp"... I have a kid too!). When they leave, I walk over to the toy area to see puke all over the rug.. through the rug.. and onto the floor! Ugh! Needless to say, we bought the dang rug and threw it out... and i invested in some gloves and LOTS of papertowels... No one has ever barfed with anyone else there....only me....
10/2014 (approx)- One day I was working alone (at the consignment store) and a gentlemen in a hospital gown came strolling in.. hospital socks and all (which was strange in and of itself, but even more so because we do not sell men's clothes). There was a mom and child in the store as well, so the gentlemen (and I use this term loosely.. as he looked like a thug.. covered in tattoos... like someone you would NOT want to mess with... *I'll also add, that I have 7 tattoos.. so in no way am I insinuating anything by the tattoo comment, I'm just painting a picture of this man*) continued through the store and exited the building through the doors on the other side. Now.. we are one of the few stores that goes all the way through out outdoor strip mall, so a LOT of people use us as a walk through.
So that right there makes for a STRANGE scene, correct?
Well, it only gets weirder from there, folks...
About a half hour later, as I was closing up for the night, the man comes back. Luckily we have a dutch door in the front of the store, so I was able to just open the top half to ask him what he needed. He then explains to me that he's gay (completely breaking every stereotype of a "gay man") and that he likes to dress as a woman. He says he had come in earlier to check it out, but didn't want to make the mother have to answer questions to her child, so he left and came back when the coast was clear. He asked if he could come in and shop, now that we are closed and there is NO chance of anyone else coming in.
Of course I let him in! He proceeded to try on a wig (it was halloween time, so we just happened to have womans wigs with long hair), SEVERAL dresses (which I had to help him zip up), shoes, shirts, skirts, etc... It was actually fun! And VERY randomly.. since he was a muscular, tattoo covered, bad ass looking man. Haha.
Just in case this wasn't already a huge "ONLY HEATHER" moment... as he was trying on clothes (currently in a wig and red sequin dress with heels), we hear a commotion happening outside. I walk to the back window to see a man SCREAMING at a woman in a car outside of the pizza place next door. I was starting to get worried for her safety, when this gentlemen jumped up and said he was gonna go out there... until I reminded him that he was in a dress with heels on.. and he may not want to run out there to fight this 300lb man, dressed like that. By the time I finished talking, the situation had defused and the other people left.
The customer thanked me for being so accepting and went on his way! I stayed an hour late to help him :)
I 100% support the LGBT community, but this whole situation was SOOOOO random!
04/2015 (approx)- I was relaxing at home on my day off, when I randomly received a text from some woman, who was accusing me of sleeping with her husband! I was VERY confused (since I've been single for over 3 years), and had NO CLUE who she was or what she was talking about. She somehow knew my name, knew my daughters name, and was completely convinced that I was the one her husband was cheating with! She even said that her son knew exactly who I was and that he (the son) had stated that I was with him and his dad in Santa Cruz the weekend prior. Even though I showed her proof that I was at work.. even though she showed me a photo of her son and husband and I said that I had never seen them before.. she was CONVINCED it was me and was blowing up my phone for several hours and yelling at me! WTF?!
06/2015 (approx)- Woman comes in to work... no clue where she is, or where her daughter is... no clue how to get home...claims she left two kids at home and took off because she heard her daughter calling her... I call 911 to come help her.. only for her to go running across the parking lot without saying a word.. (later, I found out that she saw her daughter walking... apparently this woman has Alzheimer's and snuck out of the house while her son in law was watching her.... and she took off on foot..)
07/2015 - Was walking through the store and walked right through a spider web. Confused because she usually dont have spiders.. i looked around.. only to find THOUSANDS of baby spiders!!!!!!!! To say that I was "freaking out" is a massive understatement! I couldn't get away fast enough! Plus I walked through it.... I could NOT wait to get home and shower! Eff that!
09/2015- Little boy walks up to the entrance to the bathroom at work... decides that THAT is where he should pee... and pees all over the floor.. flooding the bathroom... AND out into the store... under the book case... ugh! I was at work.. alone... guess who cleaned it up?
09/2015 - Little girl pees... WHILE sitting on a bike that we have for sale... I was at work alone... again...
10/20/2015 - Walked past the bathroom and saw someone left the light on.. go to turn it off, only to then see that a little munchkin decided the fun thing to do was smear poop all over the toilet and leave it. Guess who got to clean it up? Yup. You guessed it!
Well... that's all that I can think of right this second... but as you can tell... I am CONSTANTLY in the weirdest of situations... and only when I am alone. LOL