To be disgusted by stupid men who think they're superior to women.
Ok, I know there are some good guys out there.....somewhere.
But my oldest son's dad is not one of them.
For the past six years, I've been mom and dad to Gage. Ever since his dad decided that he was weak, drugs were more important than his son, and that's the life he obviously wants to live.
My son is turning into a man. I may not be the best person to teach him how to do that, but I'm doing the best I can.
I was with him when he set up his very first checking account today.
I buy his clothes, his food, paid for his braces, taught him to mow the lawn, how to drive, and every other thing in between....no matter how big or small.
All me.
So, when he asks for a gun for Christmas, I am the one who has to go and buy it for him.
I consulted with my brother in law. I wanted to know what would be a good gun for him. His first gun, still fairly young, you know....all that stuff.
Lord knows I know nothing about guns.
After my brother in law suggested a 20 gauge, pump shot gun (for a first timer).....I went out to find one for my son.
Hello, Academy.
Hello, Asshole, who works behind the counter.
I may be a woman. I may know nothing about guns.
But that does not give you the right to treat me so rudely!
Tuesday, me and my sister went out to finish up Christmas shopping. When we walked up to the counter at Academy, there was no one around. The man came to help us out. We told him what we were looking for. He started to show us different varieties of what we were looking for.
Another man walked up and the guy at the counter just walked away. Without a word to us, and started helping the other MANLY MAN.
When he was done helping the man....who did NOT purchase anything....he came back to us. With disgusted and shocked looks on our faces.
Who does that?
So, we look at the guns. We find one we like, he hand me the paperwork I have to fill out. In the middle of him telling me what all I need to fill out, blah, blah, blah, two guys walk up together, talking about a scope that broke that needed to be replaced.
The guy behind the counter stopped mid-sentence, to walk away and help these men.
As he was helping them, my sister and I were debating on whether or not we wanted to walk out and go somewhere else.
But we already had the one we wanted. We just had to do the paperwork.
After helping the TWO MENLY MEN....who did NOT buy anything, he came back to us.
Did I mention that the first manly man that didn't buy anything ran into my sister with his cart as he was leaving? He was looking one direction and the cart was going in the other direction. We stepped back, but the cart hit Leah's hand. Did he apologize? Did he even acknowledge our existence?? NO!
What is wrong with these stupid men???
So, we finally finish the paperwork, find the bullets that go with it....with the help of the guy behind the counter pointing with his finger toward the direction of where we can find them and calling out the colors of the box to us.
rude.
Then he asks this other guy to take the gun up front to transfer it out of their name, into mine. The guy asks why he didn't ask the other guy. The other guy just came in and this guy is about to go to lunch.
asshole.
But he very nicely walks our gun to the front, all the while, ignoring us....like we do not exists.
We follow him all the way to the front, where he steps into a little glass office area.
He laughs and jokes with the manly men while we stand there wondering what the hell we're supposed to do.
About 5 minutes later, he walks out....without the gun, and walks past us....like we're non- existent.
My sister stops him and is like,"Uhh, what are we doing?"
Then he tells us that they're transferring, blah, blah, they will take the gun to the counter for us to pay for it, when they're done with that.
And he walks away.
That was it.
I was disgusted with men from that morning on. It seems like every man we came in contact with Tuesday were members of the He-Man Woman-Hating Club.
They are so superior.
Stupid women, trying to buy guns for their sons!
That's a MAN'S job!
Well, guess what fuck-face? THAT man who should be doing this, ran away from his responsibilities.
So, it's just me.
Give me a freaking break, will ya?
That was my Christmas experience rant.
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3 comments:
GRRRRRRRRR! Stuff like this is so annoying!
Whether you are a man or woman or white or black or gay or straight or tall or short or old or young we are all important and valid and can do so much for each other. I feel so bad for the folks out there that close themselves off to experiencing everything and EVERYone that shares the planet with them.
Sorry that you had this ridiculous interaction my friend. You are worth SO MUCH MORE!
What jerks. I wish you would have left, or asked to speak to a manager and written Academy about their incompetent employees.
At the end of the day, those incompetent people will have to deal with their own ignorance. Chances are they never will. People are more inspired by the things that you do for your children. Gage will have an awesome gun and still have an awesome mom. He'll never forget that and it will shape him as a well rounded male. I hope the rest of your Christmas is rewarding! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
While I am not condoning the behavior of the jerk face at Academy for leaving you stranded while helping other customers, I have asked why they can't leave the big tower they are in over there to show you what ammo you need. The answer I recieved was that they have to stand guard for all of those guns. However, that being said...no one in a customer service industry should just walk away from one customer to service another.
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