The Trouble With Mannequins Part 1

The Trouble with mannequins is that our guest can’t keep their hands off of them.

One day I was stocking the women’s clothing section. We had a really cute jacket that at the time we only had a few sizes of. One of our mannequins was wearing the jacket and unfortunately still had the tag on and showed that it was a size we were currently out of.

A woman and her husband came up and this was the conversation that occurred:

Woman: Do you have this jacket in a medium?

Me: Unfortunately we do not ma’am.

Woman: You didn’t go in the back in check.

Me: Yes ma’am that’s because I’ve already checked before. I know we don’t have it in the back.

Woman: Well what about this one on the mannequin? It is a medium.

Me:  I know ma’am but we’re not allowed to sell the clothes on the mannequins.

Woman: Well why not?

Me: Because they’re damaged items that they wear.

Woman: How are you so sure?

Me: Well they’re either damaged before they’re put on the mannequin. And if they’re not already damaged, they are now because they’re stretched and pulled to fit properly.

Man: Well I just don’t understand why you won’t sell this to us! Doesn’t Disney want to make money!?!

Me: Well yes, but not by selling damaged goods to guests.

I finally convince them they can’t take the jacket and they leave. I go back into the stockroom to get more things. When I come back I look at the mannequin.  It was missing the jacket.