The Best Things Happen Anonymously

So over the weekend I got a coupon in one of my tabloid magazines (People, USWeekly, one of those) for a free pair of undewear from Victoria Secrets from their PINK line and a $5 off coupon for a bra from the Pink line. I'm all into the girly girl pink crap, espically now that I"m way smaller. So yesterday I got a new credit card and thought I'd go to VS and get the free undies and the $5 off the bra and put the rest of the bra onto the new card. So I go up to Lafayette Store (only because it's closer to me but personally I L O V E the VS at Circle Center Mall because the staff there is way more friendlier). I go in and find the PINK line and start looking around. I found a groovy (trust me with the colors "groovy" is the appropriate word, haha) pair of boy briefs and saw the bras and started looking at those. I couldn't find my size and couldn't find a sales associate either. I thought if I stood there at least someone would show up but uhmm NOPE. I turned around to the wall behind me because the whole wall was filled with clearance PINK line items and I started looking and talking to this young girl (probably @ 20 - 24 ish in age) and she was congratulating me on my weight loss and told me she didn't think it was an easy way out. Her mom had rny and she "knows" the good and bads but that I was the first bander she's ever heard of so we chatted away and looked at clothes. A few minutes into our conversation a sales associate came up and asked if we needed help. I told her about the coupon and she IMMEDIATELY rolled her eyes and made a face as if to suggest I wouldn't possibly EVER shop in their store had I not gotten a FREE item coupon. Red Flag #1. I said that I had noticed that the bras in the PINK line stopped at size 36. She goes on to interrupt me (Red Flag #2) and tells me quote "They don't go any higher then that. I'm pretty sure we don't have anything in the PINK line that would fit you." Before I could come over the shock of what I was hearing the anonymous girl I had just meet jumped right back with "SHE IS NOT THAT BIG! There are plenty of things in the PINK line and this store in a size large that would not only fit her but would damn near be baggy on her. What **** poor associate you are. Where's your manager?".... I couldn't believe it. Somebody was defending me... for NOT being big. I just could not believe it. Somebody ANONYMOUS.... NOTICED... I.... WAS... THIN. OMG - I can not even begin to tell you what a friggin emotional high that wasy. Seriously. The manager came over and my anonymous defender explained how insensitive and rude the sales associate was AND - I got a gift certificate for $25 at the end of the whole conversation. I seriously wanted to give my anonymous defender the gift card or at least buy her something from it. But she wouldn't hear of it. She said I had clearly deserved that more then anyone else in the store, hugged me.... and left. I'm one to always believe in doing unto others as you would have done to you. I always try my best to turn the other cheek and do the right thing. More times then I can count I get the shaft end of the deal...... but today... today it paid off and I'm am o-so grateful for keeping my faith in my morals. Thank You Ms Anonymous Superhero. Now it's my turn to pay it forward and be a Anonymous hero to someone else.

Jody, Thank you so much for sharing that with us. Myself, I think that sales clerk needed fired. Sherri

Oh wow that is great !! i got a coupon to from my glamoure mag. except i cant shop there yet lol .. ill find someone who goes there im sure.. that is so great she stood up for you , i can only hope that chick gets wrote up at least. Soooooo what did you end up getting ? anything from the Pink line ??

I got the free undies and a matching cami both from the PINK line in shocking hot pink and lime (makes your eyes water) green. I wanted to get a pair of the PINK pink pj bottoms but didn't but now I'm thinking of going back and getting them anyways.

...and I would wear that cami with a top that shows it off so that little clerk could see for herself that PINK does fit you! ...but then, I probably would have, or spite, 'tried' it on before buying it and would have called her to the dressing room just to model it to show her how WRONG she was! LOL!!

well you should , you deserve them , i made a deal with my hubby , if i loose the weight i want to loose , then he has to take me there for some sexy stuff .. woohoo

Thats just awesome! I can't BELIEVE she said that to you, I'd of prolly knocked her teeth out first, and asked for the manager later hahaha I'm pretty excited because my bra is down to a 40 C or D and that means for the first time ever I COULD shop in VS. My goal is to be able to wear a 38 first before i go in there. My top seems to lose faster than my bottom, because I know there is no WAY a pair of pj pants or panties for that matter would fit me.

Makes me want to cry.. it is not everyday you get to shop with a real live ANGEL!!! You go girl!! Linda

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! What a great person! You gotta love when things like that happen. It makes you think how great some people are and wanna be a better person yourself. At least for me it does. I hope that was an eye opener for the sales associate. Completely not appropriate. I hate going into VS's for the same reason. I'm always afraid that one of the associates will say something like that. Suprisingly when I went to the one at the Keystone mall, they were VERY nice. I was AMAZED!!!!!!! Of course that was a long time ago. I braved it once since surgery and of course they didn't even have any XL undies on the sale rack. I've been nervous to go in for the semi-annual sale. Anywho, back to your story. that's just great!!!!!! Kuddos to the angel!

That is so wonderful! It's nice to know there are people out there who will stand up for others!