“Would you take me to Old Navy this morning? I’ll buy you breakfast.”
I should have known there was a catch.
Today was $1 Flip Flop Day at Old Navy. When I got to the parking lot, I knew something was up. When I got in the store and saw that mob, I was ready to turn around and wait in the car like us guys do.
The check out line was so long that it ended in the furthest back corner of the store from the registers.
Keeping breakfast on my mind, I got in line empty handed with all these women clutching dozens of flip flops in every color imaginable.
Some complained that you could only buy 5 at a time and had to get back in line if you wanted to purchase more. “I got children. That ain’t fair. What about us with families?” said the angry women behind me.
Other women seemed to know the rules and brought just enough ‘unsuspecting’ children along to purchase 5 pair of flip flops even if it was obvious a 5 year old doesn’t wear an adult size 8.
Surprisingly, the line moved exceptionally fast. I was half way to the register when my lady joined me and handed me the 5 flip flops I was designated to purchase.
Then, she saw lime green in someone’s cart. “Excuse me, where is the green?” “Up front. They only have size 7 and only a few 9 and 10s."
Off she went, leaving me holding 10 pairs of flip flops.
Obviously, the green in her size were gone as she rejoined me even closer to the register.
There was a store employee holding two pair of brown size 11s he must have found in the back for someone. He walked up and down the line nearly screaming to find the lady who requested them.
If I hadn’t been at Old Navy this morning to see it for myself, I would have never believed that hundreds of women come out to buy thousands of pair of flip flops.
Maybe it’s because I’m a guy, or that I hate that flip flop thing between my toes, or that men won’t wake up early and stand in line for anything that cost a dollar.
But, we’ll camp out for a $375 pair of Jordans; a $750 Ipad; or a pair of Eagles Super Bowl tickets.
As bad as it looked when I walked into Old Navy, we were in and out in about a half hour thanks to the blazingly fast employees staffed at every register they had available.
On the way to the car, I overheard a guy say that his mom just texted him with the sizes and colors she wanted.
Really mom?
In the end, breakfast was great.
Tell your woman to try Family Dollar. Flip Flops are always a $1.
ReplyDeleteOk. That probably doesn't come with free breakfast.
DeleteStill doesn't take much to get you a free breakfast.
ReplyDeleteGlad they had her size. They stop at size 11.
ReplyDeleteWait until she asks you to go with her to the $5 jean sale! :)
ReplyDeleteOh no. She's not much of a jeans persons so I don't think the $5 pairs will matter. Now that I know to avoid Old Navy sales, I'll definaltely have something else to do all planned out.
DeleteThat was my first time in an Old Navy. Can't say I'll be back.
Not sure if you guys went to the Springfield Old Navy, but the one on 202 let us buy as many pairs as we wanted. There was no need to have an extra person (or people) with you because the cashiers figured out the system wasn't programmed to stop at 5, and allowed customers to purchase all the flip flops they wanted. One lady in front of me had 35 pairs.....must have a lot of females in her family. Lol. And yes, the loooonnnggg line was still super fast!
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