Summer 2010
Work

This woman comes into work and is asking about a pair of leggings on the mannequin. I tell her we have a few sizes left and show her where they are located. There was a size 8 and 10 I believe and I ask if she'd like me to try another store for a pair in her size? She says no she needs them for tomorrow and is leaving. The worst thing is she was an older woman like 40 and these leggings were in the tween section of the store..they were monochrome fashion photo leggings with pink graffiti and she wanted a pair for herself. And how do you tell someone that they are too old to wear that? Her son or whoever was with her and he was around 10-11 and was just playing on his game and I was like hoping he would say something. But he was too focused on his game and too young to understand. In a few years buddy you'll get it! So I guess thankfully her size wasn't there and she didn't get a pair. I hope I don't grow up and wear clothes that are meant for younger girls..or wear cheetah print pants with white boots..

Fall/Winter 2010
Work

The time this one man with a bluetooth asked if I could button his pants because he was too lazy to take them off. I felt as if I would be his mother buttoning a 5 year old kid. Customers are so weird. No. And why does H&M have button up jeans still?

Summer 2010
Work

I had a few shifts before but this was when I had started my job, this one guy comes into the changeroom and I give him a room. It was very busy that day so I was rushing customers and trying to clean as much clothes as I could off the table with V. Even though it was so busy this guy insited on getting my opinion on each polo he tried on. One was this white polo and he asked if I could see his tatto through it on his back. And I said is it on his shoulder? He said no it was his whole back. Bahaha. And then about little details like if the anchor on the front of the shirt was ok. Or if the shorts were ok. And would stand and wait there when I put customers to their room, some people just don't get it.

February 2011
Work

This lady came into the changeroom with 20 items to try on. She was in the changeroom for an hour! And had very interesting, thick fake eyelashes. We had a talk about what items she should buy, I suggested the sale items they go the fastest and stopped her from getting a hideous green vest. And then she tried to add taxes on the items. She left and left the other clothes behind till the next time she got paid. She only shops at out store.

An hour later she is back and said she had suddenly got money..and thanked me for all my help. And she'd hook me up. I promise you I'll hook you up.

I have no idea what she was talking about, but whatever she hooks me up with I hope it's either tacos or cocaine.

February 2011
Work

We closed the store and we get a phone call 10-15 mninutes after closing, but we are busy cleaning and no one answers. But then the phone rings again and ok maybe it's an emergency so I pick it up.

Me: Hello, how may I help you?
Lady: Oh hello! I know you guys closed but we were in the store an hour ago and went to Wal-mart and then came back and realized you guys were closed already!I am standing out here at Cinnabon. (Ahahah so creepy and she knew we were inside the whole time and no one was answering the phone haha)

February 9 2011
Tasty's

Dancing to music with the other customer at the Carribean food place while mama ordered my chicken and rice.

January 26 2011
Annex

I was walking around taking photos for thesis and I cross one street where the crossing guard smiled and said hellooo. I said hi back and started to walk away until I turned around and asked if I could take a photo of him (this is always the hardest thing to do in photography). He agreed and I took a few shots and then we started a discussion of his life story and my thesis project. He talked about the bombing Japan did and then how his daughter had asked him to move to Canada. He had nothing much left and so he decided to move but got bored just sitting around and watching TV. And so he decided to become a crossing guard and being able to interact with people, just what we were doing. :) He used to be a mechanical engineer back home. He then asked how old I thought ht was and all I could say "I don't know..hmm.." He then said it might be easier if he took his hat off. So I guessed 55. He was actually born in 1936 making him 75.

He then talked about being out in the cold, was I able to be out in the cold for too long? I said yes, last week I was out for 5 hours in the cold. He then told me he had a heating pad he put on his ankle to stay warm and the superindent in the building close to the intersection let's him stay inside during the non-busy periods of the day.

I then tried to figure out what his background is, but I went for it. C would be proud. So I asked him Filipino ka ba? And it turns out he was and I told him quickly that's all I could say, so he wouldn't get too excited and speak to me like other people in a language I don't understand.

He mentioned that the lady walking around on the other side uh giving out parking tickets haha was actually Filipino but she looked like she was Chinese, you would never know he said, but he knew, they had talks sometimes.

Then I told him I had to go and take some more photos but promised him to give him a few copies of the photos. He then asked if I wanted some more shots of him in a different backgroung haha, I said of course. He then proceded to fix his neon orange vest, unstrapping the velcro and ficing his collar and hat and so I got a few more shots. I said thanks he said his name is Elpy he thought mine was Martin or some guy's name. He's my new Filipino grandpa. Told you I'd get a grandpa.