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January 23, 2006
Shipping and Shopping
One major draw back to living here is the things I need vs. the things I can get locally.
Since we all know, AAFES sucks, I have a new challenge to not screw up my mother's wedding by making dresses that don't match from more than 5000 miles away. They have to match in both style and color- 'twas most entertaining to get that "Are you serious" look from the chic in the fabric department of the BX when I asked for some other color of satin than white... as if I had some nerve even asking for such a ridiculous thing in a fabric section.
Since none of the pre-made flower girl dresses are appropriate for her ceremony, I will be making the dress for my little girl... and I nary trust the monitor to match the colors- especially since all the colors I am trying to match are from different websites, and I have no physical sample.
I could go downtown and pay a jacked up price plus exchange rate- but that is SO not my style.
I am stuck with my ingenuity again of getting around a problem caused by geography and lack of good help and a decent system at AAFES to accommodate the special needs of customers. Even if the silly bastards could order what I need- the warehouses in the states haven't heard of these new inventions called "airplanes" that can deliver products in a matter of days. They use slow boats- which puts the wait time on anything at about 8 weeks. My car took 8 weeks to get here. That made sense... but special order items for a retail chain? Can you imagine your local good store telling you it would take 8 weeks to get in a certain brand of cat food or cleaning supplies? Probably not, as they would lose business.
AAFES relies on the fact that we have few if any other options. Dickheads.
Posted by TheFreud at January 23, 2006 10:52 AM
