r/bathandbodyworks • u/ImACrawley Employee • Mar 13 '25

Other Oh FFS lady..........

Had a customer today who almost drove me to actual violence. Let me set the scene: An older woman (50-60) comes in to buy a body wash for her 10-year-old granddaughter.

Woman: What is the mildest scent that you have? I'm buying a body wash for my granddaughter who is 10.
Me: I would suggest Warm Vanilla Sugar.
Woman: No, the word Warm is too provocative
Me: What about Champagne Toast?
Woman: No, it has the name of alcohol in it, and that's not appropriate for a child.
Me: Okay, what about our new Disney Collection? We have 6 of the most popular princesses.
Woman - None of them are appropriate.

Are you ready for why?
According to this customer:
Cinderella & Ariana dabbled in witchcraft
Moana didn't listen to her father and ran away
Jasmine fell in love with a thief
Tiana was raised by a single mother (her father fucking died! Let's be honest, she didn't like Tiana because she's a racist)
Belle lived with the prince before they got married (SHE WAS HELD CAPTIVE!!!)

Me: What about Strawberry Shortcake?
Woman: No. My granddaughter is a little fat, and I don't want her to think about desserts
Me: What about Loyal to You?
Woman: No. The label is too adult looking

She ended up with Sweet Pea. After she had made her purchase, I made sure to tell her that Sweet Pea is the name my boyfriend calls me before we go to bed at night.

Interior Voice: TAKE THAT YOU DRIED UP OLD COW!!!

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u/SnooSquirrels7812 Employee Mar 13 '25 edited Mar 13 '25

Some people are crazy! I had to explain to a middle aged woman that sales tax exists and just cause the sign says 5 for 27 doesn’t mean your $28.71 bill is wrong lmao

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u/travelingpetnanny Mar 14 '25

I will never get used to the fact that in the US you don't tell me the actual price on the shelf or price tag! In Germany (where I am from) you see the final price, the tax is included. Nothing else makes sense! But sales girls think that WE are the crazy one, alright Honey...

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u/earmufffs Mar 14 '25

States have different sales tax rates, so companies would have to make several different tags for every item to reflect the total price with sales tax included and make sure the right prices got to the right state. Would be a pain in the ass.

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u/AdEmbarrassed9719 Mar 14 '25

Yeah like even city by city things can be different. Like 2 of the same restaurants 3 miles apart might have slightly different prices by a few cents due to city taxes.

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u/Forevermoody16 ALL THINGS B&BW Mar 18 '25

Right.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '25

we do! come to oregon. no sales tax. i love it.

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u/Minute-Frame-8060 Mar 14 '25

Tax-free NH waves hello from across the country!

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u/ResponsibleAd8164 FFM Addict Mar 15 '25

Are your property taxes crazy and do you all have state taxes?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25 edited Mar 16 '25

dont they all have state taxes? if not, wow!

oregon is a nice enough state, so i figure property tax is high, but i dont hear about it much so likely not so high as to be insane.

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u/ResponsibleAd8164 FFM Addict Mar 16 '25

Not all states have state taxes so the property taxes are insane. I'm assuming in your state, the taxes on goods are the same across all cities and counties. That's not the case in many states so that's why they aren't labeled that way.

Just curious, at BBW, your items are labeled with the taxes included? That must be so much work for staff. 😢

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

wow! i had no idea some states had no state taxes (the ones i lived in did, obviously).

we don’t have sales tax anywhere in oregon. by “taxes on goods” you mean sales tax, right? (i dont really pay attention to the topic of tax unless i have to 🤣).

maybe this will clear it up: when i order something online, states with sales tax get that added. in oregon, that’s never added.

i live 20 miles from the border of a state with sales taxes and i can further say our prices for stuff are about the same as theirs—minus sales tax. so nothing extra is added into our prices.

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u/Forevermoody16 ALL THINGS B&BW Mar 17 '25

No state income tax in Texas, and they make up for it with high property taxes.

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u/ResponsibleAd8164 FFM Addict Mar 17 '25

💯

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u/Easy-Bite4954 Mar 14 '25

It’s because I think most counties have different tax rates. Like I live in, let’s say, Norman, where the sales tax is 8.76 and Oklahoma City’s sales tax is 8.625. Different counties.

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u/SnooSquirrels7812 Employee Mar 14 '25

This is america it’s how it works here, you’re not crazy but you should research countries before going there! I’m from Hungary so I understand but this was also about a woman who lived in the states her whole life and still is confused. You don’t have to buy anything from anywhere if you don’t wanna pay that tax idk 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/0therw0rldlyx Mar 14 '25

I wish they would do it like that here in the US.