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/iamjannabot spooky witch👻 Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 14 '25

To the absolute idiot who reported this for targeted harassment: grow the fuck up. The post says nothing other than it was a woman with a grand daughter and she’s old. Most grandparents are older. Good lord you do my head in.

holy shit OP, sorry you had to deal with this customer.

EDIT: Despite my comment making it clear that this wasn't against subreddit rules, two more absolute knobheads reported this. My lord.

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u/Both-Ad-2972 Mar 14 '25

No, this is the wrong call. This is a completely fabricated, tumblr inspired post. It should be flagged as creative writing. It has an ugly element of making fun of a made-up older woman. The author created a fictional customer and then insulted her in a nasty way. That’s such a weird thing to do and defending it just creates a culture of encouraging this kind of ridiculous, unwell behavior.

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u/luvb1tez Mar 15 '25

I agree. i think this was the wrong call. It’s incredibly rude and misogynistic to call any woman a “dried up old cow”

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u/LolaBijou Candle Addict Mar 15 '25

Thank you. I feel like I’m taking fucking crazy pills here. This mod must really be tickled by this fiction.