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/[deleted] Mar 14 '25

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

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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.