Everyone knows, I am a busy mom!
I daily take the kids out to public pools so I can freak people out with my freakishly large belly...
SO
One day I take 6 kids to a chandler pool...
5 minutes after being there I'm still slathering the kids up w/ the sunscreen as Zack
comes running back to tell me
~He just touched POOP!~
Yes some kid pooped in the water and the pool is being evacuated.
Just then Abigail runs to me Screaming Bloody Murder.
~She was just stung by a BEE!~
Me:
(Ok, I'm 9 months pregnant, it's a 110 degrees, we can't swim, I've had enough, we are leaving...)
"Hi, I'd like a refund, I've been here like 5 minutes, my son got poop on him, there's poop in the water and my daughter was stung by a bee..."
Manager:
Ok, well if you could just wait a half hour the pool will be open again to swim.
Me:
*repeat my last words*
Manager:
ok here's 50 cents for this kid and 50 cents for that kid...
Me:
Would it be easier to just give me the $4.50?
Manager:
$4.50? even if you paid for the little one it wouldn't be that much!
Me:
6 kids 50 cents each=$ 3.00 plus 1 adult $1.50 = $4.50
and you told me to pay for the little one.
Manager:
(looks at me like I'm lying)
That just isn't right.
Me:
(very politely showing her the inside of my planner)
ok, well I gave you a $5 and look here is the 50 cents you gave me back.
Manager:
Are you sure you didn't get a dollar back as well...
Me:
(wanting to just forget the money and leave, yet not wanting to branded a lair...)
Don't you remember me I was just here 5 minutes ago, ya know pregnant, with all these kids?
Manager:
No, there is too many people to remember that. We are just going to have to do this one by one.
(starts taking 50 cents by 50 cents putting them in my hand and then replacing them with a dollar bill till finally we reach the magic number of, guess what, $4.50)
*Sheepishly* Well there you go, sorry we just can't anticipate problems like this.
Me:
Thank you, Sorry for the trouble.
(walking away...Why does God want me to learn patience in 110 degree weather?)
Does anyone have a fork so I can stick it in my eye....
4 comments:
you are amazing! there is no way id take my 2 kids to the pool-let alone 6!
and if zack wanted to touch poop, im sure he could have stayed at home, let the little ones in a blow up pool for 3minutes and there you go...you saved $4.50!
ps-how is abbigale?
Thank you for the story.... your such a better person than I!!! Love ya
yeah not so sure I could have kept my calm. But you gotta give the attendant a break. They're working at a public pool...I am pretty sure they don't have a full bag of chips :)
Abby is ok but thought we were gonna need to take her to the hospital... as for the manager, she was all of 19 so that kinda explaines a lot...
I think she felt like I really just wanted to steal some extra money. I should have just given the 4.50 to her and told her to buy some faith in people.
but maybe the weather was frying her brain as well as mine...
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