The geniuses at BB&B
Posted
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:15 PM
I woke up super excited today—on my lunch hour I was going to go check out the new Bed Bath & Beyond that had just opened. I wanted to flip through a copy of "Organic Housekeeping" to figure out if I wanted to buy it. I rushed over and went straight to the counter. The cashier directed to me to a small display near another register, covered in Rachel Ray cook books. I explained to her what the book was and she pawned me off on a manager saying, "Can you show her where the other cook books are?" "It's not a cook book," I told her. I tried explaining to him what I was looking for. He again directed me to the same display. "It's not a cook book." I was able to talk him into looking it up on his computer (because he was oh-so busy) and he types "organic magazine" in his search field. "Nothing's coming up." Duh, you reject. "It's called Organic Housekeeping." He types in "organic cooking." "We have several cook books--" "It's not a cook book!" (Oh.My.Gawd.) Finally, he types it in and it pops right up. But no one in the state carries it apparently. I turned down his "offer" to order it for me (it would have cost over $40 by the time all was said and done) and figured I'd just walk around. It took me less than three minutes to make it around the store, it was that small. I was so disappointed.
Luckily, Amazon carries it. And I'll be paying $18 for it, rather than BB&B's $30 price tag.
Tomorrow I'll be jumping into Wednesday's cleaning schedule, and hopefully cleaning out a good portion of our spare bedroom. We've made a list of all the things we want to donate to our local Goodwill and I'll be so happy to get rid of the clutter! I'm also planning a trip to Target to get some of Dr. Bronner's liquid soaps. The C&O Nesties rave about it and it's 100% vegetarian (score!). Plus, the label boasts it's an 18-in-1 soap, so hopefully that should save me the hassel of buying cleaners for anything else.