Levi’s Store

I hadn’t been to this store in a longgggggggg time. But the employees were nice. They currently have pieces from the Commuter line, the new 501 CT (some colors are back in clearance), the new skinny styles 522, 511s boasting Conemills denim from North Carolina, and even a couple selvedge pieces. The clearance area is pretty organized, a dim glad they installed shelving in the back to contain it better. They also have some Levi’s branded tablet accessories, and men’s furnishings, and slim Levi trousers, finished very well. I’m noticing that they’re starting to incorporate chainstitch hems into a lot more of they’re pants now, which is a neat touch. Everything else is the same about the store.

Forget Obama care. Forget social activism or bailout plans. Just start a program where people who actually need jobs replace the self-​entitled vapid dudes that work here!
Self-​entitled, you ask? Vapid, you ask? Here we go!
(or skip over this section if you trust me)
dude #1 (actually the best of all of ‘em)
— me: do you have any high rise jeans?
— lemme check. Nope. We re all out
(10 minutes later I walk by an entire rack)
dude #2
— me: do you know how I can tell the difference between the super stretch and the normal skinny jeans?
— we don’t have super stretch
— I just tried some on
— no. Just different colors stretch differently
— no. These have 15 percent or so nylon, the others have like 4 percent
— well those are all gone or in clearance
— um ok
(he rolls eyes and sighs loudly)
(I find 4 pairs of super stretch in the non-​clearance section)
dude #3
(I’m flipping through the stacks of jeans to find my size)
— dude: do you need help finding a size
— um. well. i’m trying to find such and such size in such and such style
— you’re in the wrong section. ALL the styles are separated and ALL the sizes are in ascending order
— well, I actually just found three bold curve in the demi curve section so I think they might be a little mixed up
(he leaves huffing and puffing)
The funny thing is that I never once asked for their help. They came over and asked ME. And yet they were sighing, rolling their eyes, and audibly saying that they didn’t «have to deal with my sh*t».
I got so angry I hid in the dressing room (I can get panic attacks when I shop as it’s so overwhelming for me — these idiots almost drove me to one).
Ready for the real comedy? They said their job was hard enough as it is. Wow really? Do you know how lucky you are to be working a job at all you smug bastards? I worked retail for six years (and if I may so snarkily say, at a much higher-​end boutique where if I rolled my eyes I would fired in a heart beat). Yea it can be exhausting but your job is NOT hard.
You know what’s hard? Construction. How about a construction job and a second job loading UPS trucks all day. How about putting 75% of that money toward supporting your parents and your daughter. Then you can bitch about your job being hard.
Maybe if this store was actually kept organized I wouldn’t have to be so thorough in my exploration of jean stacks. Maybe I wouldn’t have to ask you questions that you answer incorrectly.
I know it’s tough to tell from this ranting review but I’m actually laid back! I’m a really low-​maintenance type of shopper. I take care of myself. I leave things in better condition than when I find them. But what I can’t tolerate is stubborn incompetence. And then a really unattractive attitude to boot.
I sentence you to the gulag pretty boys. Let’s get some real work ethic in you.