#outlet store problems

Being an outlet store, part of our stock comes from our catalog returns department. Any opened bedding they can’t repackage to look first quality comes to our store as does other second quality merchandise (factory rejects, vendor defective items, etc…)

A coworker and I are unfolding, checking, refolding and repackaging various catalog returns when we come to this one black cotton duvet cover. We take it out of the return’s packaging, unfold it and see that it’s covered in glitter… it’s everywhere - like a glitter cloud just poofs up when we unfolded it to the center.

GLITTER EFFING EVERYWHERE

Prom night gone wrong (or right?) because you know all those dresses are frikken covered in glitter. Maybe the kids’ birthday party got out of hand, or some brat decided the best place to do their school project was on their parents’ bed…

“Were they doing arts and crafts on their bed, and the mom was like, ‘I’m never going to be able to wash this out! Let’s just return it, say it was defective, and just get a new one in exchange.’ I bet you that’s what happened…”

Then my mind went directly to the people who work in our returns department, and I thought, “Why did they think we would resell this? Who’s going to buy a duvet cover that’s sprinkled with glitter? Nobody’s going to buy this. Send it to the employee store… pffft… wasting our time.”