Here in Dallas there is a reporter on one of the tv channels who is the "consumer advocate". He goes around saving us from ourselves and looking for evil bad scammy guys ripping off the elderly, that kind of thing, but tonight the story took the prize for how dumb can any one person be. Dan and I were on the floor by the end of the tale. I can't believe this guy let it air. He should be embarrassed.
It seems that a woman went to the Army-Navy store to purchase gas masks and protective clothing for her family. She spent over 500-- every cent she owned. ("I would rather be safe than have money") When she got home, the outfits didn't fit the children. The store said they would fit, she said pitifully and now they won't give me my money back.
She hauls out these camouflage looking suits and gas masks, big old things- and then she tells the reporter-- I can't believe he showed this on TV- that she had bought them for a 3 month old and a 16 month old.
Did they tell you they would fit, asks our intrepid reporter, angrily.
Yes, she says tearfully.
COuldn't you tell they were a little large? he says, being fair.
They said to use duct tape, she cries.
He turns to the camera.
Nothing makes me madder than to see innocent people ripped off, he says with emotion, and he packs up the stuff and takes it to the A-N Store, where the lady politely and calmly returns the money for the suits that were supposed to be for children. I'm sure they had no idea this woman meant for a newborn when she said she needed small.
ANyway, he goes back to the family and gives them their money, and the woman is very grateful because they had no money at all and they really needed it. |
