SHE’S A CREDIT TO HER CARD!

TLW (The Little Woman) and I went to Sears in the mall to do a little shopping. We went to the checkout, and the gal rang up the sale.

“That will be $00.00 please.” Said the young lady.

TLW pulls out her Sear’s credit card, to pay for the purchases. Opening her pocketbook is what I think a surgeon feels when he opens an anatomy. Nimbly TLW’s fingers walk through a maze of paper money, folded in different pockets, in different areas, papers, papers, and more papers, and an array of plastic, that would make a toy factory envious.

Looking down into it, as she did, the whole store stood still! People stopped what they were doing and all turned their heads in silent expectation. The overhead music stopped playing, little children stopped screaming and running around, and sales people interrupted and stared in disbelief. You yourself may have noticed as the world temporarily stopped spinning, giving a slight jolt!

But the sales gal was not finished at that point. No, instead she asked if we wanted to upgrade the card to gold. TLW, who likes to say: ”NO!” to sales people, asked: “What will that do for me?”

“Why it will give you 15% off on this sale, and eternal life.” Said the young lassie.

“But I have a Sears credit card already? Will this impact my 0% interest I’m paying for 12 months on the vacuum cleaner I purchased last week?” responded the old Lassie.

“No, that will stay the same, but you do get the 15% off ” said Miss Sears, 2008.

“OK, let me have it.” A resigned TLW responded.

The young sales dynamo gives TLW an application that she promptly fills out, scratching her head why she really needs gold status.

“Oh, I’m sorry, we CAN’T do that, you already are credited with a Gold status. What you need is a frequent buyer card. When you enter our stores, any store in any location in the country, we smile at you BEFORE taking your money, rather than after!” stated Miss commission.

Resignedly said TLW: “OK, then give me that one.”

New forms, new status, and we still have to pay for whatever we purchase at Sears. The whole transaction took up a great part of our lives.