wadesgirl
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I posted about my drunk bridal shower that was a few weeks ago. During the shower, the bride's uncle (her mom's brother) sneaks up to me and says "I want to order this as a surprise for my wife, don't want to her to know. How can I do that without filling anything out or signing?" I looked down at the catalog he was holding and it was the 7 piece set of stainless cookware (the most expensive thing in the catalog). I just told him to hand over his credit card - wow, people are very trusting! When the bride found out she was beside herself thinking her uncle was so nice to do that for his wife!
Fast forward to yesterday, I get a call on my cell phone. At first I wasn't aware of who it was because when the wife filled out the order for the shower, she used her husband's name. She said that she was over charged by PC and wanted to see what she could do about it. At first I thought it was another case of when HO was accidentally double charging people. And then she said "I could have sworn I paid by check for the bride's order". As soon as she told me the charge was over $500 I remembered what it was! Normally I don't lie very well... but she had thrown me off from the begining that it was very easy to tell her that I would check with our HO and let her know.
I got off the phone with her and was trying to figure out what to do! I didn't want to ruin the surprise but because I was at work I didn't have any way to get a hold of anyone. Finally I emailed the bride's mom and told her what was going on. She said she would talk with her brother.
So I find out this morning from the bride's mom that the uncle's wife is totally beside herself. She thinks someone stole their credit card out of her purse at the party and used it to pay for an order! She's trying to figure out how because she doesn't think any of the people that were there would do anything. Apparently the uncle thinks it's funny! The uncle asked the wife what I said - which she replied that I would contact HO to figure it out. So he said just give the gal a couple days... Sunday is Mother's Day so he was planning on giving it to her then.
Wow! Talk about crazy! Just had to share!
Fast forward to yesterday, I get a call on my cell phone. At first I wasn't aware of who it was because when the wife filled out the order for the shower, she used her husband's name. She said that she was over charged by PC and wanted to see what she could do about it. At first I thought it was another case of when HO was accidentally double charging people. And then she said "I could have sworn I paid by check for the bride's order". As soon as she told me the charge was over $500 I remembered what it was! Normally I don't lie very well... but she had thrown me off from the begining that it was very easy to tell her that I would check with our HO and let her know.
I got off the phone with her and was trying to figure out what to do! I didn't want to ruin the surprise but because I was at work I didn't have any way to get a hold of anyone. Finally I emailed the bride's mom and told her what was going on. She said she would talk with her brother.
So I find out this morning from the bride's mom that the uncle's wife is totally beside herself. She thinks someone stole their credit card out of her purse at the party and used it to pay for an order! She's trying to figure out how because she doesn't think any of the people that were there would do anything. Apparently the uncle thinks it's funny! The uncle asked the wife what I said - which she replied that I would contact HO to figure it out. So he said just give the gal a couple days... Sunday is Mother's Day so he was planning on giving it to her then.
Wow! Talk about crazy! Just had to share!