[Gatesedge] RE: Fabrics and culture stuff

[Young, Carolyn]

Without *profiling* or bias, that attitude is quite typical of Hong Kong.  I
was there for 3 weeks in 1996 and your experience (not the injury) with
sales people is pretty much the norm there.  I have come to believe that we,
here in the South, are spoiled; we are brought up with a very different view
of what is courtesy and what is rudeness than the rest of the world.  We try
to educate the *furiners* when they do manage to find their way into
civilization, but it is a long and tedious project. :-)

Cheers,
Caitlin (the civilized, Southern Celt)

Carolyn B. Young
Goodman Mfg.
IT - Branch
713/861.2500 ext 425


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From: gatesedge-bounces+carolyn.young=goodmanmfg.com at ansteorra.org
[mailto:gatesedge-bounces+carolyn.young=goodmanmfg.com at ansteorra.org]On
Behalf Of Eckerle, Maryelaine
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 10:56 AM
To: gatesedge at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Gatesedge] RE: Gatesedge Digest, Vol 16, Issue 6



There's High Fashion Fabric downtown,  Hancocks, and Jo Annes near Deerbrook
Mall for something closer up this way, and if you
like to search and discover.....the $1.00 a yard table at any and all
Walmarts!!
 
Greetings unto the list! 

Please be careful when shopping at High Fashion Fabric and High Fashion
Decorator Fabrics in Downtown. I was injured on their property (very badly
sprained foot which resulted in a pinched nerve..... ) and was very rudely
treated. Their staff ignored my injury which resulted from neglect of the
building (loose no-skid tape on the stair case) and they refused to write an
accident report. I ended up paying for all my own medical care and spend
most of a year in and out of fiberglass casts, walking casts (those moon
boot looking thingies!), braces for my foot and custom made arch supports.
It wasn't any fun being told that I had the potential for surgery to relieve
the pain from the pinched nerve. Yes, they have a fabulous (and somewhat
expensive) selection of fabrics of all kinds, but the buildings aren't very
well maintained.

<delurk>
Maryelaine
(still searching for a persona and time period!)


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