We ALL Judge a book .. by the cover...

Here's a little story for ya...

About 10 yrs back... I used to wear a very high end make up...

Ummmm let's just say it rhymes with Pesty Dodder...

anyway this company sometimes has great give away promotions... and that my friends is how they hook ya..

You go in wanting the cute little make up bag .. and all you have to do is by one item ... only the cheapest item is like $25 bucks and somehow after a while you just can't justify spending $25 bucks on one tube of lipstick...

(The bad part is... You really really start to like the stuff.. and kinda like the pushers you saw on those cheesy 70's films in health class... You find your self trying to score a tube of.... Burnt Sienna Lipstick! )

" I need it man... really bad !!"...

Making matters worse are the damned promotions..

This month's "GIFT" is.....an elegantly crafted fine Corinthian leather bag .. featuring not one not two not even three but 4 sample size products inside!!

"Are you a Winter? .... or a Summer?..."

*BLINK .... * BLINK...

"I dunno????"

"Maybe early Fall... Late Spring?"

Most of the time you either ended up hating the colors.. or worse... You ended up Loving them....

Ugh !!!.... Thus continuing the never ending cycle that is High End Beauty Products...

Ok.. so there you have it...

"My Name is Marcy... and I am a recovering Beauty Product Snob."

The first step.. is admitting you have a problem....

So on to our story....

I was a regular over at the Pesty Dodder counter...

I could strategically plan the use of my own items along with samples I had hoarded.. and maintain a decent stash at home of certain items.. the problem was some items were just so darn good.. you just couldn't WAIT for a promotion..

It was time to go in and pick up the needed item...

On this particular day I had many errands to run... and looked a bit shall we say....disheveled..

OK...

VERY DISHEVELED......

Probably not reflective of their "normal" customer... by hey...

I was in a hurry...

it was a bad day...

the moon was in the seventh house.

Whatever....

Now mind you.. I had been to this counter many a time... and kind of knew at least by sight... who the gals behind the counter were...

These women all wore the same Lab Coat type garment, I am sure to keep that uniformed look .... (after all they were all part of the same army... The army fighting against Ugly!!! )

and by Gumbo .... they did a pretty darn good job in the fight...

Each and everyone of them were flawless.. regardless of hair color, height, weight, or age.

Each was a testament to beauty... and of course

* cough *cough

the products...

I quickly and covertly went to the counter.. hoping to get what I needed and get the heck outta there... it took FOREVER to be waited on... hmmm... that was odd.....

Finally!!! the older of the three women ... gossiping.... Oops.. I mean* cough .... working .....behind the counter came up to me and asked in a rather condescending tone ....

"Howwwe.. can I help you?"

(It sounded to me more like.....How in the world can I help YOU? )

I laughed it off.. surly I only thought... she put emphasis on the phrase in derogatory manner..

aimed right at me...

I told her what I wanted.. and happily paid for my over priced snake oil...

A week had passed,,I went to use my beauty elixir... and before I even opened the box... I could see it was the wrong item.. UGH!!!

Now I would have to return it.....OK.. not the end of the world...

I will run up to the Mall and just exchange the Eye of Newt Eye Cream... for what I really needed...

Again ..it was another shall we say.."OFF" day.. no makeup... flip flops...old tee shirt and of course my "Mom Jeans".

I have alot of those kind of days....

Well whadya know.. The Older Pesty Dodder lady was going to wait on me again...

" Ummm..... Hi.. I was just here a week ago... and Hahahahaha .. wouldn't ya know.. I got the wrong item"

Eyeing my like I had just finished taping a show on Jerry Springer...she said...

"Do you have the receipt?"

Crap..

did I still have the receipt?I probably threw it away.. but either way.. this was a high end product.. it is not like I went behind the counter into the secret beauty lair and swiped it!!
SOMEONE (SHE) had to have sold it to me...

but she was giving me that ...

Ewww ....YOU could never have bought our product look...

Needless to say.. I was miffed..

Miffed at myself for getting the wrong thing.

Miffed at her for treating me like a schlump
Miffed at myself for going out looking like someone beat me up with an Ugly Stick....
Miffed at Pesty Dodder for enticing me with their promotions and feeding my addition to their products

Just Miffed in general

Fine...

Nevermind...

I will go back home and look for the receipt...

THE VERY NEXT DAY !!!!

(receipt in my purse.. but holding on to it to test my theory)
Again I walked up to the Pesty Dodder counter.. only this time.. I was dressed to the 9's.

I looked better and I felt better.. I am sure I carried myself different.

Now that I looked the part of a Pesty Dodder client .. would I be treated better?
The very same older Pesty Dodder Lady looks at me with a giant lipsticked smile and says...

"Gooooood Morning.. How can I help you?"

WOW !!!......already a big change in demeanor..

"Yes.. I purchased the wrong item last week... and with my busy schedule I just haven't had the time to come in and exchange it."

"Oh.. Yes.. I know how that can be.. busy busy.."

"But the thing is... I don't think I kept the receipt."

" Oh.....No Problem.. after all it hasn't been opened and it is OUR product" *insert giant smile here.

Transaction complete..

I turned to her AFTER I got the correct item and said :

"You don' t remember me do you?"

She just looked at me puzzled.

"I was just in here yesterday trying to return this and you said you couldn't do it"

"REALLLY?!?..... I don't remember you? "

"Yeah ..... I may have looked a little different to you... "

Big... but rather shaky.....Pesty Dodder smile from her...

"But .....Thanks You have helped me out alot."

My theory was correct... People most certainly DO judge you by how you look.

I was the same person on the inside in each of these encounters...... but how I presented myself made all the difference.. it might not be right... but we do judge others by what we see.. it just is..I guess the moral of the story is.

1. Try to look your best.. if for no one else but yourself.. But just know .. how you look...WILL effect how people treat you

2. If you are going to return something and you don't look your best.. at least have the receipt

3.High End Products don't necessarily make you a Beautiful person.

Thus ends the lesson on Judging on looks... and.... Keeping your receipts.. Ha..